[fodder] burger project #1

Upon returning from my time in the U.S. I decided to begin a quest to create the archetypal American burger in an Australian home, from Australia ingredients. A burger that is quintessential in look, smell, taste and feel. I have called this quest 'The Burger Project.'

Some of you may say this is easy, it's just a burger! Arhhhh, is it? Those who truly understand know that this task is almost folly, and could even turn me into a burger hermit. A man who doesn't order burgers at restaurants, or take-away joints or the corner-shop! I would become...burgerless!

For me, after tasting a specific burger in New York, I felt I had climbed Everest, or walked on the moon...and once you have been there, you look at life very differently.

Now the burger pictured above is actually my second experiment, but for the blogs sake it is noted as the starting point. For the purposes of the experiment, see burger-notes below:

• bun not right, look for alternatives (i.e. sourdough no good, also too big)
  
• lettuce is clearly not correct (i.e. colour)
• tomatoes instant issue, may not be resolved at all unless home grown
  
• American cheese impossible to find, try some ye olde English cheese (i.e. orange hue)
• continue patty development, improvements working well
  

You may be asking yourself what the 'benchmark-burger' is? Well it came to me late in my New York experience...and I could only enjoy it twice...but that's for another blog posting.

Keep truckin'