[PinkFloyd]

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Originally Posted by hciman77 Ah I remember as a child having Knickerbocker Glories in the Wimpy in Bridlington (I think) in East Yorkshire, and burgers surrounded by sausages cut in several places, halved tomatoes and tea in metal pots - sigh, the chefs in the Knightsbridge Wimpy in the 80s used to show off by flipping the burgers several feet in the air. Though being mostly meat free now make mine a QuornBurger

Ah the knickerbocker glories! "memories like the corner of my mind" <singing> Halcion days indeed! Halved tomatoes, metal teapots, cucumber sandwiches and pimms on the lawn..... what on earth has become of this fine land these days? we eat on the pavement out of polystyrene cartons, class good service by how fast it takes a spotty youth in a red and white hat to throw a bag of wrapped burgers into our unwashed hands and use alien language like "2 large fries and a regular coke, hold the ice"

I say bring back the knives and forks, the Wimpy sauce bottles and reintroduce the metal teapots

BTW, I'll pass on the QuornBurger and all that designer rabbit food they are trying to pass off as alternatives to beef. If it doesn't moooo I don't eat it.

The great man himself

 

[hciman77]

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Originally Posted by PinkFloyd BTW, I'll pass on the QuornBurger and all that designer rabbit food they are trying to pass off as alternatives to beef. If it doesn't moooo I don't eat it.

Well, I used to share an office with a Guerilla vegetarian, who would say things like "I'm a vegetarian but I dont preach about it" - then he would come into work wearing a "I dont eat my friends t-shirt" (hmmm).

I went veggie for health reasons rather than ideology and I must admit the first 3 or 4 years of tasteless cardboard veggie burgers, brown rice and soy-cheese were a big drag, however I have to admit Quorn is pretty damn good, a Quorn grounds chilli is not far off the real thing and er a bit lower in fat, of course I spoil this by eating lots of Pizza and Cherry Pie hence the 240lbs, ho hum.

Perhaps I will start a who is the fattest b*****d on headfi thread

 

[KYTGuy]

HCI: I would be the winnah on both counts!

 

[PinkFloyd]

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Originally Posted by hciman77 Perhaps I will start a who is the fattest b*****d on headfi thread

I wouldn't win that title as I'm only 15 stone in a 6ft 4" frame, if anything I could do with putting a serious amount of weight on.... a month eating big macs, chips and coke may do the trick

 

[mbriant]

Has anyone tried one of the unbelievably priced gourmet cheesburgers I've heard about in NYC & L.A. ? They cost $25 to $45 each. I hear there's a place in Toronto selling them for $27 . If I can find out where the place is, I'll likely be stupid enough to try one.

 

[tiberian]

1 is always enough for me. no fries please.
all hail asian food.

 

[ampgalore]

My favorite food,

A bowl of vegetable and pork wonton (not the bastardized ones you find in the U.S.).

A serving of vegetable buns (not the bastardized ones you find in the U.S.)

Springs rolls (not the bastardized ones you find in the U.S.)

A serving of soup dumplings (in this case, I actually prefer the bastardized ones you find in the U.S.)

A bowl of curry flavored beef soup

Soy milk (not the bastardized vanilla flavored ones you find in the U.S.)

 

[tiberian]

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Originally Posted by ampgalore My favorite food, A bowl of vegetable and pork wonton (not the bastardized ones you find in the U.S.). A serving of vegetable buns (not the bastardized ones you find in the U.S.) Springs rolls (not the bastardized ones you find in the U.S.) A serving of soup dumplings (in this case, I actually prefer the bastardized ones you find in the U.S.) A bowl of curry flavored beef soup Soy milk (not the bastardized vanilla flavored ones you find in the U.S.)

i don't know why for many americans chinese food = sweet and sour chicken and fortune cookies

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we don't even have them in china.
stupid china express, messing up all the good chinese food...a self-loving chinese like me will never eat there.

 

[mbriant]

I wonder what they're going to have for dessert.

 

[KR...]

That's instant death

 

[tiberian]

oh my god.

 

[KR...]

Check out these articles :

"The burger is made from the finest Kobe beef imported from Japan, where the cows are raised on beer and given daily massages to make sure they are truly succulent."

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...?oneclick=true


History and Legends of Hamburgers

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Histo...gerHistory.htm


and of course...

http://www.buildabetterburger.com/

 

[D-EJ915]

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Originally Posted by KR... That's instant death

Yeah, my friend had 4 patties (1/4 ea) on a burger at my house once, we cristened it the "heart attack" burger

 

[MD1032]

I have no idea, but I'm guessing I could definitely eat a huge amount of those McDonald's cheeseburgers. The triple cheeseburgers, which I can only find at one out of like a million local McDonald's are awesome, I'm guessing I could eat like 10 of them if I tried.

 

[warubozu]

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Originally Posted by mbriant I wonder what they're going to have for dessert.

We had a local diner here once (not in business anymore) that used to serve a burger of similar size to the one pictured above, only thing was that they had the burger plated and served on one of those steel garbage can covers (a clean garbage can cover that is). The monsterous burger at that particular diner had a diameter as large as the garbage can cover and was stacked as high as the the burger picture above. IIRC that particular burger at that diner would set you back $25.