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How To Make The Perfect Burger
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| July 3, 2009
Posted on 07/03/2009 6:38:44 AM PDT by JoeProBono
It's the July Fourth weekend. You could grill salmon or lamb kabobs, but you know what you want: the perfect burger.
Recently, barbecue chef extraordinaire Adam Perry Lang taught NPR's David Greene how to make that perfect burger while toiling over a George Foreman Grill in NPR's mail loading dock.
"You know when you hit a good burger," says Lang, who wrote Serious Barbecue: Smoke, Char, Baste, & Brush Your Way to Great Outdoor Cooking. "This really makes the ultimate burger."
But the ultimate burger takes a lot more than throwing a few beef patties on the grill and toasting some hamburger buns. The meat itself is a three-part formula: Chuck gives it body, sirloin and brisket provide depth of flavor, and the brisket also adds that stick-to-your-ribs feeling.
While it might be intimidating to try a complex burger recipe, Lang says the key is to organize.
"You go in, you get the stuff ready, read through the recipe — glance through it, and then just go for it," Lang says. "You really can't screw it up."
TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: burger
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To: houeto
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:29:18 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Or
1. Get some burger meat from the store
2. Make it into patties
3. Fry in frying pan
4. Eat
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:33:52 AM PDT
by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
To: GreenLanternCorps
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:34:37 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:35:21 AM PDT
by
houeto
(Defang the FEDGOV. Repeal the 17th!)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:40:42 AM PDT
by
houeto
(Defang the FEDGOV. Repeal the 17th!)
To: don-o
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:42:48 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: GreenLanternCorps
Then get you one of these...
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:44:04 AM PDT
by
houeto
(Defang the FEDGOV. Repeal the 17th!)
To: don-o
“1. Get some burger meat from the store
2. Make it into patties
3. Fry in frying pan
4. Eat”
Wash, rinse and repeat as necessary.
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:48:19 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Climate change alarmists are Warm-Mongers. Now that's funny right there. I don't care who you are.)
To: JoeProBono
The wife’s been using Alton Brown’s burger recipe for years. I highly recommend it ... makes a beautiful medium-rare burger every time.
SnakeDoc
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:48:41 AM PDT
by
SnakeDoctor
("Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much." -- John Wayne)
To: JoeProBono
Kate the Great (all 110 lbs. of her) finishing what "Badlands Booker" couldn't:
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:49:40 AM PDT
by
FlJoePa
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:50:49 AM PDT
by
houeto
(Defang the FEDGOV. Repeal the 17th!)
To: All
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posted on
07/03/2009 7:53:41 AM PDT
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FlJoePa
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/03/2009 8:17:32 AM PDT
by
ottbmare
(Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Obama! (If you're old enough, you'll understand the reference))
To: jetson
George Foreman Grill Gooooooooood!
For grilled cheese maybe. The "perfect burger" should be grilled over charcoal.
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posted on
07/03/2009 8:59:26 AM PDT
by
WackySam
(The fact that there are 24 hours in a day, and 24 beers in a case, is not a coincidence.)
To: JoeProBono
An olde family recipe for the bestest burger ......
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posted on
07/03/2009 9:16:12 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
07/03/2009 9:28:13 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Pass the ketchup please.
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posted on
07/03/2009 9:29:53 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: JoeProBono
I don’t get it. Could you please use words to make the point that pic is supposed to communicate?
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posted on
07/03/2009 11:57:59 AM PDT
by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
To: don-o
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07/03/2009 12:25:28 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
post 26
Hint: you can “track back” by clicking on the “”to” word in the info at the end of each reply post. That way you can understand who is replying to what..
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07/03/2009 1:38:25 PM PDT
by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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