Jucy Lucy
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A Jucy Lucy or Juicy Lucy is a cheeseburger
having the cheese inside the meat patty rather than on top. A piece of cheese is surrounded by raw meat and cooked until it melts, resulting in a molten core of cheese within the patty. This scalding hot cheese tends to gush out at the first bite, so servers frequently warn patrons to let the burger cool for a few minutes before consumption.
Two bars on the same street in South Minneapolis
both claim to have invented the sandwich: Matt's Bar
and the 5-8 Club. They differ in how they spell it; the former omits the letter "I" in "Juicy", while the latter uses the standard spelling. Shirts worn by staff at the 5-8 Club have the motto "if it's spelled right, it's done right" while advertising for Matt's Bar says, "if it's spelled correctly, you're at the wrong place."
Reinterpretations of the Lucy at other area restaurants are encouraged, rather than quashed. For example, the Groveland Tap in neighboring St. Paul
serves a "Cajun Lucy" featuring jalapeño
peppers floating in pepper jack cheese. St. Paul has the The Nook which serves a "Juicy Nookie" and The Blue Door Pub which has the Juicy Blucy, which consists of bleu cheese and finely chopped garlic. Another variation has fried bacon as well as cheese in the middle, referred to as a "Mary Shelley" (Author of Frankenstein
) when the bacon is visibly poking out from the sides of the burger.
Cheeseburger
A cheeseburger is a hamburger with cheese that has been added to it. Traditionally, the cheese is placed on top of the patty, but the burger can include many variations in structure, ingredients, and composition...
having the cheese inside the meat patty rather than on top. A piece of cheese is surrounded by raw meat and cooked until it melts, resulting in a molten core of cheese within the patty. This scalding hot cheese tends to gush out at the first bite, so servers frequently warn patrons to let the burger cool for a few minutes before consumption.
Two bars on the same street in South Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
both claim to have invented the sandwich: Matt's Bar
Matt's Bar
Matt's Bar is a restaurant in South Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is known as one of two businesses that created the Jucy Lucy.This bar was opened in 1954 , in 1998 Scott Nelson purchased the bar from the original owner Matt Bristol....
and the 5-8 Club. They differ in how they spell it; the former omits the letter "I" in "Juicy", while the latter uses the standard spelling. Shirts worn by staff at the 5-8 Club have the motto "if it's spelled right, it's done right" while advertising for Matt's Bar says, "if it's spelled correctly, you're at the wrong place."
Reinterpretations of the Lucy at other area restaurants are encouraged, rather than quashed. For example, the Groveland Tap in neighboring St. Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
serves a "Cajun Lucy" featuring jalapeño
Jalapeño
The jalapeño is a medium-sized chili pepper that has a warm, burning sensation when eaten. A mature jalapeño fruit is 2–3½ inches long and is commonly picked and consumed while still green, but occasionally it is allowed to fully ripen and turn crimson red...
peppers floating in pepper jack cheese. St. Paul has the The Nook which serves a "Juicy Nookie" and The Blue Door Pub which has the Juicy Blucy, which consists of bleu cheese and finely chopped garlic. Another variation has fried bacon as well as cheese in the middle, referred to as a "Mary Shelley" (Author of Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...
) when the bacon is visibly poking out from the sides of the burger.