Jucy Lucy Restaurants » Etiquette

A Cool Ketchup Injection?

edkohler — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:59:01 +0000

The Fry Poke technique, as previously explained, involves using a French (Freedom?) Fry to release some of the molten cheese’s heat through the top of the burger before consuming:

As if that wasn’t strange enough, senior Jucy Lucy Restaurant dining behavioralist correspondent, Opheliac9, reports on a twist to the fry-poke involving a cool Ketchup injection:

A friend of mine, who introduced me to Matt’s and Jucy Lucy’s a few years ago, has another step: After the “hot fry injection” he squirts ketchup into the burger. His rationale is that it cools the cheese down faster, thus you get to eat faster… however, I think it’s disgusting. *shrug*

Having not seen this myself, I can only hope that he brings his own ketchup with him.

Ketchup photo by tom.arthur

SeriousEats.com’s Jucy Lucy Investigation

edkohler — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:10:18 +0000

After yesterday’s post explaining how NOT to eat a Jucy Lucy, I figured I had better follow up with some information on how to do it right.

Luckily for me, SeriousEats.com has already done a great job providing some high level advice on how to consume a Jucy Lucy. They went on-site to Matt’s Bar to explain how it’s done in the video below:

How NOT to Eat a Jucy Lucy

edkohler — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:59:06 +0000

There is a lot to like about this video. nhsargent heads to The Nook in St Paul for a Jucy Nookie and shows his affection for that delicious burger. He also orders is with fried onions, which I can respect.

But then it completely falls apart when he . . . I can barely write this . . . he CUTS HIS LUCY IN HALF!