Whopper

The Whopper (English slang, approximate translation big thing or stunner ) is a variant of hamburger fast-food chain Burger King and its most successful product.

It was established in 1957, invented by the founders of the chain Burger King, James McLamore and David Edgerton, and then sold in the U.S. for 37 cents.

Ingredients and preparation

Its ingredients are a 113.4 -gram disc ( a quarter pound ) ground beef, buns with sesame seeds, tomatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise, ketchup, sour pickles and onions. The ingredients are, as usual at fast- food chains, standardized. Thus, for example, must the beef slice a fat content of just 20 % have and must be prepared in 40 seconds. The minced disc traverses to a grid through an oven, grilled over an open flame and falls at the end into a drip tray. According to rule, he should always be freshly cooked to order.

Nutrition Facts

Variations

More Whopper Double Whopper with are the two, as well as the Triple Whopper with three beef slices, the Original Whopper Jr. and the Chicken Whopper with chicken. The Original Whopper Jr. is made of the same ingredients as the original Whopper, but the size of the hamburger and the sesame bun is different. By 1993, the Original Whopper Jr. was sold exclusively without onions.

In addition, there are regular events, which then also Whopper variations are offered, such as the Angry Whopper during the "Angry Weeks". This additionally contained onions and jalapenos.

Miscellaneous

• In backgammon, is referred to a particularly bad train as a Double Whopper.
• In American English, the word Whopper has, inter alia, the meaning of " blatant lies ".
• The hardware of occurring in the John Badham film WarGames NORAD computer WOPR (War Operation Plan Response) is also called " Whopper " pronounced.
• In the book Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace the " Whopper " in the local alternative chronology is the first year term.

Swell

• Hamburger