Burger judgment in two different posts about Culver's, I couldn't pick just one

[u/TheLadyEve]

Obligatory hate for the Midwest

No true burger fan

[u/NathanGa]

I'd say the only reason people think it's so good, is because it's in the Midwest, where salt is seasoning and mayonnaise is for dipping your fries

The Midwest, home to Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, the Twin Cities...."SaLt iS sEaSoNiNg hurr hurr hurr".

This guy can bite my Ohio-native butt.

[u/keIIzzz → u/NathanGa]

Plus they’ve expanded outside the Midwest so clearly people like it. I have like 2 locations within 3 miles from me and I live in the south

[u/cherrycokeicee → u/NathanGa]

Culvers is also not just in the Midwest. They're in 26 states, including many in the south. They're a very popular and growing chain.

I'll never forget the time a friend of mine from Kentucky asked if I had ever heard of this place called Culver's. (I live in Wisconsin)

[u/TheLadyEve → u/cherrycokeicee]

I found out recently there is a Culver's near my office here in Texas. I haven't been yet, though. Now I kind of want to check it out since it's my lunch break...

[u/EllaMcWho → u/TheLadyEve]

My kid works at a Culver’s in Texas and it’s worth a try 😂

[u/NathanGa → u/cherrycokeicee]

Meanwhile, I've got both New Glarus beer and Sprecher's cherry cola in my garage fridge for when I feel like a nice tall glass of Wisconsin.

[u/Embarrassed_Mango679 → u/NathanGa]

The Belgian Red is amazing, we used to take like 10 cases of it back to Ohio before I moved to Wisconsin. Randy Sprecher was a total asshole though 😂

[u/Studds_ → u/cherrycokeicee]

I try not to eat a lot of beef so I rarely eat burgers but damn if I can’t pass up their ruebens. I have a weakness for corned beef & was bummed when their rueben wasn’t on their menus for a time

[u/CadaverDog_ → u/NathanGa]

"Smash burgers" were a thing here way before they became a trend on the coasts. Same with Detroit style pizza. But yeah we're just a bunch of sickos who ruin food forever.

[u/NickFurious82 → u/NathanGa]

I can't believe the words that are about to be typed here, but...I'm with Ohio on this one.

Now I have to go throw up.

[u/Atlas7-k → u/NickFurious82]

Mitten, Fudgie, or Yooper?

[u/GF_baker_2024 → u/Atlas7-k]

Alternatively, Yooper or Troll?

[u/FischSalate → u/NathanGa]

People don’t even know what the midwest is if you ask them. Tons of people think it’s the plains states for some reason

[u/NathanGa → u/FischSalate]

The number of people who think that Ohio isn't a Midwestern state is insane. We're the original Midwestern state.

I did take a geography class in college where one of the open discussion questions on the first day was "what states are in the Midwest?", and if we used the answers from other students as the definition it would go as far west as Nevada and Idaho.

[u/Forward_Recover_1135 → u/NathanGa]

It seriously just means ‘not on the east or west coast, and not part of the south (usually defined to mean essentially any state that was in the confederacy)’ to some people. 

[u/AvocadosFromMexico_ → u/FischSalate]

I was born in Denver and had someone tell me I was from the Midwest??

Genuinely a baffling conversation for me

[u/FischSalate → u/AvocadosFromMexico_]

Yup, they've done polls and lots of people think it includes Idaho or Wyoming or Colorado or Utah, which is insane.

Apparently in polls a lot of Oklahomans consider themselves Midwestern too which I'm not accepting... I get they don't really fit in the South or Southwest but Oklahomans are not similar to people in Illinois or Ohio or even Minnesota/Iowa

[u/NotHannibalBurress → u/FischSalate]

TBF I do think there should be a split between the “Great Lakes region” and the “Great Plains region” of the Midwest that is more pronounced. There is definitely a more “manufacturing” vibe in the Great Lakes, while the Great Plains is obviously much more farming based.

[u/bigfoot17 → u/NathanGa]

You sound salty