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Ghost B.C. inspired burger stirs controversy in Chicago

by Tyler Munro

via Chicago Tribune

Kuma’s Corner is a Chicago-based burger stop that names each of its sandwiches after a metal band, and the latest is turning some heads in the city. The “Ghost” burger is inspired by the Nameless Ghouls of the Pope inspired Ghost B.C. and costs a whopping $17, but it’s the ingredients, not the price, that has people up in arms.

Topped with an unconsecrated communion wafer and a red wine reduction, the Ghost Burger is upsetting some local Catholics.

“For us as Catholics, the Eucharist is more than a symbol, it’s a sacrament. At the same time, it doesn’t mean that symbols aren’t important,” said Catholic food blogger Jeff Young to the Chicago Tribune. “It is a mockery of something that is holy. The same thing could be said of the band itself.”

“It’s not a commentary on the state of religion or anything like that,” said Director of Operations Luke Tobias. “It’s literally, ‘We like this band; we think what they do is cool.'”

Here’s the thing: maybe don’t eat at a heavy metal burger joint if your Catholicism is so devout you can’t look past a cracker that, as the restaurant states, is completely optional.

In addition to the wafer and red wine, the burger come son a pretzel bun and comes with slow braised goat shoulder, aged white cheddar cheese and Ghost chile aioli. In other words: it sounds goddamned delicious.