[Snacking by Wilfrid: June 1, 2015]
Yeah, I know, I asked for this one. Dairy Queen--or DQ Grill and Chill as it seems to call itself in these parts--is really a place to order garish frozen desserts and shakes. But hear me out.
I still remember the first time I set foot on North American soil (around 1973, 1974?) and the first hamburger joint I was taken to. It was a Dairy Queen.
Now that's a long time ago, and I was a kid, and it wasn't in the United States even, but in Vancouver, Canada. But I remember my first hamburger outside of England and how much I liked it, and it was a Dairy Queen burger.
I should have left the memory alone. This dry, tasteless thing, from the Staten Island outlet in the ferry terminal, cost less than three dollars. It was worth, I'd say, about $1.50. It was better than, like, a dollar burger you might get served from a microwave. That's about it.
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