Now, I'm not terribly impressed with this Obama dude, but I've always had a respect for him. That is until I found out he ordered his hamburger medium well. Who does that at a fine hamburger establishment? It really is just beyond the pale. Is it so hard to order a hamburger correctly? Apparently it is for Obama. I'm not sure this is an impeachable offense, but as of now, I've got my eyes on you Obama.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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2 comments: #1- *hurumpf* that we judge our Prez by what he eats. #2- I was just telling my father over our medium rare sirloin steak how I can't believe people can eat meat well done. You cook the life out of it. Hmmmmmm.
I dunno. I eat my steak medium rare. A Hamburger Today is on my google feed. I am always looking for a great burger. But I can't stand medium rare hamburgers. To me, a hamburger should SLIGHTLY pink and thats it. Medium Well is perfectly acceptable to me, and the best burgers will still be perfectly juicy when cooked that way.
I have eaten the occasional medium well burger but for paranoid reasons, not taste preference. When you grind meat, the surface area exposed to bacteria increases to an enormous degree. Add to that the probability of meat from one cow being mixed with another's and the odds get scary. You are way more likely to become sick eating a pink burger than a pink steak.
DLC, I specifically alluded to Ray's being a quality burger joint where you don't need to be extra vigilant about tainted meat. The fact that Obama ordered it medium well there indicates that is his preferred cooking temp of hamburgers. This is an unacceptable default order.
I know, i just wanted an excuse to go on my e.coli rant
I order burgers medium. I am fine if it comes out medium rare or medium well (just use more condiments). Anything over medium well goes back.
Yeah, I'm such a food snob prick that I enjoy making fun of how strangers order food. Damn I'm so smart and they're so dumb.
While I personally eat my steaks rare/med-rare, I go for burgers med-well mostly for the reasons The DLC mentioned. Also, I had a burger on a boy scout campout when I was a kid that was burned on the outside and soupy rare in the middle. I think that traumatized me...the texture
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