Memorial Day marks the start of the summer season here in the United States where people sit around on lawn chairs in the boiling heat and grill hamburgers and hot dogs. What fun! Speaking of burgers, did you know there is a Hamburger Museum in Daytona, Florida? “Hamburger Harry” Sperl, an immigrant from Germany, has over one thousand hamburgers in all shapes and sizes and smells. Cookie jars, hats, trays, badges, magnets, music boxes, salt and pepper shakers, posters, glasses, cups, bowls, stuffed toys, t-shirts and of course…a cheeseburger-shaped waterbed. Not sure which items are rare, medium and well done?
Anyway, Hamburger Harry’s Burger Bike is quite special. Created on a Harley chassis using Styrofoam and fiberglass, it has neon lighting, steam that rises from the patty, and a stereo that plays the sound of sizzling burgers. Right now he’s working with an architect to create a burger-inspired building to house the future International Hamburger Hall of Fame. In the meantime you’ll have to make a special appointment to visit his collection at his non-hamburger home.
