After seeing the Deep-Fried Twinkie Burger at Philly's PYT, Slate's L.V. Anderson takes a very bold stance on novelty sandwiches. Quote: "My main objection is that gourmands who replace hamburger buns with deep-fried [fill in the blank] willfully ignore the architectural purpose of hamburger buns... novelty burgers aren't novel, and they don't push the envelope (except calorically)." Also this, which okay: "The conceit of the droll postmodern hamburger is tired." [Slate]
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