Hamburger pictures

[Doug Garson]

Interesting that high end restaurants which pay a lot of attention to presentation, never, as far as I know, put pictures on the menu while fast food joints where speed and low prices are the keys to success do. I agree, when I see pictures on the menu I also lower my expectations.

[Jim Koepke]

Which fast food places are you going to that take 20 minutes to make your food? I only eat fast food a couple times per month, at most. However, I have never waited 20 minutes to receive my food order.

This reminds me of something that bugs me locally.

The large grocer in our area has a deli counter that also makes sandwiches.

One one of the cases is a sign saying, "your deli order can be left at the counter and will be prepared while you do the rest of your shopping."

Often there is only one attendant at the deli order end and one making sandwiches. Sometimes the wait is 5 minutes or more. Candy often gives up on ordering if the wait is long. I often ask the person why would anyone wait in line to give a written order and then come back and wait again to pick it up?

Managers come up with brilliant ideas, where if they knew how things worked they would realize it would be a better idea to hire more help.

jtk

[Mike Null]

I have a need for a cheeseburger fairly often and while I've found some excellent ones at a couple of watering holes I can't get used to the $15 they ask so, I've become a Culver's regular and am pretty happy with their product.

I also buy Sam's prime ground beef patties and make my own, which my wife prefers.

[Jim Koepke]

I also buy Sam's prime ground beef patties and make my own, which my wife prefers.

I like to make burgers the way Candy showed me. Mix half hamburger and half sausage.

Legally it isn't a hamburger, thank the beef association for that, it sure tastes good.

jtk

[Patty Hann]

I like to make burgers the way Candy showed me. Mix half hamburger and half sausage.

Legally it isn't a hamburger, thank the beef association for that, it sure tastes good.

jtk

My Dad always made burgers half sirloin and half ground chuck....and thick.

[Jim Koepke]

My Dad always made burgers half sirloin and half ground chuck....and thick.

I remember one time at Costco they ran out of the beef they usually grind into hamburger and used tri-tip instead. Those were good burgers.

jtk

[Doug Garson]

I guess my wife's burgers are real Outlaw Burgers. She uses ground beef plus ground pork and sometimes ground turkey plus garlic, onion and spices.

[Patty Hann]

If you make burgers with pork or turkey you have to thoroughly cook them.
I like burgers the way I like steak -- medium, with some pink in the middle.

[Brian Elfert]

If you make burgers with pork or turkey you have to thoroughly cook them.
I like burgers the way I like steak -- medium, with some pink in the middle.

You are also supposed to cook ground beef thoroughly. The reasoning is that any bacteria on the surface will get ground into the meat. Whole meat like steaks, chops, roast, and the like will only have bacteria on the surface, if any, and it will get killed during the cooking process.

I want on a camping trip once where raw food was provided that participants needed to cook. One meal with hamburgers and the patties were maybe 1/4" thick. The organizers wanted to be sure the burgers were cooked well enough to kill any bacteria. It would have been very difficult to not cook them well.

[Roger Feeley]

I’m a five guys fan but to each his own. It takes 10-15 minutes because they cook to order. They give you peanuts to eat while you wait so you don’t get antsy.

[Maurice Mcmurry]

I keep thinking about the movie Falling Down as I read this thread.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Wife likes her meats to look same color as charcoal, before lighting, as in BLACK! Can't stand for her to cook me a burger, as it's dried out and HARD, just the way she likes them. An instant read thermometer should be on every grill / griddle. One hundred sixty degrees on inside, and it's DONE! Smash burgers on the griddle are so easy to cook, as they are so thin after smashing. Both Freddies, and Culvers do smash burgers. What we really like about Culvers, is about once a month we get BOGO coupons in the mail. Makes it easy to decide where to go to eat with friends after church on Sunday.

[mike stenson]

I keep thinking about the movie Falling Down as I read this thread.

Now that you mentioned it...

[Maurice Mcmurry]

I became very fond of McDonald's as a youngster. There was one in the basement of the university bookstore on the MU campus. It was very close to our house. I could pickup a few return for deposit soda bottles in the Sigma Chi and Kappa Alpha parking lots, cash them in and get a cheeseburger.

[Bill Dufour]

I remember years ago some advertisers got in trouble because they used tricks like mashed potatoes to make ice cream that did not melt under the studio lighting.
Bill D