if there is one think i hate when other ppl cook hamburgers...

[GoAt]

is when they SMASH THEM WITH THE DAMN SPATULA


anyone who does this is a complete and total dumbass


that sizzle you hear? its not the meat cooking. ITS THE FAT YOU ARE SQUEEZING OUT OF THE MEAT and burnning on the coals.
you think you are making better grill marks? WHO THE HELL CARES? grill marks DOES NOT = better flavor. sure, it might be pretty to look at. but why the hell do people care about grill marks when the damn thing will be devoured in the next 10 miniutes?
DONT SMASH THE DAMN BUGERS

"oh but the fat is unhealthy"
okay fine. you are more than welcome to enjoy your blackend meat brick.


the fat is what gives most meat its juicyness and flavor.


the best hamburger meat is 80/20 normaly anything higher than that results in a brick, UNLESS you eat your hamburger meat on the raw side of the spectrum.


also. wtf is with people buying $12-18 T-bones and then throwing them in the freezer? YOU JUST RUINED THE STEAK!

 

[Cat Fuzz]

 

[ReD_Fist]

You need the fat to drip out on the grill to have it taste right.So you need to flaten them at the right time.

 

[QUALTHWAR]

It doesn’t have to be 2 extremes: Buy ground beef with lots of fat so it tastes good, or buy low-fat so it’s healthy. There is one other alternative: buy low-fat and make it taste good.

I try to buy ground beef with only 4% fat. Even with that, it has a lot of fat in it. Fat is what makes food taste good, but I can make stuff taste good and eat healthier. If you grill the meat and let the fat run off, it’s not as bad. But as far as the grill lines go, that is bad for you, too.

Those char lines are carbon. That stuff can turn into cancer in your colon, and probably other places. “Not only doesn’t it taste good, but charred meat is very bad for you. The breakdown of complex molecules in meat creates cancer causing substances.”
http://bbq.about.com/od/grillinghelp/a/aa032805a.htm

It’s funny, but as a kid, I loved McDonalds burgers. Mainly because they were thin. I used to eat at a restaurant with my dad and I’d have my dad ask them to press the burgers really flat because I liked them that way. Now, I can’t stand McDonalds, but I also don’t like burgers so fat that they are almost round.

 

[ReD_Fist]

bagh, I think worrying about all that crap is what gives you the cancer.

"Don't worry, be happy."

 

[OO7MIKE]

I agree, also when you flatten the burger you loose some of the seasoning you sprinkled on top. Thats a no no.

Besides if they have issues with grilled burger fat and grease, go have them make burgers on a forman grill LOL.

 

[Nachimir]

Damn it, I thought this was going to be more of that livejournal type stuff.

 

[Evil_Cope]

It's pretty close to.
I knew someone who insisted that fat is what gave meat it's flavour, once, used that as an excuse to cook with lard.

 

[Nachimir]

I know a lady who used to eat lard on toast.

>_<

 

[QUALTHWAR]

I try not to eat a bunch of fat. You pay less per pound for hamburger with lots of fat in it, but if you’re not eating a lot of that excess fat (it drills through the grill, etc.) then you lose much of your savings. Make a burger with regular hamburger meat and it will shrink up from all the fat that’s cooked out of it. Make a burger with extra lean hamburger and it stays about the same size. Make sloppy joes with extra lean hamburger meat and there won’t even be any grease to drain out before adding the can of stuff.

Things aren’t like they used to be. People don’t get enough exercise and can’t get rid of the bad stuff they eat as easily as they used to. That’s why so many people are fat now compared to 60 years ago. The other thing is the cholesterol levels in stuff. Some people naturally make more cholesterol than others. They can’t eat crappy for too long before they have problems.

Most people can eat bad stuff now and then without any problems if they give their body a chance to get rid of the negative impact, but too many people eat like crap too often. Heart disease is on the rise for a reason.

 

[VeNN]

Wow Goat that was quite a rant. we are looking for an everyman to come on our show and rant about petty nonsensical irritants.

ok i got that line from "stewie griffin the untold story". but i think it applys here.

all this talking about burgers makes me hungry!

 

[GoAt]

i will agree that lean meat can be very good when cooked properly.
however i have not cooked with very lean meat so i cannot comment properly.

 

[QUALTHWAR]

all things being equal, the fat burgers do taste better, but i try not to eat them.

 

[Cat Fuzz]

I eat nothing but fat.

 

[Cat Fuzz]

I eat nothing but fat.

I also have my own ZIP code.

 

[QUALTHWAR]

ground round has 34% saturated fat in a 4-once serving (quarter pound). I make half-pound burgers. One burger would equal about 70% of the saturated fat i should have in a day if i happened to eat all that fat. That wouldn't leave much room for other things.

I think ground beef is 80/20, so one of those burgers would have more saturated fat.

 

[oosyxxx]

bagh, I think worrying about all that crap is what gives you the cancer.

"Don't worry, be happy."

Actually the number one cause of cancer is, what? You guessed it: dam dems!!!!