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December 20, 2009 6:21:15 AM
pepperman
December 20, 2009 6:24:07 AM
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MagicPants
December 20, 2009 7:10:48 AM
shubham1401
December 20, 2009 7:35:27 AM
pepperman said:
Never like cheeseburgers; never liked melted cheese in general, really... The texture reminds me of eating rubber and I gag.I admit that the cheese used on most burgers is of poor quality, usually of the kind that is like rubber/plastic even before melting. Get some real cheese on there and it's much better though
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jitpublisher
December 20, 2009 1:52:02 PM
Aw man.....as a lover of a good burgers, I have to throw my 2 cents in here. I probably eat somewhere around 10 hamburgers a week, whether at a burger joint, or at home.
Man, I love a fresh, hot 3/4 pound hand patted burger off the grill with the buns sitting on top the meat after the last flip, cover shut down for a couple of minutes, getting all toasty and smokey.....drool, drool, slobber.
The cheese most places use is simply disgusting. Most of the time, except for very few places, I always tell them to leave the cheese off.
How about those god awful McDonalds quarter pounders! First, if there ever was a burger chain that has more embraced the piece of leather on a bun, it has to be McDonalds. And those 2 pieces of yellow stuff they stick on the Quarter Pounder that they call cheese, I am not sure exactly what it is, but it is not any type of edible cheese I have ever seen before. While I am complaining here, what in the hell happened to McDonalds? They used to be okay, hot decent, and super fast service at a super low price. Now you have to wait 5 minutes to get something I wouldn't feed my dog. They are expensive. They were a lot different place 30 years ago than they are today, that is for certain and I think while they never were that great, they have become deplorable.
Here in the Nothwest, we have Burgerville, pretty good hamburger joint, they use Tillamook cheese. It is still a commercial brand of cheese, not great, but decent. You also get your choice of several types like smokey cheddar, pepperjack, etc.
Fuddruckers are pretty good, and I hate to say it, but Wendys is not too bad either for a fast food burger joint, at least they use fresh meat, that makes it much better even if it is a processed lower grade burger. In the midwest there is a place called Steak and Shake, they make a decent burger, and so does In and Out.
Man, I love a fresh, hot 3/4 pound hand patted burger off the grill with the buns sitting on top the meat after the last flip, cover shut down for a couple of minutes, getting all toasty and smokey.....drool, drool, slobber.
The cheese most places use is simply disgusting. Most of the time, except for very few places, I always tell them to leave the cheese off.
How about those god awful McDonalds quarter pounders! First, if there ever was a burger chain that has more embraced the piece of leather on a bun, it has to be McDonalds. And those 2 pieces of yellow stuff they stick on the Quarter Pounder that they call cheese, I am not sure exactly what it is, but it is not any type of edible cheese I have ever seen before. While I am complaining here, what in the hell happened to McDonalds? They used to be okay, hot decent, and super fast service at a super low price. Now you have to wait 5 minutes to get something I wouldn't feed my dog. They are expensive. They were a lot different place 30 years ago than they are today, that is for certain and I think while they never were that great, they have become deplorable.
Here in the Nothwest, we have Burgerville, pretty good hamburger joint, they use Tillamook cheese. It is still a commercial brand of cheese, not great, but decent. You also get your choice of several types like smokey cheddar, pepperjack, etc.
Fuddruckers are pretty good, and I hate to say it, but Wendys is not too bad either for a fast food burger joint, at least they use fresh meat, that makes it much better even if it is a processed lower grade burger. In the midwest there is a place called Steak and Shake, they make a decent burger, and so does In and Out.
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I gave up on Wendy's some years ago for serving cardboard. My wife loves to cook, so I rarely eat out, but for fast food burgers I go to Hardee's. Careful though, unless you ask them not to, many places will spread a layer of machine poop (partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, a non-food) on their buns, and most likely their french fries were prepped in this waste even if they finish them in a food oil.
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pepperman
December 20, 2009 4:26:32 PM
^Hardee's is amazing; I love their curly fries, but sadly, ones by me shut all shut down about 7 years ago.
I agree with jitpublisher, though; there's nothing like a beefy hamburger fresh off the grill. Ever since I moved to the city, though, I didn't have enough room for a grill in my yard, and I'll be damned if I start cooking them in a pan.
