Toots the Fierce takes on the Cheese and Burger challenge

toots · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:36 pm

okok

the next one up is The Uncle Sam, which has 2 patties. this meat/treat ratio will be solved

discostu · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:48 pm

excellent.

And to the Five Guys fans out there, I just don't feel the same way. Burger is good, but not anything I crave. We have 2 within 5 - 10 minutes of me.

Now this place on the other hand is crave-worthy: http://www.gabbysburgersandfries.com/
We also just had a gourmet burger-specialty restaurant open up: http://www.burger-up.com/

south pacific · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:05 pm

berliner pulls an upset here

but both burgers look like quality, excellent competition here

I'm off to get some Burger King

berliner · **Joined:** Fri May 09, 2008 7:00 pm **Posts:** 1516

I didn't know that you only drink beer to your burgers. I recommend to have a good, well chilled white wine with it. ;-)

robotboy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:07 pm

WINE WITH BURGERS?!

toots · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:09 pm

C&B does recommend some wines, but instinctively beer is the choice of champions

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

toots Wrote:

C&B does recommend some wines, but instinctively beer is the choice of champions

Wine is fine. I'm sure C&B isn't recommending any white wines though.

robotboy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:16 pm

i think that C&B site has wine paired up with the recipe for the California Pussy burger. cant wait for that one!

berliner · **Joined:** Fri May 09, 2008 7:00 pm **Posts:** 1516

billy g Wrote:

toots Wrote:

C&B does recommend some wines, but instinctively beer is the choice of champions

Wine is fine. I'm sure C&B isn't recommending any white wines though.

oh, you're one of those, I see.

toots · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:17 pm

recommended a chardonnay (among other things) with the rheinlander, but i think they intend to match the drink up with the cheese, as it's a Wisconsin Cheese Association or some such site

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:50 pm

Yeah...I don't think I'd ever match a white wine with a burger.

I kinda dig Red Robin burgers as well (while we're on the subject of restaurant burgers). I dig that you can customize it even further than 5 Guys. Still, 5 Guys is the go-to burger for a step (way) above fast food.

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:53 pm

you guys obviously haven't had the wine that berliner is referring to, so stop bein' all "OMG NO WAY WHITE WINE AAAAH".

shit might be tight with that burger.

robotboy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:16 pm

what shade of nail polish are you wearing right now dalen

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:29 pm

clear dude, c'mon.

Shera · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:10 pm

toots · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:13 pm

Shera · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:14 pm

Quote:

and on the wine subject- i think a burger is a standard carrier of whatever you put on it. that said, beer, wine, whiskey, bourbon, or whatever you feel at the moment can work with it, depending on the toppings you have. i'd drink wine with a burger and love every last drop.

meat + buns + sippin' sauce = love
:wink:

Shera · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:32 pm

toots Wrote:

:(

aw, don't feel left out, we can wage our burger war overseas.

paper · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:37 pm

toots, get femtoots in line and teach her how to properly quote some text.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:41 pm

I be hawngry!

toots · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:45 pm

paper Wrote:

toots, get femtoots in line and teach her how to properly quote some text.

she did it once

she must have had the shakes this last time

berliner · **Joined:** Fri May 09, 2008 7:00 pm **Posts:** 1516

my next burger I will serve with scotch and a glass of still water.

Shera · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:54 am

paper Wrote:

toots, get femtoots in line and teach her how to properly quote some text.

happy now? i dunno know what happened last night.

Shera · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:37 am

billy g Wrote:

My Critiques:

Toots/FemToots (sorry I'm not gonna call you Shera):

Burger looks good, bun looks good. I agree with Robotboy regarding the Ham, but perhaps more than the quality of the Ham, I'm bothered by it appearing to be cut very thick and that it looks from the picture that you have almost as much Ham on the bun as you do burger. All that shredded lettuce is too much too. I'd scrap all that off if you served it to me. You want the burger to be the star and it is too hidden underneath lots of other stuff.

Clarification: the lettuce is frisee, not shredded. We needed a lot to match the burger on the C&B site. The ham- not such great quality, but it was thick cut on the site, so I had it thick cut. The burger was actually quite large, but I will agree that the ham looked as though it overtook the burger, although it tasted more burger-ish. Once the first bite or two were taken, the lettuce smashed down into a nice light layer to counteract the fat ass-ness of the rest of the burger. All in all, it was great.

Just saying. and btw, kudos to Berliner. I'll be over next week.

toots · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:50 am

you can also edit your original post :wink:

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