Comments on: West coast burgers — another try

By: Don Quixote AKA George

Don Quixote AKA George — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:16:29 +0000

Thank god you are still blogging about food! I guess your previous threats to quit are typical interweb drama-queening… Anyway my wife (from LA) just bought some pre-made thin patties of local grass-fed beef. She insists that the pre-made patty is more CA… Looking forward to grilling them, but thanks for reminding me to get pickles, relish and Cali-style buns first.

By: 9000

9000 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:55:56 +0000

the humanity! i put both bacon and cheese on my luger’s burger! what was i possibly thinking?

proud american cheese eater,
9000

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:33:02 +0000

ben: Yeah, I commented on the English muffin thing in the body of the post. thanks for the link.

elijah: funny, I always think of cheddar burgers as an East coast thing. I’m not the biggest fan of Ba-Tampte – I prefer my pickles an iridescent green. Real kosher pickles don’t seem quite right in this instance. As for fake cheese, I’m a true believer when it comes to order cheesteaks in Philadelphia with Cheez-Whiz.

fiona: spoken like a true Irishwoman… the best burgers in New York are at Irish pubs or restaurants, and always focus on the quality of the beef. Btw, I’ve never had the Luger’s burger but I’ve heard great things about it.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:50:21 +0000

There’s really no reason to put any kind of cheese on a burger. 9000 defiled a perfectly good burger at Lugers not only with cheese, but with bacon too!
And a supermarket I visit regularly has introduced a line of roqeufort quarter pounders. Talk about destroying two wonderful things.

As an aside, I’m blaming Patrick for the ridiculous amount of cream cheese and gherkins I’ve been snacking on over the last two weeks.

By: Elijah M

Elijah M — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:06:45 +0000

I’ve had burgers on the west coast that used cheddar instead of American. There’s really no reason you should put American cheese on anything. Ever. And perhaps I’m missing the point here, but Vlassic is to Ba-Tampte (www.batampte.com) as Miracle Whip is to Hellman’s.

All of that aside, I always end up making myself a cheeseburger within two days of reading one of these posts. That picture looks delicious.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:44:08 +0000

we don’t use english muffins on the west coast!!!!

btw, have you seen this site? it might be good for your west coast burger needs… http://portlandhamburgers.blogspot.com

i don’t write for it, just read it at work…

By: 9000

9000 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:08:43 +0000

real hamburgers don’t necessitate “brown sauce.”

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:35:55 +0000

Yes, but that would not be West Coast.

If I wanted to do UK burgers like I used to get from a shack on the street in Cambridge in 1980, I’d boil the patties and put grilled onions and “tomato sauce” (not really ketchup) on them. It sounds disgusting but it was yummy.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:04:51 +0000

Have you tried with brown sauce? Can you even get brown sauce over there?