I agree with jitpublisher, though; there's nothing like a beefy hamburger fresh off the grill. Ever since I moved to the city, though, I didn't have enough room for a grill in my yard, and I'll be damned if I start cooking them in a pan.
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December 20, 2009 5:45:37 PM
jitpublisher said:
Aw man.....as a lover of a good burgers, I have to throw my 2 cents in here. I probably eat somewhere around 10 hamburgers a week, whether at a burger joint, or at home. Man, I love a fresh, hot 3/4 pound hand patted burger off the grill with the buns sitting on top the meat after the last flip, cover shut down for a couple of minutes, getting all toasty and smokey.....drool, drool, slobber.
The cheese most places use is simply disgusting. Most of the time, except for very few places, I always tell them to leave the cheese off.
How about those god awful McDonalds quarter pounders! First, if there ever was a burger chain that has more embraced the piece of leather on a bun, it has to be McDonalds. And those 2 pieces of yellow stuff they stick on the Quarter Pounder that they call cheese, I am not sure exactly what it is, but it is not any type of edible cheese I have ever seen before. While I am complaining here, what in the hell happened to McDonalds? They used to be okay, hot decent, and super fast service at a super low price. Now you have to wait 5 minutes to get something I wouldn't feed my dog. They are expensive. They were a lot different place 30 years ago than they are today, that is for certain and I think while they never were that great, they have become deplorable.
Here in the Nothwest, we have Burgerville, pretty good hamburger joint, they use Tillamook cheese. It is still a commercial brand of cheese, not great, but decent. You also get your choice of several types like smokey cheddar, pepperjack, etc.
Fuddruckers are pretty good, and I hate to say it, but Wendys is not too bad either for a fast food burger joint, at least they use fresh meat, that makes it much better even if it is a processed lower grade burger. In the midwest there is a place called Steak and Shake, they make a decent burger, and so does In and Out.
I hear 'ya! Stop that, your killing me!
I DID weigh 295 at 6'3". I NOW weigh 270 lbs. I was once 217 and could whip Sonny Liston.
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I like the McDonald's burgers that use Angus beef. They were only introduced here about 6 months ago. They are ridiculously overpriced (one burger is $6.25-6.85) but they are actually not just full of air and grease. Granted, our food standards are alot higher than in the US. McDonald's have made many of their meals more "healthy" and they even offer salad dishes and plain Jane apples. They now make meals to order as well, but the ingredients are still frozen stuff AFAIK (such as the patties).
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December 21, 2009 2:24:04 AM
I eat a lot of ethnic food these days. I very seldom set foot in the fast food chain restaurants for many years. When my kids were small they demanded mcDonalds so we took them. Here you go Random, look up a dish of this if you are in the area. What is a popular Aussie dish? Croc flavored ice cream?
http://deutsch.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php/food-an...
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A popular Aussie dish is anything from another culture. Most people would prefer to go to a Chinese or Thai restaurant than McDonald's, except that it's more expensive. A $13 meal that actually tastes awesome isn't too bad though. Of course, I'd prefer to make it myself for $4 if I had the know-how. I have friends who know alot of Indian and some Chinese dishes, so I plan to increase my cooking skills by getting tips from them. I don't like spicy stuff that much though.
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December 21, 2009 4:29:30 AM
The 'prick' in that Thai chicken dish is 'pepper'. We eat out at restaurants at least seven times a week these days. Not so when my son was small. We did not go to a restaurant for three years at one point. He would cry and make a scene. My wife and I gave up trying to eat out with him in tow. I have become a good cook over the years. I'm not a gourmet class cook, but I am good at preparing food that tasts good. I make good chicken chili for example. I will prepare a turkey for Christmas dinner like I did for Thanksgiving. I think the trend in the US of A in recent years is to stay away from fast food hamburgers and fat food. Subway is very popular for a quick lunch solution. McDonald's showed a loss one quarter for the first time in it's history a couple of years ago. Some of the sit down chain restaurants like Denny's, Spires, Marie Callender', etc. offer good burgers. If I am ever in Australia, I will lok for an ethnic restaurant. Time for a bannana split with the Spumoni I picked up.
Sorry for all the Edits. My secretary who types this for me makes a lot of mistakes.
Sorry for all the Edits. My secretary who types this for me makes a lot of mistakes.
