In middle school, there’s a fine line between friendship and blackmailing. When Tina starts hanging out with Tammy, the new girl in school, she quickly becomes a pawn in Tammy’s sick game to get with Zeke (seriously, Zeke?!).
While Tina moves closer and closer to the dark side, Bob moves closer and closer to potential restraining orders thanks to his need to “cake” (playing patty cake) with anyone who has two hands.
Tina finally stands her ground, and Tammy retaliates by reading one of Tina’s erotic friend fiction tales. After some poor parental advice, Tina beats Tammy to the punch and reads a fresh tale of lunchtime butt grabbing.
The plan, of course, back fires — until Tammy’s backside fires out a series of laughing/anxious farts.
Before we get to the Burger of the Day, let’s get to the episode rundown:
Episode number: S02E08
Next-door neighbor: Valley of the Doilies
Vermin Vendor: The Vermin Surgeon
Burger of the Day: Sweaty Palms
Review
The Sweaty Palms Burger is an 80/20 beef patty, topped with parmesan cheese and a hearts of palm and artichoke tapenade. This all takes place inside a brioche bun.
The tapenade is made out of hearts of palm, artichoke hearts, garlic, green olives, kalamata olives, a Serrano chili, basil, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this burger is a real “snoregasm”. You are supposed to spread the tapenade on the burger, meaning it shouldn’t require large dollops, and yet by the end of the meal we were heaping it on in order to taste it. Once the taste outweighed the beef, you realize the salty flavor of the olives, mixed with the organic zip of the hearts of palm and artichoke, create a crummy taste anyway.
You’ll end the dinner crying like Teddy, claiming to anyone who wants a bite, “It’s not fun for everyone”.
Grade (out of 5)
nate N carey 