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Some of the best burgers! Always very fresh, the meat is juicy and soft consistency...not dried out.

Guldens Spicy Brown is a beautiful thing. I use it on sandwiches and hot dogs. But for yellow mustard, I prefer Plochman's. I once tried Emeril's honey mustard, and I disliked it so much that I threw it away after two whole-hearted attempts at eating it with my favorite chicken strips. I'm still looking for the best honey mustard.

@nezrite regarding the shrink pots: I've thought EXACTLY the same thing! lol! I also always wondered about the mashed potatoe flakes... who are these people?! LOL!

I am pretty "green" conscious when it comes to buying my groceries. The food I buy has to be packaged in material that will not harm the environment. This has sometimes been difficult for me to do, however I have learned by reading "> "The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget " by Josh Dorfman of a lot of great inexpensive "green" products.

Shop the specials and store brands. Even at Whole Foods Market -- I look for their specials. I may skip some of the pricier items but not the produce, meats and fish. I usually always buy their store brands -- I love their frozen fish (had mahi mahi tonight, in fact.) I buy my spices in bulk there, too. They have a new brochure with tons of coupons and great recipes -- I've made lots of the recipes and they are good and affordable. I'm trying to eat at home more to save money.

The biggest omission I have noticed here is the usage of coupons. They can be a godsend if you use them right. For example: if you have a coupons for $1 off an item, don't use it on the largest size of that item, instead, use it on the size that will result in that item being free after the coupon is deducted. Most stores will honor multiple coupons on an item if you buy an item for each coupon. so if you have 4 of them @$1 each and purchase 4 items for 89 cents, they will still deduct the $1 coupon at face value. This is especially great if that item with the coupon is also on sale or is on the stores special members card price. As pesky as they are, save those coupons that are less than 50 cents and use them at the marked that is doubling or tripling them; again on the smaller sizes. I do my large shopping about once a month and have yet to walk out with less than $75 in savings. I once paid $128 and change for 3 large shopping carts of groceries this included meat and veggies, all of which were either on sale or I had a coupon, mostly a combination of both. The guy behind me waited instead of moving to another line because he was curious as to what the final savigns was going to be. The amount saved between coupons, store membership discounts and instore coupons was more than what I actually paid. While it takes a bit of effort to clip and organize them and then getting into the habit of always using them not to mention knowing that there will be times that a great savings isn't possible, the savings that you do get adds up. Watch the weekly sale flyers and make your shopping trips around the store that has the majority of what you need on sale rather than wasting time, energy and gas running around town. However if there is a sale that is too good to pass up, by all means go for it.. Keep a journal of your savings for a 3 month span; coupons used, total before they are subtracted and then reevaluate it at the end of the 3 months and see if it's been worth your while. If you've been diligent in using them you'll see a decrease in your food bills and an increase in your pocket book. I had a girlfriend who paid the bill in full and saved the coupon savings in an account located in the store she shopped at for special occassion money. Not uncommon for her to have had several thousand dollars for christmas or special occassion shopping each year. hope this helps..

You know I go to Cbus all the time and I have been by there and wanted to try it but I heard they only cook it to medium-well and to me that is just overly cooking it and going to take the flavor away from the patty as well as moisture. Anybdoy tried it?

Total mainstay growing up in CBus. I'd love to make a return trip to Thurman's to see if their burgers measure up to memory!

Löwensenf Extra hot German mustard
California Harvest chipoltle & lIme mustard with roasted garlic
Zatarain's Creole mustard
Ort Farms horseradish mustard
Maille Dijon mustard

classic yellow, spicy brown, cranberry-honey(awesome) and
pkts of white castles' dusseldorf mustard. And my own mix of
2/3 cup ketchup + 1/3 cup mustard to make a hamburger or meatloaf
meat sauce.

Looks great but I'd probably ask for another side of bun.

The Thurman burger is hilarious, but completely impossible to eat. I took the ham home in a container, and made a ham sandwich out of it. The regular burgers, sans mounds of toppings, are actually delicious.

@Embackus - I KNOW RIGHT?? There are no ethnic groceries where I live now. Hitting the chinese cultural center asian grocery store is the only thing I actually like about going to Phoenix, so I make a point to go every time I'm down there for work or the airport.