h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23079694

What this story is really about is... nothing at all. It's another case of the 24-hour news media needing to fill its schedule with something, anything it can. And of course, it's always good to bash a politician/toff/anyone in high office/anyone who's rich/hipsters.

Especially hipsters

There's nothing wrong with posh burgers, up to a point, especially when you consider what the fast food joints do to make theirs so cheap By comparison, a tenner for a decent burger is actually far closer to the real price than the artificially reduced price of the mass burger, which comes about because of economies of scale, agri-business practices, battery farming, paying low wages and cutting costs in any and every way possible, except for advertising and executive remuneration.

I have no idea what a Whopper or a Big Mac costs these days, but being at the lower end of the scale and comparing their price to that of one of the more expensive burgers is spin. Somewhere in the middle is a market for a burger that's not 'gourmet' and doesn't have a gourmet price tag. Nor has it been made with a jus, has there been a reduction of anything in its preparation, does it come with an amuse bouche, courgette fries and have anything drizzled over it, nor will there be an aioli within a country mile of it It will however, be made with humanely-reared meat, garnished with only organic produce, including the ketchup, and the bun will be made from non-GMO wheat and will be just a bun - no ciabatta, no brioche.

It'll be tasty, it'll be unpretentious, it'll have good provenance and it won't cost an arm and a leg.

The hipsters will hate it

At least for a while

So, no news story, move along. Nothing to see here.

I saw that headline and didn't even feel a twinge of curiosity.

BTW, a few weeks ago, I went out of my way to watch some show on Travel channel that features burger joints because one of our local spots was on it, Tookie's. Tookie's is the sort of place you want to go for a burger and no, they are NOT gourmet. They are amazing though. Their specialty is The Squeeler. The Angus beef is mixed with bacon. They've found a way to do this without the patty completely crumbling.

http://www.tookiesburgers.com/album-Squealer.php

Nothing posh about that. Their "poshest" burger is their #99 (not pictured) as the meat is marinated in wine.

I wish I could remember the names of the other three burger joints on that show. They all looked really good.

That sounds pretty tasty

We used to have a seriously good burger at the Drafthouse - organic beef and suchlike, but the chef did large it up a bit with bells and whistles, and I believe there was an aioli

I don't even know what that is.

I remember having something on a cruise ship that had "rocket" on it. I still have no idea what "rocket" is, but I know I don't like it.

Why am I thinking of nipples now?

Is rocket an aquired taste, like olives

or something like coriander that some people can't taste properly

can't possibly think why you are thinking about nipples BG

Rocket is called arugula in the US.

nom nom nom - I have my own and occasionally he makes burgers (and the buns). My favourite has blue cheese, aioli (from the mayo that I make) and rocket/arugula

yummy. especially with giant fresh-cut chips.

In all the years since I started fending for myself I've never made chips. Not once. I can probably count on... maybe two hands the number of times I've deep fried anything in the past 35 years. I know the last one was Scotch eggs and they came out very well

Well gorblimey, you learn something every day

"A sweet, peppery digestive alcohol called rucolino is made from arugula on the island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples. This liqueur is a local specialty enjoyed in small quantities following a meal in the same way as a limoncello or grappa."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruca_sativa