...i suppose one that is known worldwide is our Full English breakfast, which is very nice if done right.
I like my bacon nice and crispy.
en.wikipedia.org
I've always liked the look of those and the Scots & Irish versions, just that I'm not in to the processed meat stuff, like blood sausages. Just some more eggs & pertaters would suit me down to the ground.
Hey! Speaking of recipes,
an elderly friend of mine came back home this past Thursday, and I offered to cook him or get him a meal. (his nursing home food was evidently pants)
HE: Okay, something simple, like a burger.
Je: Er, but the diner just closed. And the grocery store doesn't have full frozen burgers, other than the patties, I think?
HE: Then can you get some frozen patties and make up some full burgers with fixin's?
Je: *grumble* Alright, sir. ("he's certainly earned it," I thought to myself)
(Keep in mind I have CFS/ME, and my energy tends to run out *fast*. But whatever, let's just do it, because I do love cooking.)
Long story short-- I wound up buying some fresh hamburger at an 80% protein / 20% fat mix and went from there. I figured dude had thoroughly earned his extra-delicious fat-content after three miserable weeks in hospital, haha.
So I did up some nice, sautéed onions, melted in some slices of Provolone to the burgers, added some greens and tomates, toasted up the buns, and rushed down to get him is meal while it was nice and toasty. (I made one for myself too, to be clear)
We ate together in this hilarious candlelight (his electricity isn't getting turned back on until Mon), and I kept thinking to myself... "this is it?? this burger is like
totally mediocre after all that effort. like WTF, duderino?"
So I wound up saving my half of my burger for later, mainly on principle of not wasting food.
Okay, later on I got the munchies, and decided to throw that half-a-burger in to the AF. Gave it a couple minutes at ~300°F, tasted it, and like, WHAT THE FLYING JUDY JETSON--
Like, suddenly, it was a
massively better burger than it was originally.
NOW better than Hungry Jack's (i.e. Burger King) / McD's, etc.
Why was that though? Why?
Well, I'm still not sure
exactly, but I think maybe... it's good to drain the pattie? Maybe even bake it a little bit after frying it in a pan...?
Oh man, food science is pretty-damn interesting, as my dumbass continues to learn about. XD