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December 21, 2009 4:51:54 AM
I am in a time in my life when my wife and I eat out almost every day. All ethnic restaurants. The only American restaurants we have tried in recent years are a Greek restaurant we tried a month ago which was very good. We occasionally go to Red Lobster, tried Marie Callender's for the first time ever a few months ago. We occasionally go to Benny Hana (sp) Japanese and a Japanese buffet called Todai which is very good. Most of our dining is done at ethnic restaurants. We follow the owners/cooks around as they buy/sell and open new places. My wife has a classmate married to a man who owns a whole chain of ethnic restaurants. I have to say my life has become refined since I've grown older. As a kid I had a lot of deer, rabbit, fresh fish and just about anything my dad and I could hunt down. As a college student I ate a lot of hostess twinkies and cupcakes. 8)
So when you have fast food now, are the majority of those restaurants American chains in Australia? Or does Australia have their own fast food chains? I rememebr spending a few summer's at my mother's family dairy farm when I was a kid. I think my cousin's let the dairy farm go, but they still own a couple of thousand acres of land they farm with gov't subsidization. I'm more of a small town main street bully type than a farmer though. 8)
So when you have fast food now, are the majority of those restaurants American chains in Australia? Or does Australia have their own fast food chains? I rememebr spending a few summer's at my mother's family dairy farm when I was a kid. I think my cousin's let the dairy farm go, but they still own a couple of thousand acres of land they farm with gov't subsidization. I'm more of a small town main street bully type than a farmer though. 8)
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welshmousepk
December 21, 2009 5:01:32 AM
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December 21, 2009 5:06:43 AM
Pizza I like a lot. I like Pizza Hut, my wife doesn't. We have, at times, had Pizza Hut delivery lunch often. My daughter and I win the argument of 'what's for lunch' today at the oofice when that happens. No Jack In The Box in Australia. I used to eat Jack in the Box a lot. I haven't had it many years.
We have a Burger place called 'Fatburger' here is So. California. magic Johnson is part owner. I ate there a couple of times years ago and didn't care their burgers. I think my cat just drank my iced tea!
We have a Burger place called 'Fatburger' here is So. California. magic Johnson is part owner. I ate there a couple of times years ago and didn't care their burgers. I think my cat just drank my iced tea!
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December 21, 2009 5:15:04 AM
If you are in the midwest you have to try Steak 'n Shake. Be sure to try White Castle too. Their burgers are unforgettable.
http://www.whitecastle.com/food
Don't miss out Random.
http://www.steaknshake.com/
http://www.whitecastle.com/food
Don't miss out Random.
http://www.steaknshake.com/
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What about this? http://www.heartattackgrill.com/
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December 21, 2009 5:34:45 AM
This country (USA) is finally, slowly waking up to the fact that a lot of fast food is just bad news, and trans-fats (partially hydrogenated vegetable oil) is particularly nasty; some cities and/or states are finally banning it in food. AFAIK, it has been mostly illegal in Europe for some time now.
Although I do like a good Hardee's burger (maybe once every six weeks or so), I also eat at Subway (perhaps 1/month). Until recently, Subway's white bread recipes also contained industrial waste (trans-fat), but no longer do. I got their wheat bread, which was safe. It's been years since I ate anything I knew or suspected to contain trans-fat, and my cholesterol is lower for it. My wife shares my attitude about healthy eating, one of the reasons she prefers to cook. She has recently begun making her own ghee (clarified butter).
Although I do like a good Hardee's burger (maybe once every six weeks or so), I also eat at Subway (perhaps 1/month). Until recently, Subway's white bread recipes also contained industrial waste (trans-fat), but no longer do. I got their wheat bread, which was safe. It's been years since I ate anything I knew or suspected to contain trans-fat, and my cholesterol is lower for it. My wife shares my attitude about healthy eating, one of the reasons she prefers to cook. She has recently begun making her own ghee (clarified butter).
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randomizer said:
Our major fast food chains are McDonald's, KFC, Hungry Jacks/Burger King (not sure if they are still the same company any more), Pizza Hut and Dominos Pizza. I think the first few are American, but I'm not sure about the pizza places.First night in downtown Manama, Bahrain not long after the First Gulf War, I saw McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Diary Queen, and Pizza Hut. I remember thinking, "Ah. Civilization as I know it."
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jonpaul37
December 21, 2009 12:04:14 PM
godfatherbih
December 28, 2009 11:16:30 PM
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