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In article <[email protected]>, Don Gray
<[email protected]> wrote:
> In message Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > In article Don Gray wrote:
> > >
> > > I do have a 'foody query' though, as an aside. I have to say here and
> > > now I am not one for visiting 'burger bars'. It's not the sort of
> > > meal that turns me on - maybe they're better quality in the US. Over
> > > here good quality meat costs an arm and a leg, but my wife loves
> > > them. So I bought 1¾lb prime beef, which cost me 15euros, about £10
> > > or about 20$ US (that's guessing). Anyhow, I'll grind it up myself. I
> > > have a 'burger book' but just wondered if anyone had any favourite
> > > ideas. I will also be doing plain ones.
> >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Don
> >
> > Whatever floats your boat, Don, but for grinding my own meat for a
> > burger, I'd be buying a cut of meat that was less tender and more
> > flavorful. Cheaper, too. I like my burgers relatively plain
> > -- maybe with some finely chopped onion mixed into the meat with
> > some s&p.
> >
> > Grilled and accompanied by ketchup and mustard and maybe a pickle.
>
> Thanks for the advice M J - it's taken on board. I did consider a
> cheaper cut, for I'm used to making do and adapting what I've got to
> produce diffeent dishes eg casseroles - but I just thought 'treat'
> and it just stuck in the old brain cells ;-)
> Don
I love treats -- to me, a treat would be having that swell slab of prime
meat prepared in such a way as to properly enhance and show off its
treatly attributes, and grinding it for a burger wouldn't do it for me.
Not trying to be contentious, sir, just continuing a friendly
conversation.
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added 1-30-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.
<[email protected]> wrote:
> In message Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > In article Don Gray wrote:
> > >
> > > I do have a 'foody query' though, as an aside. I have to say here and
> > > now I am not one for visiting 'burger bars'. It's not the sort of
> > > meal that turns me on - maybe they're better quality in the US. Over
> > > here good quality meat costs an arm and a leg, but my wife loves
> > > them. So I bought 1¾lb prime beef, which cost me 15euros, about £10
> > > or about 20$ US (that's guessing). Anyhow, I'll grind it up myself. I
> > > have a 'burger book' but just wondered if anyone had any favourite
> > > ideas. I will also be doing plain ones.
> >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Don
> >
> > Whatever floats your boat, Don, but for grinding my own meat for a
> > burger, I'd be buying a cut of meat that was less tender and more
> > flavorful. Cheaper, too. I like my burgers relatively plain
> > -- maybe with some finely chopped onion mixed into the meat with
> > some s&p.
> >
> > Grilled and accompanied by ketchup and mustard and maybe a pickle.
>
> Thanks for the advice M J - it's taken on board. I did consider a
> cheaper cut, for I'm used to making do and adapting what I've got to
> produce diffeent dishes eg casseroles - but I just thought 'treat'
> and it just stuck in the old brain cells ;-)
> Don
I love treats -- to me, a treat would be having that swell slab of prime
meat prepared in such a way as to properly enhance and show off its
treatly attributes, and grinding it for a burger wouldn't do it for me.
Not trying to be contentious, sir, just continuing a friendly
conversation.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Winter Carnival ice sculpture pics
added 1-30-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.