![]() Krystals are very small hamburgers, on steamed buns (hell, I think the burgers are steamed too.), minced onions and pickles-cheese if you want. I wonder if she ever had my other favorite nutritionless meal when she was in the US: The Krystal Burger: Sourrain has already talked about one American version: the Krispy Kreme donut. I've come to the conclusion that every nation has its own version of the Barney Clark. I'm getting hungry just thinking about one right now. At the young age of 25 or 26 we did not think about things like heart healthy foods.Perhaps we should of, but it seemed kind of silly when the flight deck was trying to kill us at every possible opportunity. Top it with mayonnaise, tomato, onions and lettuce.MMM! MMMM! MMM! Good eating and a life time worth of cholesterol in one meal!Ī BC had no real nutritional value, but it was good for your soul. The Barney Clark made you not have to choose: a double cheeseburger, topped with bacon and a fried egg over easy or hard, your choice. The great thing about midrats was that you could get burgers to order or you could get breakfast. ![]() ( Sadly, he lived for only 112 days afterwards.) However, with only the sick kind of humor Naval Aviators could produce, we and others gave the name to a special kind of hamburger. Named for the recipient of the first artificial heart transplant. One of the best treats one could get was the Barney Clark. That usually coincided with the end of the flying day, and after a night arrested landing, on a pitching deck, in the North Atlantic or Pacific oceans, one tended not to go to sleep right away. Basically, in the flyer's wardroom ( normally located in the forward part of the ship just underneath the flight deck and the bow catapults) one could get anything from the grill for about 2 hours from 11pm till 1 am. That was a slang term for "midnight rations". The most popular meal, I think had to be what was called Mid-rats. Fortunately for me, sweating during pre-flights in the Persian Gulf in 100 degree heat counts as a work out of sorts. Without a work out, one had to be careful not to put on a lot of weight. In fact if one so chose to, you could eat 4 times a day ( 5 if you counted an mid afternoon PB&J always available 24 hours a day). Comfort food that is.īack in my sea going days on one of America's 4.5 acres of " movable United States power" one could eat some good food.
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