/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I can.

>>6424690
ifyou want your home made burgers to taste like fast food at an entire stick of butter per 1/4lb of beef

oh hey another thread where an autist sucks fast food dick

>>6424695
>at an entire stick
add an entire stick.

>>6424698
just 4 u, maddy maddington
>autist indeed

All I need is some slices of turkey to make a quality burger

>>6424690
Better than a fast food burger? Of course you can. Unless your taste is so degraded that you actually think fast food tastes better than good home cooking. If that's the case the problem lies with you.

>>6424724
no. you really can't
i understand that you think you can but you can't

>>6424690
>implying a big mac is not shit food for niggers

>>6424733

I understand that you think I can't but I can.

>>6424724
>likes fast food burgers
opinion discarded

>>6424733
I understand that you think you can't but you really can. I have them every summer, they're juicier and thicker and fresher tasting than McDonalds' are. The bread is higher quality, the cheese is superior, and sometimes they're delicious lamburgers with feta in them. They really are better.

>>6424774
nope

>>6424690
>no sesame seed bun
fucking dropped

>>6424779
you're delusional, bro

>>6424785
you are a fat nigger with no taste, bro

>>6424786
and you are still delusional
despite what mom says of your cooking

>>6424781

Explain what is so great about a Big Mac.

there are people on /ck/ RIGHT NOW that think mccdonalds is not trash food for the scum of society

>>6424792
billions and billions served, m8

>>6424795

>dodging the question

top kek

>>6424795
>i cant answer a question

>>6424795

that's not a description of what makes a big mac great.

In fact, it's a description of why big macs suck compared to what you can make at home. Fast food companies need all their meals to taste the same, and in massive volume. That means they simply cannot buy good meat. It's simply not available in that kind of massive volume. They also have to cut corners to favor efficiency, like grinding the meat in a factory and freezing the patties, as opposed to grinding the meat fresh before cooking. As a home cook you have no such constraints, so you can instantly improve on the dish by using better meat and not grinding it until immediately before cooking. And the same is true for all the other components of the burger as well.

>>6424792
There is nothing great about a Big Mac. It's a shitburger. But some folks with shit taste like it. Here's a bit from the Village Voice documenting a writer's first taste of a Big Mac when the first McD's opened in NYC in 1972:

"A rush of pleasure surges through my body as it makes contact with my tongue. The excitement begins to mount as it awakens each tastebud. The intensity is too much. My teeth bear down and tear it apart, letting the juices ooze slowly. Suddenly the ecstasy is complete as I swallow the first bite of a Big Mac."

Remember this was back when everyone who worked at the Voice was high on drugs. I'm sure it's delicious if you're really fucking high.

>autists trigger at defcon 5
Billions and Billions

>>6424808
>It's popular, therefore it's good
A million flies can't be wrong

>>6424838
>my fedora burger is good and that's why it isn't popular

>>6424690
You say this like restaurants have some magic secret that households can't get a hold of

>>6424849
Sorry to break the news to you, but there's no food more fedora than a fast food burger.

>>6424852
its kinda hard to get beef that is so low in quality

>>6424852
lol oh wow

does mcdonalds still use F grade meat

>>6424932

There are no such things as letter grades for meat--in the US anyway. I can't speak for other countries.

Okay, so how make good homemade burger?

If I grind my own a lot of people suggest using half chuck and half sirloin.

If I cut corners then what's the best kinda ground meat to buy?

>>6424946
brisket, short rib

>>6424946
don't buy ground meat
make it.
i'd suggest adding 1/4th the weight in ground (home cured) bacon to the mix.

>>6424954
especially short rib - I'd go for 20% short rib at least

>>6424936
No, there are, they just claim there aren't because the fast food lobby has a hold on the USDA/FDA.

>>6424690
Burger thread? Burger thread.

>>6424991
Exhibit A proves OP's case. Dismissed.

>>6424970

Yeah, but IF I DO, what do I want?

Also, best way to grind meat? Should I get an old-fashioned meat grinder? Should I just use a food processor?

>>6425007
if you must buy it, make sure its 70/30.
>>6425001
nigga you blind and retarded

>>6424991
mfw aussies eat dog shit burgers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08c0BXTVpfs

>>6424991
that burger looks fucking disgusting

>>6424695
But that's the GOAT burger, and it beats the shit out of Mac n' Don's Supper Club.

>>6424724

>Muh home cookin'

Midwest pls go

Troll thread
Everyone got trolled!

>>6424779
burgers can't be fresh

>>6425048
>muh In-N-Out sliced avocado guacamole burger with avocado fries and an avocado flavored Fanta, with an avocado guac sundae for dessert

California pls go

>>6425501
>avocado flavored Fanta
might be good

Goddamn, OP, lrn2cook.
And I mean learn to really cook, not reheat frozen shit or pan cook chicken breasts. Have some Goddamn dignity.

Guys, fucking come ON. Widespread sperging is for /fit/ and /b/. /ck/ ought to be better than this.

