The Big Boy Burger

[Purplelady1040]

Big Boy Secret Sauce Recipe.
I found this

2 cups Hellman's mayo
2 TBSP. Horseradish
1/2 tsp. Lemon juice
2 TBSP. Minced onions
1/4 cup of minced dill pickles
1 clove garlic, minced
2 hard boiled eggs, yolks mashed and whites chopped
Dash of Tabasco sauce
1/3 cup ketchup.

I don't know if this is the real deal or not but it was in the google search that I did for recipe!

[Locutus]

I'm not feeling the eggs. 

[Purplelady1040]

I'm not feeling the eggs. 

Me neither so I am sure you could leave them out!

[Palehorse]

Interestingly enough, one of my initial reactions to the sauce was that it contained horseradish. And I did detect what could have been the presence of onion as well. In fact if you look closely at the picture of that dab of the sauce, you'll see what appears to be a tiny sliver of onion in it.

So there may be at least some partial truth to that recipe. . .  Although the catsup was definitely NOT in the sauce I had today. That stuff was white. . .

And I'm not so sure about that garlic thing either. I am an absolute garlic HOUND, and if it had been in the sauce I had today I'd have detected it. . . 

[Palehorse]

This is a photo of the very establishment I was in today, from back in the day. (Courtesy of an extended family member).

[Locutus]

I don't see the Big Boy standing out in front there.  He's just on the sign at that point. 

[Palehorse]

I don't see the Big Boy standing out in front there.  He's just on the sign at that point. 

He Stands around the corner today, picture right.

[Purplelady1040]

Not sure but I think when they first started they were on the signs and not in the yards so to speak.

[Anne]

I would go there for a bacon sandwich on my way home from work when I worked at Laymen' Life Insurance out on Broadway in the mid 60's. I was pregnant and it tasted so good! I still like to go there for their fish sandwiches.

[Purplelady1040]

I remember the onion rings being huge!!!

[Henry Hawk]

My wife and I just went to the one on Broadway a few days ago, and I was very disappointed.  It just wasn't all that good, and I always enjoyed my visits there before.  There wasn't much sauce on the Big Boy and they no longer sell Cherry Cokes..they have Pepsi products.  The fries was just okay. 

[The Troll]

  Why is it that fast food and malts tasted better when we were running around Anderson in the 50s and 60s.   

[Locutus]

My wife and I just went to the one on Broadway a few days ago, and I was very disappointed.  It just wasn't all that good, and I always enjoyed my visits there before.  There wasn't much sauce on the Big Boy and they no longer sell Cherry Cokes..they have Pepsi products.  The fries was just okay. 

You're not the only one who has told me that the food at these Big Boy establishments is sub-par these days.  Maybe Trolls's comment is correct.  Food and drinks tasted better years ago because they really were better years ago.  Excessive cost cutting measures have had negative effects on a lot of these sort of establishments in my opinion. 

[libby]

You're not the only one who has told me that the food at these Big Boy establishments is sub-par these days.  Maybe Trolls's comment is correct.  Food and drinks tasted better years ago because they really were better years ago.  Excessive cost cutting measures have had negative effects on a lot of these sort of establishments in my opinion.

. Hardees is one fast food exception (I've never eaten anything other than breakfast there). No matter if in Bluefield or Richmond or Myrtle Beach or wherever I happen to be, their sausage/biscuit/gravy breakfast is plate-lickin' good!  We used to have several locally, but they were replaced by Roy Rogers. Now the closest Hardees that I know of is down I-95 in Fredericksburg -- about a 45 minute drive in heavy    traffic. 

[Locutus]

I like the Hardees biscuits and gravy as well, but like you, there aren't any around in south Florida.  There used to be one in Hialeah, but it closed down a few years back.