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OT: Cheeseburger and Fries Thread

UConnNick said:
Pineapple on a burger is so wrong on so many levels. I like pineapple, just not on burgers or pizza.
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Thank you for your interest in Dovian burgers.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Fried shoe strings



Worse.

Truly, I've pretty much stopped ordering them, but I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised if someone offers a share, and sometimes they come through.

No ketchup, little to no salt nowadays, plus fond summer '74 memories of very plain & always delicious 90¢ fries that I ate in my $1.25 Fenway Park bleacher several dozen times
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They are the worst. Went to an upscale French bistro recently and the steak pommes frites came with shoe string fries. They were like the shoe string fries you would eat out of a can as a kid but even worse. They are too hard, can't be eaten with a fork, and just aren't good.
 
superjohn said:
They are the worst... They are too hard, can't be eaten with a fork, and just aren't good.
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Sounds just like the SO talking about the onion rings at Mickey's. Yeah, but...
 
Waquoit said:
Sounds just like the SO talking about the onion rings at Mickey's. Yeah, but...
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What you got for best onion rings? I hate like 95% of the ones I’ve ever tried, but I love the ones at the Glenwood in Hamden. Other than that, the only other great ones I can recall were at Al’s French Frys in South Burlington, VT.
 
8893 said:
What you got for best onion rings? I hate like 95% of the ones I’ve ever tried, but I love the ones at the Glenwood in Hamden. Other than that, the only other great ones I can recall were at Al’s French Frys in South Burlington, VT.
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That was the thing, I'm not a OR person. But the shoestring rings at Mickey's were addicting.

Augie and Ray's down the street does a nice ring. They dust and batter them right at the fry station.
 
At a diner I used to eat at growing up in PA I used to get a open face turkey sandwich with gravy fries on the side. they were thicker fries like steak fries. I remember them as being good
 
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Waquoit said:
That was the thing, I'm not a OR person. But the shoestring rings at Mickey's were addicting.

Augie and Ray's down the street does a nice ring. They dust and batter them right at the fry station.
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I’m not an OR person generally either, primarily because I hate onions as a condiment, and even more so as a main ingredient. I cook with them and that’s about it. But there are a few rare onion rings that are so good that they make me forget about the onion.
 
Devland said:
At a diner I used to eat at growing up in PA I used to get a open face turkey sandwich with gravy fries on the side. they were thicker fries like steak fries. I remember them as being good
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Nectar’s in Burlington, VT is king of gravy fries. No late night there is complete without them.
 
Waquoit said:
So who make good fries besides nobody? I haven't had a good fry since Jack's at the Northampton Fair. And I haven't been there since they stopped racing horses.
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There needs to be more random places where horses race.
 
I Bleed Blue said:
Gold burger or Plan B. I like Ted’s too.
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Surprised it took this long to get a vote for Ted’s cheeseburger grinder (or are you talking about the place in Meriden?). Honestly, don’t remember ever eating one sober but, as I recall, they were great.
 
CAHUSKY said:
Surprised it took this long to get a vote for Ted’s cheeseburger grinder. Honestly, don’t remember ever eating one sober but, as I recall, they were great.
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I lived around the corner and loved the trifecta of a Ted’s cheeseburger grinder, and then grabbing a bag of O’Grady’s Au Gratin chips and a quart of chocolate milk from Dairy Mart.
 
Speaking of chicken, there’s a food truck at State House Square downtown at lunch & various breweries, called Craftbird. They make a few REALLY good chicken sandwiches.
 
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8893 said:
I lived around the corner and loved the trifecta of a Ted’s cheeseburger grinder, and then grabbing a bag of O’Grady’s Au Gratin chips and a quart of chocolate milk from Dairy Mart.
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wait, wut? who? how? huh? ho? don't know those names, but that's some gooood mulch right there. hold my calls..
 
GemParty said:
Speaking of chicken, there’s a food truck at State House Square downtown at lunch & various breweries, called Craftbird. They make a few REALLY good chicken sandwiches.
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and don't speak of chicken. ever. like that breast mania, what is up with that? bird flavored cotton? but it being THIS place, reading anything here triggers (hehe, I said 'triggers,' hehe) random thoughts of possible food OTs like 'Whats your snack chip?' or "Chicken- baked, broiled, or fried?' or maybe "Is there less to kale than meets the eye?' deeeep thoughts, but, no, not gonna do it. nope.
 
I have to admit that I love French Fries.
Not frozen french fries.
Not the grease laden fresh fried potatoes at 5 guys.

Both of my favorite places for fries have long since gone down hill in the fry department. Both used to cut them fresh in the morning and both used Russets, and parboiled them in salted water to keep them from browning, then dropped wet into the deep fryer when ordered. The water evaporating out of them as they fry seems to inhibit the absorption of too much grease. Jimmy's of Savin Rock used to do them this way back in the 50s and early 60s. Last time I went, they were still cutting their own, but cutting to order. Ended up slightly undercooked and greasy. Kinda like 5 guys.
Even better than Jimmy's was Frankie's Diner on Barnum Avenue in Bridgeport. They were the fry by which all other fries were judged. 15 years or so later, a bunch of us were reminiscing and got the hots for some Frankie's Fries. Drove 20 some odd miles, ordered about 10 orders. The cook comes out and asks who ordered all the fries. Asks if we're looking for a memory, and tells us not to bother. Says we weren't the first bunch of drunk 30-somethings who came in just for the fries they remembered from the sixties. You would think that would tell them something.
Finally, Rawley's in Fairfield used to has great fries -- maybe a step down from the aforementioned places, but still very good. But you had to know about them, and specifically order the hand cut fries. Otherwise, you got crummy, frozen fries. Never understood why they did it that way. Kinda like the in-and-out secret menu, I guess.
 
JMick said:
I thought it was surprisingly good tbh.
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It might be objectively better, but the flavor profile changed slightly so I like it less. Sometimes it is about familiarity.
 
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8893 said:
I lived around the corner and loved the trifecta of a Ted’s cheeseburger grinder, and then grabbing a bag of O’Grady’s Au Gratin chips and a quart of chocolate milk from Dairy Mart.
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I often chose the same. Minus the chocolate milk.
 
whaler11 said:
In and Out/5 Guys etc are better than most of the stuff double the price.

The Super Melt at Friendly’s is better than most fancy garbage.
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Friendly’s has always had surprisingly good burgers. Much better than average.
 
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The Friendly’s I went to my whole life is on Elm St in Enfield. Went there a few months ago. Several of the same waitresses as they had 25 years ago are still there. Clean and well run. Presley Blake was a longtime resident of Somers, 10-15 minutes away, and I suspect that may explain why that location has always been excellent. I agree, many other locations are gross.
 
Friendly's was my first "pay stub" job. I got fired for putting too much ice cream in the cones. At 16, I could not master the "Friendly's Scoop™", whereby you skimmed a ribbon of ice cream that folded upon itself (meaning less weight, more air) instead of scooping an actual solid scoop of ice cream.
 
storrsroars said:
Friendly's was my first "pay stub" job. I got fired for putting too much ice cream in the cones. At 16, I could not master the "Friendly's Scoop™", whereby you skimmed a ribbon of ice cream that folded upon itself (meaning less weight, more air) instead of scooping an actual solid scoop of ice cream.
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Mine was Dairy Queen. I did enjoy a nice DQ double cheese burger with the chili topping normally put on hotdogs. Mmmm. I want one right now.
 
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