Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Released On : 2004 Genre : Comedy Directed By : Danny Leiner Produced By : Greg Shapiro, Nathan Kahane Starcast : Kal Penn, John Cho, Paula Garc�s, Neil Patrick Harris, Anthony Anderson, Fred Willard, Boyd Banks Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle directed by Danny Leiner is comedy film released in 2004 & written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. The story is beautifully crafted on a series of comical misadventures of Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) as they smoke marijuana & decide to go to the fast-food chain White Castle. Harold Lee, an investment banker accepts to execute his colleagues� work while they leave for the weekend. Meanwhile, Kumar Patel intentionally botches a medical school interview to prevent getting accepted. Harold likes Maria, but is unable to admit his feelings. After smoking marijuana together, the pair decides to get hamburgers to satisfy their hunger seeing an advertisement for White Castle. They travel to the nearest White Castle in New Brunswick just to find it replaced by �Burger Shack� but learn of another White Castle in Cherry Hill. Kumar suggests stopping at Princeton University to buy more marijuana. Kumar buys
marijuana from one of the students and they are discovered by campus security and forced to flee, losing their marijuana after it falls in the toilet. Harold and Kumar continue with their drive, after a while when Kumar stops the car to urinate, a raccoon enters the car and bites Harold. Kumar takes Harold to a hospital where Kumar�s father and older brother work. Kumar�s father is disappointed in him how he messed up med school interview and there is another one tomorrow and if he messes up his admission he will be cut off financially. Kumar apologizes to his father and promises to take the next interview seriously. Kumar steals ID badges to obtain medical marijuana, but after being mistaken for his brother, Kumar is forced to perform surgery on a gunshot victim; after the surgery, the patient tells them how to reach White Castle.
While passing by, Kumar spots Maria at a movie theater and tries to get her attention so Harold can talk to her, but Harold panics and crashes the car. Freakshow, a tow-truck driver, rescues & takes them to his house to repair their car. Harold and Kumar are propositioned by Freakshow�s surprisingly alluring wife, but after Freakshow suggests a foursome, Harold and Kumar flee in disgust. Kumar picks up a hitchhiker, Neil Patrick Harris, who is high on ecstasy. While Harold and Kumar were getting directions from a convenience store, Harris drives away in their car. The duo are then harassed by a racist police officer for jaywalking. Harold attempts to punch Kumar for antagonizing the officer but ends up punching the officer instead, resulting in his arrest.
Kumar fakes a 911 call to distract the police and breaks into the station to free Harold. After Harold and Kumar flee, they encounter an escaped cheetah. After smoking marijuana with it, they decide to ride it to White Castle. However, Harold goes unconscious after hitting his head on a branch, destroying his laptop containing all the work that he just completed for his coworkers. Harold and a reluctant Kumar decide to not continue on their trek, but after encountering a group of extreme sports punks who have been harassing the pair, the duo change their mind and steal their truck. A police officer spots the speeding truck and chases them. They are trapped when they reach the edge of a cliff. There they spot the White Castle below & use a hang glider from the truck to reach their destination. The pair place their orders but are disheartened to find they have no money. Harris suddenly appears, having craved the food when hearing them talk about it and pays for their meal as an apology for stealing their car; he also further pays for �repairs.�
Kumar realizes he wants to be a doctor but is afraid of conforming to the stereotype of Indians becoming doctors. Harold then notices his co-workers pull up with two women and get angry at them because they said they had to work with clients but were actually out partying. He tells them off and threatens to get them fired and humiliated if it happens again. After returning to their apartment they encounter Maria, Harold professes his feelings for her and they kiss. She tells Harold that she is going to Amsterdam and will return in ten days. Kumar convinces Harold to go with him to Amsterdam to pursue Maria, reminding him that marijuana is legal in the Netherlands.
White Castle Hamburgers
White Castle is an American regional hamburger restaurant chain with 377 locations across 13 states, generally quoted as country�s 1st fast-food chain has greatest presence in the Midwest. It is known for its small, square hamburgers. Sometimes referred to as �sliders�, the burgers were initially priced at five cents until 1929 and remained at 10 cents until 1949. In the 1940s, White Castle promoted its business by running advertisements in local newspapers with coupons offering five burgers for ten cents, takeout only. On January 14, 2014, Time labeled the White Castle slider as the most influential burger of all timeAlmost White Castle Hamburger
Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds� � � � � � Ground Chuck 1/3 cup� � � � � � � � � � Bread Crumbs 1� � � � � � � � � � � � � � �Egg 1 ounce� � � � � � � � � �Dry Onion Soup Mix 2 tbsp� � � � � � � � � � �Water � tsp� � � � � � � � � � � Ground Black Pepper 24� � � � � � � � � � � � � Small Square Shaped Dinner Rolls
Method
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Combine ground chuck, bread crumbs, egg, onion soup mix, water, and black pepper in a bowl; press into a 10x15-inch jelly roll pan. Prick holes through the chuck mixture for ventilation while cooking.
- Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through about 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Drain excess grease.
- Cut chuck mixture into squares the size of the rolls. Place 1 chuck patty in each roll.
