Consuming Impulse: The Soilent Green Burger

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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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