44 | FEBRUARY 25 • 2021 

T

he ever-growing fast-
food luncheon has made 
another big impact on 
the home or office market 
for those with 
microwave ovens 
or regular stoves.
They are the 
amazing leap of 
items like the 
constant jump 
of White Castle’s 
frozen Original 
Slider hamburgers … The 
family-run business so many 
remember as America’s first 
hamburger chain since 1921 
has made leaps and bounds in 
such wonder.
The 100 percent frozen beef 
patties that can be gotten in 
boxes have been putting up 

hard-to-believe numbers in 
numerous grocery stores, drug 
stores, etc., and are available 
both with or without cheese 
… Putting the small, two-patty 
package for 60 seconds in the 
microwave or 30 seconds if 
thawed … Another mode is the 
stove top for 10 or 12 minutes, 
which hurrying needlessly may 
take up too much time.
Memories for many are 
jogged with each bite as folks 
are chawing on their deliciously 
once-frozen easy-to-eat White 
Castle sliders or others, maybe 
with a side of those small 
Vlasic Kosher Dill Pickles. 
Dr. Alan Silverman recalled 
eating four yummies at a time 
loaded with sliced pickles, 
onions, mustard and ketchup 
on Blimpie Burgers from Crazy 
Jim’s in Arbor while attending 
University of Michigan … 
Jackie Kallen used to walk to 
Greene’s Hamburgers on 7 Mile 
and Schaefer and eat almost an 
entire bag full … well almost.
Mickey Bakst, former gen-

eral manager at both Tribute 
here and Charleston Grill 
in Charleston, S.C., says his 
Greene’s Hamburgers on 7 
Mile and Livernois were “the 
holy grail, and I sure ate a lot 
of them!” … PR gent Dennis 
Green ate four every time he 
went with lots of onions, ketch-
up and mustard … His wife, 
Sharon, after school at Vernor 
Elementary, made every day a 
constant ritual … Sam Bolen 
loved the ones he got from 
White Castle on Grand River 
and Joy Road.
Photojournalist Linda 
Solomon also got hers from 
Greene’s on 7 Mile and 
Schaefer … Hubby barrister 
Barry Solomon got everything 
but the onions … and like 
Linda, loved every bite.
Those succulent little devils 
are back in a big way … frozen, 
too, and making a huge impact 
on a lot of hidden diets.
Speaking of diets, years ago 
folks in line at Sam Sandler’s 
Sammy’s Deli, like Dick 

Litchman at Northgate Deli, 
made sure they never com-
plained about being hungry 
with his hors d’oeuvres while 
they waited in line to be seated. 
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … 
Three old men are talking 
about their aches and bodily 
functions … The first man 
says, “I wake up at 7 a.m. and it 
takes me 20 minutes to tinkle.”
The second man says, “My 
case is worse … I get up at 8 
and stand there and grunt for 
a half-hour before I have any 
movement.”
The third man says, “
At 7, I 
wee-wee like a horse.”
“So, what’s your problem?” 
ask the others.
“I don’t get up until 9.”
CONGRATS … To Rose 
Fink Freedman on her 100th 
birthday … To Dr. Leonard 
Aronovitz on his birthday … 
To Allan Hershman on his 
70th birthday … To Michelle 
Sheridan on her birthday. 

Email dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.

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THE BEST OF EVERYTHING

Danny 
Raskin
Senior Columnist

Many localites still feel the 
crave for a White Castle slider 
— now available frozen.

Guilty 
Pleasure

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