Seems like a waste of good bacon, since nobody would be able to eat all that I want to believe that they throw the leftovers in the garbage (as opposed to use them for the next customer)
Perhaps you don’t know this: McDonald’s doesn’t have a grill in the fucking joint. All their shit is precooked and then warmed up, this is to avoid burning shit, as well as to avoid undercooking and getting sued. McDonald’s is shit.
For me bacon is like fries, something that once cold for the first time becomes trash unless you’re really, really desperate for food (like, you’re homeless and haven’t eaten for 3 days or something).
Agreed. That is a bit much. I like how Five Guys does their bacon, which is how most restaurants do it. Just enough to get the taste is fine.
Anyone else wanna dispute this whole idea that White Castle is gas station tier? I actually enjoy the burgers, though I’m not the fat fuck that can eat like 20 of the things…
Most standard build for burgers is usually you get your ground meat, you can marinade if you want but the way I do them I usually find they taste just as good without it… but that’s just me. You have some minced onions you mix in, you can do minced red peppers… Eggs (you can just use either the yolks or white if you wanna be healthy/ X the Cholesterol). Bread Crumbs, and shit ton of Worcestershire sauce and fresh ground pepper (actually fresh parsley is good to mix in too). Then you clump them up and make your pattys and keep on flipping in your hands when you’re creating the shape of the patty’s to sort of tenderize the meat before you throw them on the grill. Once on, keep putting the Worcestershire when you flip the burger. You can add bacon or avacado or cheese to your hearts content more towards the end . And Jalapeno Aoili is good too.
Most of the people I’ve talked to who do home cooked burgers here in Canada on the grill do them like this and they usually turn out really good. I’ve had many a BBQ for friends and everyone enjoys them.
If you put vegetables on my burger, I will fucking slap you.
Don’t get me wrong, I love vegetables. Carrots, Peas, Potatoes, Corn, Brocolli even Brussels Sprouts. Put them on my plate, on the side, I’ll eat it up.
However, when Im eating a burger, I don’t want any of that shit getting between me and my meat. Lettuce, Tomato, Pickles, Onions, that shit DOES NOT belong on a fucking burger. A burger should be meat, buns, and whatever sauce/flavorings you’re using to enhance the flavor. All the veggies do is distract from the meat.
The one exception I’m starting to make, is a small amount of grilled onions. Not so much as to overwhelm, but a tiny bit can enhance the flavor.
My typical burger is nothing but meat, cheese, and mustard (Condiment of the gods).
BBQ Burgers are good, and I will make an exception for onion straws with this one.
And Hawaiian burgers, with the teriyaki and a pineapple slice, can get a pass as well.
When I used to eat bacon, it was all about bacon+honey. So any burger that got the BBQ sauce right + separately cooked and sweetened bacon really pulled it off. For those of you that didn’t know, a lot of BBQ sauces are basically (real) ketchup + molasses (then stuff to make the sauce speshul). Knowing this, a chef can cook and sweeten the bacon separately with a sauce fine tuned to the in-home BBQ sauce. Bacon, like trout (imo) is meant for honey.
Pimp Willy. When you eat, and I mean eat with the express purpose of enjoying your food and not eating to give your body the nutrients it needs to get through a day, you want a bouquet of flavors that are greater than the sum of its parts. Vegetables are an important piece of the puzzle. Bread meat cheese is barely a sandwich.
If a burger contains any of the following, I hate eating it with a sweet drink; BBQ, Teriyaki, sweet onions, ketchup, cole slaw, thousand island, steak sauce, sweet mayo, relish, or a sweet side dish like corn, cole slaw, and sweet potato fries.
Sugary drinks muddle the flavors from these stuff. They’re especially bad with only mildly sweet things like steak sauce or teriyaki sauce. Orange juice and lemonade are even worse since they’re both sweet and acidic.