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Default The "$100.00 Gourmet Burger "


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>> >> >> Ingredients:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Toasted Onion Kaiser Roll: $.33
>> >> >> 1/3 lb home-ground brisket: $.28
>> >> >> 2 slices of HEB premium, thick sliced bacon $.40
>> >> >> 1 thick slice of Finlandia Munster Cheese: $.17
>> >> >> 1 pickled jalapeno, sliced thin: $.03
>> >> >> Sriracha mayo and ketchup: $.04
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Method:
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>> >> >> The bacon was cut in half to facilitate cooking and assembly. The
>> >> >> burger patty is one of 12 I ground from whole brisket and froze
>> >> >> last
>> >> >> week. It was cooked from frozen state at the same time and in the
>> >> >> same pan as the bacon (I'll have to do that more often). The
>> >> >> jalapeno is sliced thin and placed on the burger and under the
>> >> >> cheese for the last minute of cooking. The sriracha must be mixed
>> >> >> with the mayo before spreading on the toasted bun.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Results:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Time to cook, assemble and clean up after this this "goremay
>> >> >> $100.00
>> >> >> Burger" (the only kind Sam will eat [sic]): 11 minutes.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cost of this $100.00 goremay Burger : $1.25.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Tastewise: You won't get anything this tasty from a drive thru.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> My only regret is that I didn't make 2, or make it a double (which
>> >> >> would have only taken 1 minute longer).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Compare this to running out and grabbing a Quarter Pounder W/cheese
>> >> >> for $2.39 +tax and the choice is pretty clear.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -sw
>> >> >
>> >> > Steve, any kindergartener will tell you that burger won't taste as

> good
>> > as
>> >> > one you'll pay $100 dollar's for at a gourmet restaurant.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> What Kindergartener do you know that has the allowance or the
>> > transportation
>> >> to eat at a Gourmet restaurant
>> >
>> > I never said that one did. STFU troll.
>> >
>> >

>> Yes you did, if he never had a gourmet burger how can he know what it

> taste
>> like. You said he would know the difference. No one will know the

> difference
>> unless they had tasted both to compare.
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>> Robert
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> Most kindergartener's that I know, thier PARENTS feed them and drive them
> around. I pray that your not a parent yourself since you seem to be
> unaware
> of that fact.
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Maybe you misunderstand the irony of the of the ideal that you thank that a
five year old will have the intellectual knowledge or the discerning taste
to even tell the difference between a gourmet burger and fast food burger.

Robert