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These days, things seem to be shrinking-MP3 players, cell phones & cameras and even cars are being made small. It shouldn't surprise you then, to see this shrinkage spilling into menus. "Sliders" or mini-burgers are popping up in restaurants and pubs across the country. These tiny versions of America's favorite sandwich come in many varieties and seem to be all the rage.
Continue reading about sliders after the jump. Post contributed by Lisa Dacundo. Image from Wikimedia Commons. For more of her writing, visit her blog, Transplanted Taste Buds.
Sliders are great for parties and late night munchies but that's not why you like them. When asked what the appeal was the number one reason was: "They're cute".
Yes they are.
But do they fill you up? Are you more adventurous with your toppings on these mini meats? Would you rather have just one papa burger instead of three baby burgers? The answers were surprising.
Of the 30 people polled, only 7 people liked the slider-sure there were a few people who stated that they would pop a few of these bad boys into their mouths during happy hour but overall, you'd rather have one large burger over it's miniature version. The major reason is that sliders do not fill you up. Most of you stated that you love a thick, juicy burger and sliders just don't cut it. As for toppings, you are not likely mingle with the exotic-although 3 of you would walk on the wild side with turkey, buffalo or lamb on a slider.
So Boston, why are they so popular? How is it that you can walk into almost any pub and find these on the menu? How are sliders overcoming the inferiority complex and outlasting the opposition?
And please don't tell me it's because they're cute.
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Why are they on the menu? Perhaps because they're cheaper to make? Prepare for 25 new pasta dishes..
True-from a restaurants point of view that's easy. But why do they STAY on a menu? People order them...why?
I fall into the minority where sliders are concerned as I find that they do, in fact, fill me up and I always end up taking at least one home with me to eat later on. Perhaps the problem is that we Americans are so tied into the "bigger is better" philosophy that we fail to see that good things do sometimes come in small packages.
Also, from a purely female point of view, it's so much easier to be "lady-like" while eating a slider as there is just no way to do that while chowing down on a big ole' juicy burger that takes two hands to hold and a mouth the size of Joan Rivers to bite into!
I think that sliders are probably on the menu because they make great appetizers. Think about it, a hungry bunch come into a pub and they order a couple of rounds of sliders and it can curb their hunger!
I agree with Linda, however I do love sliders myself because you can experiment and they are a bit easier to eat while maintaining a bit of "lady like" manners.
I love 'em too, but in my case it's probably because the ones I like are so hard to get. We have to drive almost an hour to get to a White Castle, and if you've ever seen "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle", well, that's our life from time to time, when we just can't go to McDonald's one more time.
I generally don't order sliders at any other restaurant though. There are just too many other options that are usually things I can't or don't want to bother with making at home. I could make tiny burgers at home. A good rack of ribs, however.. probably not going to happen!