red is exactly right. bacon is too much for a burger. a cheeseburger is perfect. bacon is great but detracts from burgers. also red says that pizza is a basically a bread dish, and that is tremendously true as well. red is right about food.
I also use fatty meat and never press the juices out. Rarely use bacon for the reasons mentioned but sometimes I just crave the bacon. Speaking of bread, sometimes I spruce it up a bit with some grilled sourdough bread that I brush with olive oil and some light spices.
No Green Chiles? Of all the folk on this forum I thought you would be partaking in a burger with green chiles.
Well, we were talking about the standard backyard grill burger and we really can't get good green chiles like you get in West Texas. But I have on occasion grilled a Poblano to put on a burger, when they have them at the grocery. I have also been known to replace the dill pickle with jalapenos. I picked that one up on the road in New Mexico. It's one of the places in the world where if you order a burger, they ask you, "Do you want Jalapenos on that?" Other odd road-trip burgers that I do from time to time: The Wimpy Burger: There was an "American" burger restaurant called Wimpy's in Paris in the 70's. After about four days of French food I was ready when I saw this place, with red, white, and blue Americana, and we immediately order a burger. It came out open-faced with a fried egg on top. Unuuuusual, but what the hell, they're French. So we plopped the other bun on and started chowing down and the egg and burger was really very good. As the locals looked at us like we were tearing apart road kill because they were all eating their burgers with knife and fork. Eff 'em, I'm an American and I know how to eat a goddamn hamburger. I now sometimes make Wimpy burgers, speak in a ridiculous French accent, and call everybody Raoul. Chili Burger: I ate at a place in Denver called "Across The Street" that was proud of their Chili burger. It was topped with a thick tasty chili that stuck to the burger and with chopped onions and shredded cheddar. Whenever I make a chili that is especially thick, I'll make a chili burger with the leftovers. Beware of ordering a "steakburger" anywhere in the midwest. They also eat it open-faced and they pour thick brown gravy all over it. All over everything, in fact . . . the fries, the cole slaw and the cobbler. Learn to say "hold the gravy" in a midwest diner. "I'd like a chocolate shake, darlin', and hold the gravy, OK?"
some food is just supposed to be eaten with the hands, no ifs, ands, or buts. like burgers. and hot wings. i know someone who eats hot wings with a knife and fork and it annoys the hell out of me every time. but i'm polite in my piggie-ness, and while i am chowing down, i dont say anything.
I must take green chiles for granted. The menu from my burger stop doesn't have much on it that you can't get chiles on: http://www.caprockcafe.com/ccns/images/stories/menus/4-27-10_C_Rest-BarMenu.pdf
Chili powder, chopped onions and fresh ground pepper in fresh ground sirloin. We don't usually do burgers on the grill unless we're grilling for several people. We like to give people lots of options for their burgers so I will grill a couple packages of bacon beforehand and we'll throw out a variety of cheese from sharp cheddar to Gouda, muenster, swiss, Colby jack, etc.
chopped onions chopped bellpepper tiger dust "magic" barbecue seasoning pick-a-peppa sauce Jack Daniels Old no.7 barbecue sauce Italian style bread crumbs 1 raw egg per pound an a half of meat
oh, and add bbq ribs to that list. it annoys me when people eat things with a knife and fork that are "finger foods". so either i am a judgemental slob, or they are pretentious snobs.:hihi:
