Thread: The perfect burger

Apart from the anaemic looking bun and raw tomato and onion and unnecessary addition of lettuce, it looks great

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

The same way you make meatballs but squash them, you mong

Tune in tomorrow when Mendy learns how to make chips out of a spud

Kin ell. For some bloke who wears the same sandals as a bloke who could turn water into wine...

Originally Posted by Topper

In Thailand, the cooks will often add pork fat to help bind the beef as it's so lean.

Fucks you up if you're a Muslim though and you find out that burger you've been enjoying is laced with pork fat!

None of this poncing about slapping your meat and knocking up your own yoghurt...

The Payload...

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

None of this poncing about slapping your meat and knocking up your own yoghurt...

And you didn't even bother to melt the cheese, you fucking caveman.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

And you didn't even bother to melt the cheese, you fucking caveman

you mean he didn't give the whole thing 50 secs in the microwave?

coleslaw in a burger ffs, i cannot understand how you've not been sent back to Cuventry

I also don't like anything on my burgers apart the Beef pattie, fried onions and salt and pepper.

Maybe some beetroot every now and then but never lettuce or any sauces.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Yeah, but you're a grade A wanker.

Keep it in the doghouse.

Forget the yogurt. A local diner I frequent does a Greek burger with tzatziki sauce and feta cheese.

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

None of this poncing about slapping your meat and knocking up your own yoghurt...

First time I've ever seen anyone use a block of cheese on a burger without melting it, well ok Chitty would surely have done it in the past too but what the hell? Top marks for using a block of cheese instead of slices that are one molecule away from being labelled a plastic (I do the same and use a potato peeler on a block of cheddar to get burger cheese) but melt it you melt

Aside from the lack of melt on the cheese, what sort of homicidal maniac puts the tomato sauce underneath the burger?

^I wasn't going to even mention the cheese being under the pattie but since the genie's out of the bottle now on piss poor assembly technique...

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

Tune in tomorrow when Mendy learns how to make chips out of a spud

^ I've never seen anyone make home-made crinkle cut chips either for that matter but Reg Dingle is obviously a connoisseur. He must have one of those special knives.

Originally Posted by Mendip

^ I've never seen anyone make home-made crinkle cut chips either for that matter but Reg Dingle is obviously a connoisseur. He must have one of those special knives.

Oooooh, you're one to talk!

Mendy's getting snarky!

^ Yeah well... his unprovoked attack on my chip making ability just pushed me too far.

Originally Posted by Mendip

^ Yeah well... his unprovoked attack on my chip making ability just pushed me too far.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Exactly the same as that PAG.

How do you turn minced lamb into a pattie? What do I need to add?

There are quite a few options to bulk the minced lamb out, breadcrumbs or finely diced onion for starters. I'm leaning towards some spicing in the mix also, maybe cumin and some grated garlic, maybe some fresh herbs such as rosemary and parsley, using mint in the yoghurt dressing rather than the patty itself. North African style spicing such found as in kofta meatballs is also a possibility. Lots of recipes and ideas out there.

^ Thanks PAG, homemade lamb burgers at the weekend it is then.

I'm thinking of home made sweet potato chips as well. They're all the rage in the classy places in the UK at the moment.

Originally Posted by Mendip

I'm thinking of home made sweet potato chips as well. They're all the rage in the classy places in the UK at the moment

Dont disappoint yourself, they're pretentious crap!

WTF is going on with this thread ?

Lamb burgers
Greek Burgers
Coleslaw Burgers
HW burgers
Dodgy buns
Crap chips

Keep it real!

Originally Posted by bsnub

Forget the yogurt. A local diner I frequent does a Greek burger with tzatziki

erm what do you think is in tzatziki?

Originally Posted by malmomike77

erm what do you think is in tzatziki?

Indeed, going for tzatziki for lamb burgers this weekend, just got some more yoghurt, cucumber, parsley and dill today. Just need to find some fresh mint leaves which M'Sahib will probably get at Makro.

^ yoghurt with lamb is perfect but has to be normal yoghurt not the gweek one which is too cweamy, you need the slightly acidy tang.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

erm what do you think is in tzatziki?

No idea. I only shovel it down my gob never made it before.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^ yoghurt with lamb is perfect but has to be normal yoghurt not the gweek one which is too cweamy, you need the slightly acidy tang.

That's where a drop of fresh lemon juice or white wine vinegar comes to the rescue.