I saw a Burger King ad on this community, and, patriotism being involved on this glorious 14th of July, I had to reply with a relatively unknown French fast-food chain of our own! I could not find any interesting pictures, but there are 2 ads about it:
In a Free Time restaurant, there are chairs for the butts, and plants for the eyes
Free Time (French only, sorry) was a fast-food chain created in 1982 as an alternative to McDonald’s in France which was created in 1972.
The Free Time burgers were supposedly special and cleaner because they were wrapped by a cardboard / hard paper thing around the burger. I do remember that the recipes themselves were very disappointing, if not disgusting. Fond memories, but I would not try that ever again.
It disappeared in the early 90s due to being bought by “Quick,” another French fast-food chain that was more like our good old McDonald’s. RIP Free Time and their awful burgers.
Oh my god for a second I thought “Longburger” was a location, not literally a long burger.
Kind of reminds me of my focaccia burger.
Get yourself a nice round one (or bake one!). Preferably with cheese and herbs. Slice in half like a bun. Mayo, tomatoes, onion, bacon, lettuce, pickles, whatever. Cook a full 1 lb patty as big as a 8" round loaf. Cut into quarters (quarter pounders.) I like muenster cheese on my burgers.
Highly suggest making your own fresh focaccia. 8" cake pan is ideal or maybe do it in cast iron if that’s your jam(that’s how I roll.)
Here’s a focaccia I tried this month. It worked great! Extremely easy.
https://alexandracooks.com/2018/03/02/overnight-refrigerator-focaccia-best-focaccia/
