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Finally got over to try the burger tonight, and found it to be a disappointment. The bun, while not too sweet, was on the verge of being stale. I liked the cheese, didn;t find the bacon to be overhwelming, and was pleased they decided to leave out the tomato, but there was way too much arugala, which, as noted, adds little. Most significantly, if found the buger to be majorly lacking in juiciness (especially for a 78/22 grind), and beefiness.

I suspect this burger would have benefited greatly from griddling as opposed to grilling. I'd really like to see a burger shop offer otherwise the same burger prepared in either method. Then both the proprietor and patrons would be able to make an educated decision as to which way is better.

@Traveller - you MUST have been upset. I can't imagine eating a jar of grainy mustard by itself! No, capers would be my choice, I love em.

BTW, congratulations on getting that dissertation over and to an old broad like myself, a "B" sounds pretty damned good.

Altoids? You must be kidding!

When my sister & I went backpacking around Europe we were on a VERY limited budget... many times we arrived by bus in our next foriegn city, late at night, hungry & unfamiliar. I remember eating peas & corn cold out of the can after shopping at the 24-hour food mart in Barcelona... Dining on red wine & dark chocolate and jumping on the beds in our Paris hotel room... Eating Brie out of the package with a Swiss Army knife... Popping Pringles & chugging Fruitopia at 6am after a night of dancing & drinking in London...

Definately pints of icecream, gelato, sorbet, etc, many nights watching movies with my best friend, or doing a late-night "icecream run" with my sister & splitting a litre of Oreo...

I used to bake peanut butter cookies & eat them out of the pan

Pickles, pickled beets, pickled onions, relish, sauerkraut, olives, salsa, pasta sauce, condensed tomato soup, curried spinach, mushy peas, pie filling, peanut butter, jam, whipped topping, salad dressing, eggless mayonnaise, ketchup, bbq sauce... and yes, margarine...

PS I'm totally underweight, so I can justify eating an "entire" anything, including bags of cookies, a McCain cake, a frozen cream pie :)

@dixisue, I like pb & mayo sandwiches, no matter what kind of breat I have, also occasionally add a few slices of ripe banana on that...if out of pb, sit there with banana slices on a plate, each one gets a small blobette of mayo, also good this way on a Ritz cracker.

otherwise, out of can or jar it's:
tuna, drained or undrained
Bush's beans, or B&M, best tasting IMO
Spag/MB from the can, so easy now with the zip-off tops!
uncondensed cream of broccoli or cream of chicken soup
HAVE to taste at least 2 tbl of any new jar spaghetti sauce
herring in cream sauce, or just plain pickled w/onions
sardines, in hot sauce, mustard or oil
salmon from a can, also love to drink the "juice"
pickles from a jar

spaghettios
peanut butter

Man, I could go for an IB right now...I think most of a hot dog is where you eat it, be it at a ballpark or a favourite dog stand or in the backyard, with dad manning the grill. But I will never deny that a good hot dog can be great, though I would say it tastes better depending on circumstances.

I've said it before and I'll say it again...the best hot dog on earth is a Vienna Beef, eaten at Comiskey Park on a hot summer day.

Yay for Usinger's!

And if you are not able to venture to Detroit for a real coney, you can order a Coney Kit! Comes with dogs, buns, chopped onions, mustard, absolutely everything you need. Well, except the Vernors, omnomnom.

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The art of Hot Dogs eh! I came over from England 10 years ago, and realized I really was a hot dog virgin - I didn't realize there were so many different types of hot dogs!