Comments on: Beans and beaneries http://victualling.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/beans-and-beaneries/ Musings on American restaurants over the centuries Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: victualling http://victualling.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/beans-and-beaneries/#comment-328 victualling Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:40:28 +0000 http://victualling.wordpress.com/?p=453#comment-328 Thanks Freddie. My source was a 1958 story and it was referring to some time before that. It said that Tommy DeForest was “credited with having originated the ‘hamburger size.’ Tired of eating plain hamburger or plain beans, one night he combined them with diced onions." Thanks Freddie. My source was a 1958 story and it was referring to some time before that. It said that Tommy DeForest was “credited with having originated the ‘hamburger size.’ Tired of eating plain hamburger or plain beans, one night he combined them with diced onions.”

]]> By: Freddie Freelance http://victualling.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/beans-and-beaneries/#comment-327 Freddie Freelance Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:30:23 +0000 http://victualling.wordpress.com/?p=453#comment-327 Ptomaine Tommy's didn't serve Chili with Beans, you could order chili with beans, and you'd get a plate of Beans with a ladle of Chili on top; I'd assume you could order a Chili Size with beans, but the Chili didn't have beans in it. Also, that Chili Bowl Restaurant in the picture above is still there, it's now called Mr Cecil's Ribs: http://www.mrcecilscaliforniaribs.com/index.html Ptomaine Tommy’s didn’t serve Chili with Beans, you could order chili with beans, and you’d get a plate of Beans with a ladle of Chili on top; I’d assume you could order a Chili Size with beans, but the Chili didn’t have beans in it.

Also, that Chili Bowl Restaurant in the picture above is still there, it’s now called Mr Cecil’s Ribs:

http://www.mrcecilscaliforniaribs.com/index.html

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