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Last Week's Poll Results: What's the Perfect Breakfast Sandwich?

My favorite is at Peter Pan donuts in Greenpoint: scrambled egg (sort of a 'patty')and American cheese on a toasted bialy. Freshly griddled bacon if you want it. Their bialys are excellent.

But this discussion would veer wildly if it were about the platonic ideal of an 'egg and cheese', which is I think is singular to this city and others in the northeast.

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Ten Steps to the Perfect Cheeseburger

That business about 'ignoring the common advice about not "overworking" the meat' is a serious oversight. Burgers should be packed as little as possible.

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Sesame pancake sandwiches @ Dumpling House, Chinatown

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I bought some salted pig jowl.

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Last Week's Poll Results: What's the Perfect Breakfast Sandwich?

My favorite is at Peter Pan donuts in Greenpoint: scrambled egg (sort of a 'patty')and American cheese on a toasted bialy. Freshly griddled bacon if you want it. Their bialys are excellent.

But this discussion would veer wildly if it were about the platonic ideal of an 'egg and cheese', which is I think is singular to this city and others in the northeast.

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Ten Steps to the Perfect Cheeseburger

That business about 'ignoring the common advice about not "overworking" the meat' is a serious oversight. Burgers should be packed as little as possible.

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All Sizzle at Spark Woodfire Grill in Studio City, California

I think a better idea might be to stop reviewing crummy burgers. These writeups are majorly tiresome. Maybe try some research ?

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What's the Longest Wait You've Had at Di Fara?

Me and a friend waited for 3 hours for a square pie once, but it was prime-time on a very nice spring day on a Saturday (ordered at 3, got it around 6)

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Ketchup Macarons, a Savory French/American Snack

Am I seriously the only one who thinks this is a clever and potentially delicious idea

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Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey Here!

Some great recipes in there for baked goods (biscuits, cornbread) !

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Eating out in Fort Greene / Williamsburg

This thread is about Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

I do this all the time; the slices at Rosario's on Orchard in the LES are quite good when ordered well-done.

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Eating out in Fort Greene / Williamsburg

Fanny is a quite a secret, they've been massively ignored by press and blogs. They have a great and really cheap bowl of mussels that I love.

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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

I really miss dipping Gatti's pepperoni pizza into ranch, and I'm kind of embarrassed of it. (Grew up in Austin, recently moved to Brooklyn: I'd never admit that fact around here.)

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Budweiser's New American Ale

I love Budweiser, in the same way I love burgers and fried chicken

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In Fort Worth, Kincaid's Lets Us Down While Fearing's Picks Us Back Up

Burger House in Dallas (the original one, on Hillcrest next to SMU campus) is excellent, and a perfect exemplar of Texas burgers.

http://www.burgerhouse.com/index.htm

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Dinner Tonight: Chipotle Smashed Sweet Potatoes

I've been making these for quite a while, from the Good Eats recipe. It's one of the winningest combinations.

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Recommendations for knife sharpeners

Don't do it yourself, you'll end up doing more harm than good. Take them to a professional.

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Ketchup On Burgers...

I grew up in Austin. Mustard is the standard condiment in Texas, as far as I know. I prefer mayo however, which isn't out of the norm either. If you want ketchup, you generally have to that yourself.

Regardless, I despise ketchup on burgers.

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What foods seriously put you off your feed?

With the exception of frog legs, I enjoy everything that has been mentioned here.

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Advice for beef marrow bones?

I feel like I read something recently that bones of younger animals have more marrow than those of older ones (so in this case — and in that Fergus Henderson recipe — it would be better to use veal bones)

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Smoky Kitchen, Need Some Exhaust

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Sesame pancake sandwiches @ Dumpling House, Chinatown

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I bought some salted pig jowl.

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