Subj : Re: about to blow a gaske
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : richardw
Date : Wed Apr 06 2005 02:33 am

  Re: Re: about to blow a gaske
  By: Angus Mcleod to richardw on Mon Apr 04 2005 08:46 pm

 >  > I have this terrible thought that the rest of the world thinks of the
 >  > "american hamburger" as something sold at McDonalds.
 > 
 > I can't claim to have tried all -- or even most -- of the burger joints in
 > the USA, but judging by the ones I *have* tried, American Hamburgers are
 > pretty yucky.  But in the context of my post, I meant American hamburger
 > companies like McD's and BK and so forth.
 > 
 >  > This is so far from true.  A true "american hamburger" is made with 100%
 >  > beef,
 > 
 > That's your first mistake right there.
 > 
 >  > on a toasted bun,
 > 
 > Yea...
 > 
 >  > greasy as hell,
 >
 > No, the meat should be cooked on a grill that allows excess fats/oils to
 > drip away.  You have to make room for the fats and oils you plan to add as
 > garnishes!

THIS IS THE BEST PART?!!?

ok.  I say the more the merrier.

 >  > with mustard, onions, pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, jalepenos if your
 >  > from texas, and it is one of the greatest inventions ever.
 > 
 > What you put *on* the burger is a wide choice.  I've had pineapple,
 > banana, even peanut-butter (which tastes great, BTW) in various
 > combinations with cheese, tomato, onion, lettuce, etc as just some of the
 > more 'normal' things you find on there.

Pineapple banana?! eeew.  I would say the strangest thing I've put on a 
burger was freshly made guacamole.  It was definately a good thing.

 >  > Very much unlike anything McDonalds has ever sold.
 > 
 > Actually, I used to like going to McDonalds on a morning and having
 > breakfast.  Biscuits with cheese and bacon.  Etc, etc.  The potato chips
 > were pretty good too.  The burgers -- well, I could eat them, but they
 > weren't the greatest.

The best thing McDonalds does is breakfast, but that isn't saying much.

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