Hamburger
Judging from the empty pizza boxes I see in our dumpster I might have surmised that pizza was the number one meal consumed in this country, but in every survey I could find, it is the hamburger. Americans eat around 50 billion burgers a year. That’s a lot of burgers. Imagine lining all of those burgers up side by side — McDonalds next to Burger King, next to the gourmet, organic grass-fed burger. It would be a long enough line to go around the world 32 times, according to MSN. That’s nearly 800,000 miles of burgers consumed by Americans every single year — a long enough line to go to the moon, come back, then go to the moon again. Hot dogs are number three and pizza comes in fifth.
Most burgers are consumed at fast-food franchises, where some human intervention is involved. But wait…..Robots Are Making $6 Burgers in San Francisco.
I would guess a rough average price for burgers would be about $5, but one can pay more. Here's a fun list of more expensive creations, ranging from $29 to $5,000 (+wine): America’s Most Expensive Burgers. I remember the first McDonald’s burgers were originally 15 cents apiece. We’ve come a long way. Ray Kroc joined the company early on. Y’all might expect that I would have an appropriate Knopfler song, and I do. Some fine melodic chords in this one.
I have several vegetarian friends so I indulged in non-meat hamburgers as an experiment. One was pretty good but I confess to adding so many accoutrements and massive amounts of catsup that I hardly noticed the lack of meat.
My basic burger: over charcoal, pink center, slightly toast the buns, mayonnaise, tomato slice, 1/8 thick slice of raw red onion, lots of catsup. If you wish, describe your method. It’s so much better than mine, right? Believe it or not, no cheez for me,
If I’m out at our famous Superburger, which is happily across the street, I also add bacon and mushrooms. This mini-chain of 5 stores wins “best burger in the county” every year.
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