Story and photo by Carmelo Española
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Fear not: the Soilent Green burger is not made of people. For the uninitiated, the band named itself after the ’70s dystopian sci-fi classic starring Charlton Heston. Recently it played a much-deserved slot at the Roadburn festival. Now Kuma’s Corner inducts yet another impressive collective of NOLA artists into its hallowed halls of meat.
The Soilent Green burger boasts an overwhelming presence of bacon. The 10 oz. patty is infused with bacon fat, habanero peppers, and pepperjack cheese. This triple attack swarms every nook and cranny of the patty, which only retains a hint of beef flavor. A layer of crumbled, crispy bacon covers the patty. The bacon tastes of a higher quality than most supermarket-bought bacon – a precursory step into the world of craft bacon? Green chiles accentuate the bacon, adding a hint of vegetable flavor. A layer of cheddar cheese provides a blanket of sharp flavor that contrasts the bacon’s saltiness. A moderately hopped beer would help temper the bacon’s grease.
This burger, like the film after which the band named itself, is not for the weak of heart. For bacon lovers, however, this is utopian bliss.
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Soilent Green – “Antioxidant” (official video)
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Carm occasionally sacrifices his arteries for the sake of this column.
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This looks outstanding.
fuuuuuuuuuck now I’m hungry.
What would Thorn have thought about this?!
Holy shit that burger looks like a destroyer. Did you have to take a nap after you finished it?
I had to take a Pepto-Bismol after I finished just reading this.
Fresh off a colonoscopy and endoscopy. Bring on the pain!
I was just down at Kuma’s last week and tried this beast and it was an intense eat. Heat, fat, flavor, gobs of cheese.
I highly recommend it if you find yourself there.
theres a place here in sacto that has the “Suicide Silence” burger- a 3 ounce patty cooked to well done,covered in raisins and sliced tomatoes,and served on a bun with extra thick Miracle Whip mayonaise sauce
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@ W A MacMurdo
Unfortunately, I had to work at my second job an hour after eating this beast. Let’s just say a packed rush hour CTA bus wasn’t the best environment to deal with the ensuing burger coma. ;/
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that sounds like the burgers i make. i just got done eating lunch and that still gave me a meaty boner
@ lost goat
that sounds equally as awful as suicide silence. 3 oz patty?
@ jimmy
I think that’s the idea pal…
i should have gotten this last night.