Animal Style & Wish Burger ("In-N-Out Secret Menu")

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Fan clubs / The secret life of a West Coast burger star
       TOM McNICHOL.       Houston Chronicle.       Houston, Tex.: Aug 23, 2002.                   p. 5
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   The In-N-Out menu offers four items: hamburger, cheeseburger, Double-Double burger and fries. (That Double Double, at 670 calories and 41 grams of fat, is basically a coronary thrombosis on a gently toasted bun.) But patrons can customize the basic burgers by adding or subtracting toppings such as pickles, tomatoes and grilled onions; they can even eliminate the meat altogether.

   Over the years, this trend has evolved into what's become known as the Secret Menu - a list of popular burger variations that don't appear on the menu but are passed along by word of mouth. For example, a burger ordered Animal Style comes doused with mustard and pickles, extra special sauce and grilled onions. The Wish Burger is somewhat simpler to parse - a vegetarian option, without meat or cheese. And the Protein Style burger replaces the bun with a piece of fresh lettuce, for those on a low-carbohydrate diet. Then there's the mighty 4-by-4, with four meat patties and four slices of cheese.

   The Secret Menu is not an In-N-Out marketing creation, and its popularity appears to mystify the company's officers.

   "We've never called it the Secret Menu," said Carl Van Fleet, the chain's vice president for operations. "We've always prepared a burger any way you want. Our customers came up with the names like Animal Style."

(GOOGLE)
http://www.tiburon-belvedere.com/cgi/home.cgi?c=In_N_Out
Did you know that In-N-Out            Burger has a secret unpublished menu? Everyone links to ours because it's always up-to-date and accurate. If you like In-N-Out Burger, you'll love            the following special order items:

"3-by-3" = three meat patties      and three slices of cheese.

"4-by-4" = four meat patties      and four slices of cheese.

"2-by-4" = two meat patties      and four slices of cheese.

*Note: You can get a burger      with as many meat paties or cheese slices as you want. Just tell the In-N-Out Burger cashier      how many meat paties and how much cheese you want and that is what you'll      get! For instance, if you want 6 pieces of meat and 10 pieces of cheese tell      them you want a "6-by-10."

"Double Meat" = like            a Double Double without cheese.

"3 by Meat" = three            meat patties and no cheese.

"Animal Style" = the meat      is cooked and fried with mustard and then pickles are added, extra spread      and grilled onions are added.

"Animal      Style Fries" = fries with cheese, spread, grilled onions and sometimes      pickles.

"Protein Style" = for            all you low-carbohydrate dieters, this is a burger with no bun (wrapped in lettuce).

"Flying Dutchman" = two meat      patties cooked medium rare, two slices of melted cheese and nothing else -      not even a bun!

Fries "Well-Done" = extra      crispy fries . . . even better than the regular!

Fries "Light" = opposite of fries well-done, more raw than most people like 'em

"Grilled Cheese" = no meat,      just melted cheese, tomato, lettuce and sauce on a bun.

"Veggie Burger" = burger      without the patty or cheese.

"Neapolitan" Shake = strawberry,      vanilla and chocolate blended together.


(GOOGLE)
http://www.dailynugget.com/000445.php
In-n-Out Secret Menu
         I guess not everybody knows about the In-n-Out secret menu.  So for all of those that did not grow up in Southern California, here it is:

  "3-by-3" = three meat patties and three slices of cheese.
 "4-by-4" = four meat patties and four slices of cheese.
 "2-by-4" = two meat patties and four slices of cheese.

  Note: You can get a burger with as many meat paties or cheese slices as you want. Just tell the cashier how many meat paties and how much cheese you want and that is what you'll get! For instance, if you want 2 pieces of meat and 6 pieces of cheese tell them you want a "2-by-6."

  "Animal Style" = the meat is grilled with mustard, then pickles, extra spread, and grilled onions are added.
 "Double Meat" = like a Double Double without cheese.
 "3-by-Meat" = three meat patties and no cheese.
 "Animal Style Fries" = fries with cheese, spread, grilled onions.
 "Protein Style" = this is a burger with no bun, wrapped in lettuce.
 "Grilled Cheese" = no meat, but everything else.
 "Veggie Burger" = aka "Wish Burger," burger without patty or cheese.
 "On the Sal" = this is just lettuce and dressing. Nothing else.
 "Volcano Top" = Top bun hollowed out and filled with ketchup, really!
 "Fries Well-Done" = extra crispy fries, even better than the regular!
 "Fries Light" = opposite of fries well-done, more raw than usual.
 "Flying Dutchman" = two meat patties, two slices of melted cheese--nothing else--not even a bun!
 "Neopolitan Shake" = strawberry, vanilla and chocolate shake.

  Other Lingo:

  "100-by-100" = legend has it that this was ordered by a group of four celebrating a birthday.
 "500-by-500" = an unconfirmed order made by a fraternity.
 "Home Run" = this is when a car passes by the microphone without ordering and cruises right up to the service window.
By Fabian on Tuesday, July 22, 2003