Re: Dinner in the year of our lord 20241031.

On 2024-11-03, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 11/2/2024 6:33 PM, Michael Trew wrote:

On 11/2/2024 5:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:

On 11/2/2024 5:02 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

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You're probably right and I just can't seem to grasp
paying $20 for a burger, fries, and drink at Five Guys.
Whataburger was super unimpressive, and I even gave them
a second chance just in case it was an off day for them
or me.

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There is a 'Five Guys' in Beaufort.  I know some people who went there
and they were definitely not impressed and said the price was outrageous.
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I have to ask, what's the big fascination with "smash burgers"? 
Anyone ever heard of the Maillard reaction?  Restaurants charge a lot
of money for something anyone can do at home by simply calling it a
"smash burger".  Got a hot skillet?  Got a spatula?  You can make a
smash burger for less than half the cost of having someone flatten it
for you.

 
Same deal as Primanti brothers.  Overpriced and over-hyped chain
restaurant food.

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I suppose I just don't understand why people pay for overpriced food
they could easily make at home, especially something as simple as
hamburgers. 

Because they don't have to cook and clean up.  Because the equipment
at the restaurant gives a better result than cooking at home.

Give it a fancy name such as "smash burger" and some people
are all over it.  It's a hamburger cooked hot and fast in a skillet in
butter, smashed down with a spatula.  It does not warrant a $20 price
tag.  Funny thing, for years chefs urged people to not press burgers
with a spatula when cooking them because they'd be dry.  Now smashing
them is all the rage.  Go figure. :)

Happily, the smashburgers that I get are about $13.

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Cindy Hamilton