Deep Fried Burgers
Burgers can be healthy. This doesn’t mean they always are, or that they even ought to be. Sometimes, the best burger is one that is deliberately made as bad for you as possible, and nobody knows it better than the folks at Dyer’s Burgers in Memphis, TN. Founded in the early 1900s, this restaurant has been serving up classic burgers and fries for a hundred years. One of the trademark items on the menu here is the Dyer’s famous deep fried hamburger. Think you’re up to that? In...
Read MoreGamenight Recipe: Cheeseburger Chili
You know “fall has fell” when Monday night football makes its sweeping return to network television. There’s a chill in the air and the days are growing shorter, and colder nights are the perfect occasion for settling in early with some game night snacks. But when snacks alone just aren’t enough, you need some serious eats to hold you over until half time, but you don’t want to spend all your time in the kitchen or at the grill outside missing the game, right? One of our readers...
Read MoreFourth of July Feast
Today, we’re taking a bit of a break from our weekly burger talk to include all the other yummy foods traditionally served up at American households across the country for the Fourth of July. Of course, what kind of Fourth of July celebration would it be without juicy grilled burgers hot off the coals or gas grill? No, we aren’t about to commit all-out mutiny by suggesting you replace your best hamburger recipes with some strange vegan monstrosity from the West Coast — but we must insist that...
Read MoreSummer Sliders
It’s almost summertime again, and with that comes the prospect of some delicious outdoor grilling with friends and family. Steaks, chicken, and fish are great on the grill! So are vegetable kebabs, corn on the cob, and potatoes — but nothing beats a juicy mini burger patty seared to perfection and bursting with char-grilled flavor. In recent years, mini burgers, or sliders, as they have come to be known, have become a popular treat across the United States. In many restaurants and bars, they...
Read MoreDon Gorske’s Big Mac OCD
We’ve all heard of Don Gorske, though we might not know him by name. First made widely famous in Morgan Spurlock’s 2004 documentary Supersize Me, Gorske has become known for his obsession with the McDonald’s Big Mac. The Fon du Lac, Wisconsin native ate his 25,000th Big Mac on May 19, 2011, and his inordinate love of the fast food chain’s signature sandwich appears to have its roots in a mental disorder known as obsessive-compulsive disorder, or more commonly, OCD. (Or, CDO, if you...
Read MoreIf You Must Do A Burger, Do It Right!
Sometimes, the only kind of burger that will do is a good, old fashioned, American red meat cheeseburger the size of a grapefruit, beautifully stacked and dressed out with crispy lettuce, thin slices of fresh tomato, and yummy half melted slices of yellow American cheese. Maybe you like some condiments on your burger. In the United States of America, the most popular additions of that variety to a burger are ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise. In recent years, these old standbys have faced a little...
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