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by Buck Reed

The

Supermarket

Gourmet

Bur ger s: The Kin g of

Sa n dwic hes

Burgers hold a special place in kind that you can imagine. As far as
the hearts of Americans. Whatever condiments, the basics are ketchup,
way you stack them, they definitely mustard, and mayonnaise, but you
have the numbers on their side. With can also opt for barbeque sauce,
nearly 50 billion consumed a year, salsa, Thousand Island dressing, bleu
this means we eat about three burgers cheese dressing, guacamole, or just
a week, and about 60 percent of all about anything the chef can imagine.
sandwiches ordered are, in fact, some My own Bistro Burger included
sort of burger. As far as celebrities, bistro sauce, which was barbeque
we all know a character named J. sauce mixed with mayonnaise.
Wellington Whimpey, who will gladly In this day and age, everyone
pay you Tuesday for a hamburger seems to be reinventing the burger.
today. A not so well known celebrity Some are looking back to the days
is 100-pound-competitive-eater when burgers were served with a
Molly Schuler, who holds the world’s fried egg on top. Right now, it is
record for fastest burger eater, chic to come up with a cool name
consuming seven burgers in 1 minute and then come up with the toppings
53 seconds. In case you were worried for a unique burger. Like the Big
that she was walking away hungry, Kahuna might have a grilled slice of
that included a 20-ounce Coke and fresh pineapple and barbeque sauce
side of fries. on it, or a southwest burger might
As far as who invented the burger, have salsa, avocado, and a slice of
it wasn’t a clown named Ronald. cheddar cheese. Thinking outside the
Most credit Fletcher Davis, who box, some chefs are adding thick-
owned a lunch counter in Athens, cut fried onion rings to their burger
Texas. In the early 1800s, he served a creations. Not stopping there, we
fried ground beef patty between two are now finding menus that offer
pieces of bread with mustard and a fried mozzarella sticks and jalapeno
slice of Bermuda onion, and a pickle poppers on their burger creations. [email protected]
on the side. McDonald’s reopened, Onion jam and bacon jam are
after closing its first restaurant in actually making some appearances
1948, with a hamburger that cost 15 that are adding a decadent panache Advertise Your Business or Event in
cents and for 4 cents more you could to our burgers. Your Good News Community Newspaper
have it with cheese. Today, I have Let’s not forget the bun. I believe a
seen people drop a nickel and a dime sandwich is only as good as the bread
on the ground and not even bother it is served on, and a good burger is
to pick it up. The McDonald’s menu no exception. You can still do well
included nine items, and they were with the cheap hamburger buns that
known for speed and consistency. are sold in any grocery bread aisle;
Today, a burger with the works is but don’t overlook a good Kaiser
dressed with lettuce, tomato, onion, roll, club roll, or even brioche roll.
and pickle, along with a variety of Now, they are even offering a good
condiments, and is available in any Hawaiian bread style roll to add a
moderately priced restaurant. And, new dimension to your burger. Start
of course, anywhere they offer a with good bread and you can’t go
burger, you can always get it with a wrong here.
slice of American cheese melted on Don’t be afraid to try something
top, thank you very much. Fancier new. You never really know where
joints might even offer you a choice the next big burger idea will come
of the kind of cheese you would like from. And who knows, you might
on your burger, ranging from cheddar even become famous…at least in the
to Swiss, as well as almost any other world of burgers.