>>6425007
Go search thrift stores for old fashioned, all metal meat grinders. I have a huge one that clamps to my counter top and is super easy to clean that I bought at Goodwill for $7. Just make sure you scrub it well before using, and use a wire brush to get in any crevices. Also, (protip) running a couple slices of bread through the grinder after grinding the meat will help clean out the fat and residue.

To me it's

Restaurant burger > Homemade burger on a charcoal grill > Fast food burger > Homemade burger cooked any other way

>>6425501
>avocado everything le "california style"
literally what they do in every other state but here

Better than store bought

If I wanted to have all the ingredients that would go bad, all the dishes and cleanup and the preparation/actual cooking for a burger I'd get a wife.
I don't. Any fast food place is better because you can get one for a dollar and it's just a fucking hamburger. it's ground hamburger and maybe cheese. it's not like you bake your own bread or something and jack off in the dough over what a good cook you are

>>6424690
It's pretty fucking easy to make a better burger at home. Fast food is, by definition, cheap food pre-made to the point where their don't-give-fuck employees can assemble it in seconds and would have to try in order to make it inedible.

>>6425048
Is the Midwest just a general insult now? For virtually everything?

>>6425839
a little gamey, but good

>>6425839
You whorin yourself out for cheeseburgers again?

>>6424690
OP hasn't tried a homemade crabby patty. if only someone made a video to show op how to do it.

>>6425908
*tips fedora*

>>6425862
Just in case you reconsider, don't get a wife just to cook burgers. After a few years she'll say "muh tiredness" because she drives the kids to school and you'll be buying fast food again

>>6424690
bro if its McDonalds than a fucking 2 year old could with parental supervision
>muhh thin patties
>muh oily bread
cmon i'd rather have your picture than a McDonalds big mac.

>>6425959
By the consticancy of shitty fast food related threads on this board, and the probability that most fedoras become lazy fat fucks with the help of fast food, the post you quoted is very anti-fedora.

yes I can because I actually know how to cook

>>6425959

yeah bro everyone who isn't complete shit at cooking is a fedorafag

>>6424852
they do, it's called flavor science

>>6424695
Fast food joints don't use butter. Not to mention their hamburgers are kinda dry.

>buy chuckeye or similiar steak
>grind maybe with rendered tallow or frozen butter if the fat content looks a little low
>fry or grill
Yeah better burger than any fast food.

>>6425944
Mans gotta eat

>>6424791

Back in the day trolling meant something

>>6424795
>quantity vs quality

>>6424690
I make my own egg mcmuffin things all the time for breakfast
They are quick and easy

>>6427901
Do you mean you put egg and bacon on an english muffin? McDonalds didn't invent that. What makes it "Mc"?

>>6424690
Most people can't. However, many people do.

Pic related is a start in the right direction.

You can say I have shit taste, but I have never had a better homemade burger and I've tried varieties from dozens of different people. Home made doesn't automatically make things better and sometimes artificial processes can produce superior taste. Nobody is arguing from a health standpoint though.

>>6424690
You don't even have to get fancy. Just using unseasoned ground meat and putting on a couple of plain vegetables tastes better. No sauce or anything. If you can taste the lettuce and the meat tastes like meat, you've got a better burger.

>>6428216
No it tastes plain as fuck.

>>6428225
A McDonalds burger is plain as fuck. It assaults you with salt and sugar to pretend it isn't, but it is.

If your tongue hasn't been overexposed to salt, you can taste the flavour of the food itself, and it's delicious.

>>6428187

dat maillard

>>6428240
But salt and sugar do taste good. I'm not saying there isn't obvious merits to home cooking, but you cannot seriously deny those two things tasting good in their own way.

>>6425944
A man's gotta eat

Okay lets say I wanted to least have the texture of their patties. Is that possible without destroying the flavor? I hear they use some kind of brine.

>Needed to have quick meals at work; also a poor fag out of college with loans to pay
>Pre-cook about 30 thinly pan-sauteed patties of beef.
>Froze said patties. Got cheapest buns from grocery store. Got cheap $1 cheese singles (btw, major brands charge you 3.50 for that shit. WAY overpriced, but they pay grocery stores to not stock the cheap stuff. Sometimes you can find it in smaller towns tho)
>toast bun slightly in toaster. Microwave frozen patty for 40 sec. Add ketchup/mustard, very finely diced onion to top bun.
>add pre-cooked frozen patty; small sprinkle of salt/pepper and cheese on bottom bun. Combined and ate. (I don't like pickles)

I kid you not it tasted exactly like a mcdiddys cheeseburger. Not kind of like one. EXACTLY like one. I think the microwave trashed the meat's flavor into that garbage taste.

>>6428249
Yes, but a little goes a long way.

>>6424690
>I can make a better burger
>Proceeds to make me a half-pound of overcooked ground beef with no flavor besides charcoal on a dry bun with a kraft single melted on it

thanks