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Comment by Mikki

Mikki — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:54:07 -0800

Have I died? Is that real? That looks deliciously perfect (and nothing like a butter burger). I'm making that burger.

Comment by de-lisher indeed

de-lisher indeed — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:54:54 -0800

OMG. You are my food soul mate. I would make the sweetest love to that burger w/ my mouth.

Comment by jrrrl

jrrrl — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:55:26 -0800

beef is the #1 cause of global warming. next time just wrap some bacon between those grilled cheeses and be a good progressive.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0220/p03s01-ussc.html

Comment by kebabs

kebabs — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:58:42 -0800

That looks suspiciously like Homer Simpson's "Good Morning" Burger.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:01:31 -0800

jrrrl, humans are the #1 cause of global warming. Without humans there would be no domesticated bovine to fart.

Comment by violet_dagrinder

violet_dagrinder — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:02:19 -0800

Shiiiitt. . . I'm a vegan, and that STILL looks delicious.

Comment by Julie in Chicago

Julie in Chicago — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:05:11 -0800

It needs more stuff on it before I'd consider eating it - lettuce, tomato, onion, sauce of some sort... Just meat, cheese, and bread doesn't really do it for me.

Comment by Dominic Holden

Dominic Holden — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:05:32 -0800

kebabs @ 4) That was the first thing I thought of! This one, sadly, lacks the requisite fried egg. Tried to find the Simpsons clip but couldn't, so I just named the image "good morning burger" instead.

Comment by Foggen

Foggen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:50 -0800

The Vortex in Atlanta has something like this. They start with the "Coronary Bypass" which is a burger with (I believe) cheese, bacon, ham, and a fried egg, then replace the bun with two grilled cheese sandwiches. They call it the "Double Bypass".

I don't know anyone who's challenged a Double Bypass, but a friend of mine's father pronounced the Coronary bypass "a fine burger, son."

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:08:00 -0800

Blue cheese would ruin everything.

Comment by jrrrl

jrrrl — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:11:19 -0800

bellevue ave, i meant livestock (human-raised beef) is the #1 human cause of global warming. worse than all transportation (cars, planes) combined.

if you stop eating beef, it will help the planet much more than selling your hummer h2 and riding a bike everywhere.

Comment by Christin

Christin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:18:29 -0800

This looks so good. I'd add onions, tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole, I think. No bacon.

Comment by trufe

trufe — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:24:52 -0800

agreed w/ @10. Blue cheese is made from bovine barf, which is why it tastes like that.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:25:38 -0800

man, bovine barf is delicious then!

Comment by Explorer

Explorer — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:27:06 -0800

4/8 - It starts with a whole stick of rich, creamery butter...

Comment by LDP in Cincinnati

LDP in Cincinnati — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:28:32 -0800

I'm dieting right now, via Weight Watchers. The plan assigns point values to various foods, and give you a certain number of points to "spend" every day. That number various, depending on the dieter's weight and height.

I get 29 points per day. This sandwich looks as if it would cost me about 5,000 points.

Worth every one, though.

Comment by Mikki

Mikki — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:33:18 -0800

Bellevue Ave, we should make these with feta and second undetermined cheese grilled cheeses. Um, soon.

Comment by someguy

someguy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:36:18 -0800

Who gives a fuck about the greenhouse gases? This burger looks delicious

Comment by Le Juif

Le Juif — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:40:38 -0800

old news. knockoff already in the works.

Comment by Mahtli69

Mahtli69 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:56:31 -0800

Bacon yes. And, as long as you're killing yourself, add a fried egg too. That's what Fatburger does.

But, blue cheese would make me gag.

Comment by Corey

Corey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:03:33 -0800

The Luther Burger.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:11:17 -0800

Fuck the blue cheese. This thing needs lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and A1 sauce. Ooh, and a little shake of garlic salt on top.

Comment by Le Juif

Le Juif — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:26:58 -0800

what this thing needs is a Jucy Lucy in the middle.

Comment by Le Juif

Le Juif — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:33:44 -0800

or two. more meat. more cheese. fear the cheese!

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:39:10 -0800

@8:

No clip, but here's a screen-cap of the GMB:

http://www.gluttonopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/good-morning-burger.gif

Comment by Julie K

Julie K — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:41:46 -0800

That looks like something Paula Dean would make.

Comment by catnextdoor

catnextdoor — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:43:13 -0800

Fuck bleu cheese dressing- RANCH would fit that burger perfectly. I havent eaten white flour for a month and that looks divine..... oh man...

Comment by Ariel

Ariel — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:46:30 -0800

I thought it was a waffle-burger, at first glance. A waffle-burger would be good. OMG, or what about a burger surrounded by two grilled cheeses that were made out of WAFFLES?

Comment by Sara

Sara — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:58:16 -0800

Boo to you blue cheese haters!

Now, what you've gotta do is:

Take those grilled cheese sandwiches- replace the processed cheese in them with real, giant, juicy blue cheese crumbles. in the middle of all that madness, put the bacon. Cook it before, so it's nice and crispy and delicious. It's gotta be all crispy beforehand, otherwise it's gonna get all soggy and sloppy. Make the bread on those grilled blue cheese buddies something special- maybe some real nicely sliced sourdough? I don't know but that sounds good right now, so I'm gonna roll with it.

Now, you've got those babies all fried up, and you did it with butter, because you're not pulling any punches today. And you didn't do it in some teflon soaked jerk of a pan- you did it in a big cast iron skillet.

And after you fried those puppies up good and toasty, you cooked the burger in the pan- you got it all nice and browned, and then threw the whole skillet in the oven and let it bake in there for awhile. Maybe you went crazy, and you put some whole roasted garlic cloves inside the burger- a whole clump of them right in the center, so that as it bakes the garlic radiates out and touches all of the burger with it's goodness.

And then you slapped that big burger between those two blue cheese bacon melts, a nice big ring of sliced tomato on either side, and some fresh baby spinach tossed around in there like a garter on the leg of a bride you know ain't gonna be wearing white.

I have to stop talking about this, I am hungry and aroused now...

Comment by Aislinn

Aislinn — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:08:20 -0800

@24: Milk and meat!? Bad Jew!

Comment by Le Juif

Le Juif — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:11:13 -0800

and add some slab cut Hempler's bacon.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:26:24 -0800

Who said anything about blue cheese DRESSING? Gah. No, you need a couple of crumbles of blue cheese, good stinky stuff like roquefort or gorgonzola, and a slice of bacon. And ketchup, lettuce, tomato, and onion, in that order, from top bun down to the meat, which is medium-rare. You philistines with your fried eggs and grilled cheese sandwiches and other monstrosities don't know anything about burgers. It's not a contest, it's an artistic creation.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:17:08 -0800

When did you give your wife that speech for the first time?

Comment by Greg

Greg — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:25:25 -0800

@32: Eating undercooked hamburger is a really bad idea, you know.

Comment by TVDinner

TVDinner — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:30:53 -0800

It'd be better deep-fried.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:37:50 -0800

@34, it's not undercooked, it's perfectly cooked. And you don't get E. Coli from good beef.

BA, that would be the first time I saw her put MUSTARD on one. And RELISH. I almost gagged. It was like watching a really graphic war documentary.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:33:57 -0800

Sara,

Will you marry me?

I'll bring my own #8 with lid.

Comment by pragmatic

pragmatic — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:34:41 -0800

I've just experimented with making such a concoction: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanparrish/2923901049/

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:27:55 -0800

Wow, @38, I think my heart skipped about four beats just looking at that photo...