The Lasts: Fat Moon
Last night we enjoyed what may be our last Fat Moon, and what might also conclude our series of Last Things To Do In New Brunswick. The Fat Moon is like many of the Fat Sandwhiches served up at Rutgers University's Grease Trucks: a long roll filled with the sorts of greasy goodies one might order at a diner.
Fat sandwhiches have existed at Rutgers since the early 1990s. The Grease Trucks that serve them originally were literally trucks that drove around selling greasy food. Later they found a permanent home in a Rutger's Parking lot just off the College Avenue campus. Two years ago, the health department attempted to close the trucks citing numerous violations that required the "obvious" tag. Instead, the Grease truck venders erected an even larger truck, including a bathroom for employees-- the main concern of the health department.
The Fat Cat is perhaps the most popular of the fat sandwhiches including cheesburgers and french fries. Yes, french fries, on the sandwhich. The most famous fat sandwhich may very well be the Fat Darrell. The Darrell made some headlines last year when Maxim rated it The Best in the country.
We once favored the Fat Darrell because it included chicken fingers rather than cheeseburgers. The Fat Moon later became our favorite because it is essentially a Darell with eggs and bacon, minus the marinara sauce.
Legend holds that the Grease Truck owners will rename a sandwich after a patron who can consume four of a kind in one sitting. Of course, you still have to buy all four sandwhiches. And as far as we know, no one has ever accomplished such a feat.
The grease trucks though are not the only places that sell Fat Sandwhiches. Most of the local pizzarias also offer them. Nothing beats a sandwhich right from a grease truck, either because often you are drunk while eating it or because the Pizzaria's use ingrediants that are far too fresh to truly capture the essence of a fat sandwhich.
We once actually assembled our own fat sandwhich as several roommates from 135 Easton Ave looked on in horror. It was amazing. And we were sober, too.
Other incarnations include The Fat Koko and The Fat Bitch, which feminists from Rutger's Douglass College have frequently taken to protesting against.
Secrets Revealed: Fat Moon
Chicken fingers
Mozzarella sticks
French fries
Egg
Bacon
Mayo
Lettuce
Tomato
Fat sandwhiches have existed at Rutgers since the early 1990s. The Grease Trucks that serve them originally were literally trucks that drove around selling greasy food. Later they found a permanent home in a Rutger's Parking lot just off the College Avenue campus. Two years ago, the health department attempted to close the trucks citing numerous violations that required the "obvious" tag. Instead, the Grease truck venders erected an even larger truck, including a bathroom for employees-- the main concern of the health department.
The Fat Cat is perhaps the most popular of the fat sandwhiches including cheesburgers and french fries. Yes, french fries, on the sandwhich. The most famous fat sandwhich may very well be the Fat Darrell. The Darrell made some headlines last year when Maxim rated it The Best in the country.
We once favored the Fat Darrell because it included chicken fingers rather than cheeseburgers. The Fat Moon later became our favorite because it is essentially a Darell with eggs and bacon, minus the marinara sauce.
Legend holds that the Grease Truck owners will rename a sandwich after a patron who can consume four of a kind in one sitting. Of course, you still have to buy all four sandwhiches. And as far as we know, no one has ever accomplished such a feat.
The grease trucks though are not the only places that sell Fat Sandwhiches. Most of the local pizzarias also offer them. Nothing beats a sandwhich right from a grease truck, either because often you are drunk while eating it or because the Pizzaria's use ingrediants that are far too fresh to truly capture the essence of a fat sandwhich.
We once actually assembled our own fat sandwhich as several roommates from 135 Easton Ave looked on in horror. It was amazing. And we were sober, too.
Other incarnations include The Fat Koko and The Fat Bitch, which feminists from Rutger's Douglass College have frequently taken to protesting against.
Secrets Revealed: Fat Moon
Chicken fingers
Mozzarella sticks
French fries
Egg
Bacon
Mayo
Lettuce
Tomato
Labels: Gastronomy
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