Spot-On: Not So Fast

Back in the early '60s the burgers sold for 12 cents apiece; my mother could feed herself and three kids for about $3.00 and during the summer she did so once every week or so. The four of us sat in an un-air-conditioned Rambler station wagon, sweating like the cups of coke we washed the burgers down with. So, even though "they're nasty little burgers," I have a soft spot in my heart and taste buds for that childhood treat.

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