I like Hefe's but I wouldn't drink too many of them. They tend to give a pretty monstrous hangover the next day.
If you want a delicious, mouth-watering burger look no further. Just PM effinshenanigans for his little method, you wont regret it. I haven't cooked a different one at my home since ad people beg to know how they're made. Personally I can't praise them enough. It's New Years Eve. I'll re-post his recipe and mine: Here's mine for Mango Guac. Single men, this will get you laid like a Kaiju's egg. Bonus: it's easy. Juicy, you already have some ingredients after reading your lunch menu today: And now for me annual question, for those of you like me who aren't cool and because you in some way celebrate New Years, whatcha drinkin' for this Last Night? I get to try Fat Tire which I am looking forward to, but I'm feeling daiquiris again. A Ninja blender does a bang-up job of whipping them up. I don't think I could handle Papa Doubles though (sorry CJ).
I think I'm going to make CJ's head explode and take my HUGE bottle of I believe raspberry flavored Arbor Mist that I dropped all of I think $6.99 on (it was on sale!) and take it to our friend's house to play fake wine pong. Relax, I'm taking real alcohol for everyone else. I don't even care. I like what I like! I'm a poor college student at heart I guess. And I'm really hoping I don't have to ask my husband to pull over on the side of the turnpike this time so I can barf. I'm gonna try and keep it classy this time. Save the puking for at home like it should be done. I'm taking Catherine to practice at 7, getting a facial at 10, throwing a nap in there somewhere. It will be the best leading up to New Year's Eve night ever! Oh yeah I think I need to make a dessert as well.
I'm going to drink a fuck ton of bacardi then go to the Stone Brewery NYE party and enjoy some rare beers.
Am I a horrible person that I would actually consider murdering or abandoning into the wilderness a cat if it weren't for the fact that my child would be traumatized? This cat's penchant for wire gnawing has stripped away any modicum of compassion that I might otherwise have for a living being. Seriously, my kid's psychological well being is the only thing keeping me from giving in to my dark side, and that is not a good place to be.
Our youngest cat decided this year that it needed to chew on my Santa lights that happened to be the first Christmas decorations I ever spent my money on oh say 35 years ago. That fucker is lucky that he is not spending the new year in some adoption cage. I am going to have a second office party tomorrow after everyone leaves for home at noon. I am thinking a couple of 24 ounce local brewed IPAs and a selection of recordings from The Record Plant studios of New York, LA and Sausalito. This will include most of the Eagles catalogue as well as some Elton John. Half the fun is to be drinking and searching for what will be played next. Happy New Year TIB.
Based on recommendations, I started watching Archer. Holy shit, is that funny stuff. Anyone else masturbate to scenes with Mother while fantasizing about her going down on you while you drink her gin and record it with your phone to send to Archer? I'm starting to think I'm a bit weird.
I am not surprised that three Atlanta burgers made it, but I am shocked that one of them was a Varsity burger. That is like including Krystal or White Castle on the list.
Some of us aren't shut-ins and end up in different areas of the country, for reasons entirely unrelated to the burgers, yet still might like a recommendation for local food...
Heh, yep. The rare times I travel and I know I will have flexibility to do it I will check on the food network site that has a map of various places featured on their shows. Apropos of burgers, that was how I have had the only bacon cheeseburger that I've ever been willing to order - at Hodad's in San Diego. Restaurants always make bacon chewy and I refuse to eat such an abomination. But Hodads makes their bacon in a completely unique way and when I watched the episode where they demonstrated it I decided if I were ever to go to San Diego, I wanted to try it. I never thought that would be the case, but actually I have now been to San Diego twice and have gone to Hodads both times.
What? No, no, no. Lumping that Varsity burger in with Krystal is like lumping Coke in with Pepsi. They're not even close. I could eat a sackful of Krystals, too. But, no. The author of the article says it best: One of the best burgers I've had was at the Blue Eyed Daisy Bakeshop in Serenbe, southwest of Atlanta. I don't know if they still make that Kobe beef wonder the same way there. (For you Atlanta folks - interesting degrees of separation thing: at the #1 burger place Holeman & Finch that's named in the article, Tony Seichrist was chef there once, after he was at the Farmhouse in Serenbe. Nicolas Bour took over at the Farmhouse while Seichrist took a year off in Italy and Bour was the Chef at Blue Eyed Daisy. I don't think he's there anymore, though. The pastry chef at BED, Candi Pittman, one that Cupcake Wars thing on Food Network.) If you don't know, and every travel into the Atlanta area, you should check out Serenbe. It's really strange.
I've had #10 from the best burgers list, the Jucy Lucy, and it is fantastic. My burger recipe always goes over well. 3 lbs of the leanest ground beef you can find dust it all over with garlic salt dice a small white onion and mix it in burn a half pound of bacon and crumble it in worcestershire sauce, about two tablespoons full, to taste two egg yolks, no whites one to two small containers of feta cheese Cook it to just barely past medium. You get nice crunch from the onions and bacon, good moistness from the cheese and egg. Top with a slice of tomato and/or a slice of avocado and a slice of Colby jack cheese, all on a toasted potato bun with some butter. Fucking delicious.
I think Varsity employees intentionally make your burger look like someone sat on it. I've been to the Kennesaw and Tech locations multiple times and the food always looks like shit. Always. It always looks so horrendous, they must be doing it on purpose.
That list is ok, but they definitely went with some foodie favorites as opposed to burgers in the areas that are the best. The two in CT are both surpassed by different places, but because one is the first ever place to make steamed cheeseburgers and the other is the legit originator of the hamburger, I knew they were going to be included. I'll agree with CJ, finding restaurants in other parts of the country that are doing cool things with food and then trying to replicate it at home is truly awesome. I enjoy cooking and count myself as a pretty good chef, but I have neither the palate, the time, nor the imagination to come up with some of the things the top chefs in the world create. Being able to bring to life one of those dishes in a home kitchen is rewarding, especially knowing what goes on in the back of the house at a high end restaurant. After going through that list, it looks like pizza is off the New Year's menu and burgers are going to slide into the top slot.
Has anyone used Yelp lately? I used to think it was a good site to use when you're traveling and want to find someplace decent, apparently I was dead wrong. The owners of the businesses can have negative reviews taken down. Worthless.
Normally I don't feel bad for "long-suffering" sports fans. I like football, I like the Patriots, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over the results of a group of athletes who don't affect my life in any way. With that said, Cleveland fans are probably in the running for who has it the worst, and this poor guy...just...cmon man, IT'S ONE GUY. Sad Browns fan holds world's saddest protest.