If you haven't heard of , it's a hip, growing national chain where Americans go to stand in long lines. Also, it serves food.
We tried the 'Shroom Burger, a breaded and deep-fried cheese-stuffed portobello mushroom patty in a bun. It's topped with lettuce, tomato and the chain's special sauce.
Peter: In order to get the mushrooms stuffed with cheese, they plant the spores in a block of Velveeta.
Miles: It's great how cheese explodes out of it with every bite, which is what I assume cannibals would say if they were eating me.
![It tastes like the opposite of how this picture looks.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/73f6fe5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/632x474+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F22%2Fimg_4337-a7adf88425af1653983e3cd6093941ea93934814.jpg)
Peter: Did you know that fungi are not plants? Totally different form of life. It's like eating an alien. A really, really tasty alien.
Miles: I'd ask for seconds, but my stomach doesn't have that mushroom.
Ringo: [rimshot]
![We know this isn't the most flattering picture of Peter, but he was so overcome with violent spasms of joy that this is the only one in focus.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fe44928/2147483647/strip/true/crop/627x470+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F22%2Fimg_4343-0a22b6fbb3307f5606fced1b2e003d3dcc2892c9.jpg)
Miles: Fine, I'll admit it, the Shake Shack is far more successful than my Shaq Shake, which is a milkshake I invented that can't shoot free throws.
Peter: This sandwich is so good it makes me want to be a vegetarian, except I'd also like to eat meat.
Ian: Cows would like to remind you they still had a small role in this.
![Milesy likes it.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ca9a175/2147483647/strip/true/crop/635x476+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F22%2Fimg_4350-61f7adb2f42bb659682b6640bc8b5632f9b515e1.jpg)
[The verdict: quite possibly the best veggie burger ever made. If a veggie burger were going to start a cult with a devout following made up of other, lesser veggie burgers, the 'Shroom Burger would be the one to do it.]
Sandwich Monday is a satirical feature from the humorists at Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!
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