Last weekend our small town had a Slugburger Festival. We had things like music, amusement park rides, and an eating contest where more than a hundred and fifty people gathered around the tables during the ten-minute competition to see who could eat the most slugburgers.
Now, you may be wondering just what a slugburger is, and that is the Mystery Question of the week. I will write more on our little festival next week. But for now, here is a clue…maybe. The image to the left is similar to the logo for the festival.
So, Super Sleuths, without Googling the answer, what is a slugburger?
- A sandwich made with Angus beef and grilled over charcoal with snail shells added.
- A sandwich made with soy meal, pork and beef fat and deep fried.
- A sandwich made with snails, meal and flour and deep fried.
- A sandwich made with tofu, beef bouillon, and flour and grilled over hot coals.
Okay, Mystery Sleuths, what’s the correct answer? Leave your answer in the comments section to be entered in this month’s book from my personal library drawing.
Now for last week’s Mystery Question: What is the true outcome of the missing baby?
- The mother was cleaning a neighbor’s house and found a shoebox in the closet with her baby’s blanket and teddy bear along with a newspaper clipping of the fire.
- A neighbor’s surveillance camera revealed a man running out the back door with the baby in his arms just before the fire started. When his photo was shown on TV, someone recognized him and turned him in and police arrested him before he could sell the baby.
- The mother attended the birthday party of a friend and thought one of the kids at the party looked like her other two children and pretended to get chewing gum from her hair while she snipped a strand of hair. DNA revealed the child was indeed her baby and had been kidnapped before the fire was set.
- The mother sold her baby to a couple because she couldn’t afford to feed him and the other two children. It was seven years before a determined detective who didn’t buy the story that the baby died in the fire got to the bottom of the case solved it.
And I’m happy to report the correct answer is #3. Quite a few of you got the correct answer. 🙂
The mother never believed her baby died in the fire. She kept looking for her everywhere she went. You can read more of the story here.
One of the biggest problems with the case was that the parents only spoke Spanish and did not communicate with the detectives well. The mother kept telling them she believed her daughter had been kidnapped. You can read about that here.
Okay, Super Sleuths, don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered in the drawing at the end of the month.
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Hi, Sherri, and thanks for stopping by the blog.
#2 sounds the least offensive.
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Hi, Bonnie! Thanks for stopping by. I chuckled at the least offensive remark. 🙂
I’ve had a slugburger in Corinth years ago. My parents were from Booneville. Its been a while, and my memory is fuzzy, but. I’m gonna go with 2.
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Hi, Dana! You’ll have to come back to Corinth again and we’ll go to Borrum’s and get a slugburger!
I’m guessing 3! After all the French eat snails! What is a slug but a snail without a shell!
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Hi, Paula! That’s right…I mean about the French eating snails. And I had escargot on a cruise ship once. 🙂
I always get such a kick out of your weekly questions! I’m from your State & I know the answer so I’m sitting this week out. Great question by the way!!
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Oh, Lisa, thank you! I’ll be talking about our little burger more next week. 🙂
I’ll go with #2….can’t wait to see the answer!
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It is an interesting answer, Jackie. Next week…
Just to be different, I am going with #1.
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Edward, I love it that I can count on you to be different! We’ll see next week along with a little history lesson. 🙂
Always different and usually wrong. LOL!
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Love it, Edward! Which do you think is the slugburger?
I sure hope it’s #1. Though even that is kinda gross. LOL!
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Johnnie, don’t tell me I let you get away from here without eating a slugburger! Will have to fix that.
I hope #2! Just can’t stand the thought of snails 🙂
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Susanne, I can’t either. And to think I ate escargot once…or maybe twice. lol
Slugburger….ewwww! I don’t even like seeing them on my driveway (slugs that is),
I’m going with the majority this week #2, sounds like they all might be on to something 😉
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I know what you mean, Trixi! We’ll see next week if the majority is correct or I did a major upset! 🙂
#4, I guess. None of them sound like something I’d want to try lol. I wonder how they make tofu and beef bouillon stick together to grill? Sounds like a lesson on cooking. Can’t wait to see the answer next week!
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#4 is the best sounding of the answers, Sally. Don’t you think? I think you’ll enjoy the little history lesson on slugburgers next week.
Ooh, I was hoping we could google the answer! 😉 I’m going with #3, though I have absolutely no idea. None of the answers sound like what I would’ve expected. Glad the answer to last week’s question was happier than I thought!
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Jerusha, I’m glad last week’s answer was better than you expected, too! You may be surprised how the slugburger got its name. 🙂
I’ve seen you eat escargot on a cruise ship, but I’ll go along w/ #2 here 🙂
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Delores, I can’t remember if we ordered a slugburger when we went to Borrum’s or not. If not, we’ll definitely have to when you return!
#2 What an interesting name for a burger. Maybe one feels like a slug after eating one? 😉
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Caryl, I can attest that you will definitely feel that way after you eat one. 🙂