PrintBest Three Seconds: Watching a Jucy Lucy Ooze Cheese
A staple feature of the Minneapolis-born Jucy Lucy is the seven-ounce burger's molten core of cheesy ooze. As explained on AHT before, that's not extra-sharp cheddar inside a cooked meat patty but good ol' American cheese. As burger expert John T. Edge sagely put it, "Only those orange squares of vaguely plastic texture will achieve proper fluidity."
Watch the scalding-hot cheese gush out of one Jucy Lucy, recently gobbled down by our friend Grocery Eats. His was from Matt's Bar, the alleged home of J-Luce, though just across the street, the 5-8 Club also claims fatherhood but spells it "Juicy Lucy." Video after the jump. (Just three seconds, and you'll be hitting "replay," guaranteed.)
Related: Revisit AHT's "Juicy Loosey" recipe here
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15 Comments:
Sweet jesus. It looks like it's puking.
...I mean, I'd still eat it.
roboppy at 10:40AM on 05/13/08
The screaming baby in the background was clearly too young for such graphic cheese goo.
Erin Zimmer at 10:40AM on 05/13/08
Ah, one of the experiences I miss from Minneapolis. And I love my "fear the cheese" shirt I bought on my last visit.
The jucy lucy inhabits an odd little corner of my burger world. It's not really a direct competitor with most burgers, that oozing cheese kind of puts it in a world to itself.
You know you've been there a lot when the waitress recognizes you and decides that you *don't* need to be warned any more about the hot cheese.
kaszeta at 10:58AM on 05/13/08
[squish]
Raphael at 11:04AM on 05/13/08
I'm not sure if it looks good or disgusting?
natalie2040 at 12:24PM on 05/13/08
I think the screaming baby is the perfect soundtrack for the ooze.
Adam Kuban at 1:06PM on 05/13/08
Definitely disgusting. It actually made me a little nauseated.
That said, I'd still eat the thing. Just don't want to watch videos of it.
jb_dc at 3:13PM on 05/13/08
I think I had a a bit of a heart attack just by looking at that video :D
jigglymuffin at 2:53AM on 05/14/08
As someone from Mpls, I can vouch that they're good.
aharste at 11:48AM on 05/14/08
As a Minneapolis native...don't forget about The Nook.
meganaw at 2:16PM on 05/14/08
That's a double Jucy Lucy (aka 15 ounces of pure beef pleasure). It;s not on the menu but they'll make it for you if you ask.
MF Grocery at 3:02PM on 05/15/08
The Jucy Lucy is awesome, but just a side note the 5-8 Club isn't across the street it's actually down the road a couple miles. I imagine there would be only one Jucy Lucy standing if it was across the street.
With Matt's, the 5-8 and the Nook the Twin Cities is definitely the home of the Jucy Lucy though!
yanyodel at 11:05PM on 05/16/08
This Place is a Novelty!
The burgers are Not Good, Just Weird!
When I was on a trip a asked about Local burgers and was sent there,
"Ahh, you Gotta Gow, it mighty good."
I didnt even finish it - Yuck!
phauxtoe at 11:55PM on 05/17/08
The cheese looks great, but if the burger is bland who cares!
stacemace at 7:01PM on 05/18/08
I just Watched the Video...
I think that is Called...
"the Money Shot"!
phauxtoe at 2:48PM on 05/19/08