Burger King

IceCreamMan · 2013-05-09T23:58:27+00:00

ok , let me admit to it , I love burger king fries ....and am insanely annoyed BK decided to open in CTN instead of here...... so any of you capies been yet? ?

flatfourfan

singemonkey wrote
flatfourfan wrote screw mcdonalds and burger king, bring us Wendy's.........they just kill everything.
Even baby otters? ☹

EVERYTHING.......

Bob-Dubery

flatfourfan wrote screw mcdonalds and burger king, bring us Wendy's.........they just kill everything.

Not quite. But last time I ate at a Wendy's I felt pretty sick the next day - so they're trying.

Squonk

flatfourfan wrote
singemonkey wrote
flatfourfan wrote screw mcdonalds and burger king, bring us Wendy's.........they just kill everything.
Even baby otters? ☹
EVERYTHING.......

That patty does nothing on Meat Co Burger

flatfourfan

Squonk wrote That patty does nothing on Meat Co Burger

different ball park alltogether.....

Bob-Dubery

Squonk wrote
flatfourfan wrote
singemonkey wrote
flatfourfan wrote screw mcdonalds and burger king, bring us Wendy's.........they just kill everything.
Even baby otters? ☹
EVERYTHING.......

That patty does nothing on Meat Co Burger

And read the small print.

singemonkey

X-rated Bob wrote
flatfourfan wrote screw mcdonalds and burger king, bring us Wendy's.........they just kill everything.
Not quite. But last time I ate at a Wendy's I felt pretty sick the next day - so they're trying.

DaFiz

I'll make my own patties outta donkey/armadillo/rat meat... at least I know what um eating... ???

flatfourfan

DaFiz wrote I'll make my own patties outta donkey/armadillo/rat meat... at least I know what um eating... ???

Amen to that one brother, ever since watching Hester Blummenthal make his own, I don't buy store bought. My butcher mixes my own blend for me.

A lot of work, but OH so worth it. Triple frying the chips just makes them serious pop.....

evolucian

What does triple frying the chips do?

As far as I understand it... fry them once, let them cool completely, then fry again to get french fries (or rather americanised version). So if we let them cool down completely again and then fry them... are we preparing for dust?

What I'm trying to work out is how to get my patties shiny after grilling. Some say oil, some say basting... pretty much all comes out charred to me.

DonRoos

I'd have to be seriously hungry (about to go canibal) to eat those burgers. I saw on Dr Oz today a 16 year old burger that showed no signs of deterioration. If no insect or bacteria want to eat it then it has NO nutritional value.

Anything that is minced or processed is a definite no-no in light of recent revelations. I also saw how chicken is 'minced' and coloured to make the nicely shaped nuggets etc. and will likewise need to be about to chew my arm off first. I still eat take-away fish and chicked as long as it is still a solid piece of flesh.

But by and large I am a do-it-yourself king of chef. Making a burger is SO easy. Bit of mince (home minced in a mincer or blender), few herbs spices and perhaps a bit of egg for binding and a bit of stone ground flour to roll the balls in. Then some good Olive Oil to bast for the braai or fry them in. I have a passion for Lamb burgers and no fast food can approach the taste of a freshly made patty. I also prefer to discard the buns as they tend to be white bread with the consistency of cotton wool.

Ray

People are so worried about the donkeys and water buffalo. but it's probably been steeked with no hormones and stuff. the hormones and kind of stuff that's possibly worse for you than sitting on a smoker's lap hey.

Chocklit_Thunda

I love Burger King! Best fast food burgers IMO!
I eat nothing less than a triple whopper with bacon each time ? the best!

I don't know why CPT gets one and JHB doesn't!
We work up an appetite up here, making all the money for the entire country and whatnot ?

allwillc

With all this talk, I decided to drive down to check it out. At 6pm there was a +100 hungry people queuing down the street. I'm not that hungry :-\!!!

greetings

I'm in the USA at the moment and I think Wendy's makes the best fast food burger, and is the best fast food restaurant in general. Burger King is the same as McDonalds here, in my opinion. Probably a bit worse.

There is a burger place here called Five Guys... This, my friends, is a real burger.

ActionArnie

evolucian wrote What does triple frying the chips do?

As far as I understand it... fry them once, let them cool completely, then fry again to get french fries (or rather americanised version). So if we let them cool down completely again and then fry them... are we preparing for dust?

What I'm trying to work out is how to get my patties shiny after grilling. Some say oil, some say basting... pretty much all comes out charred to me.

I worked at KFC for a year. Multi-frying stuff was a common occurrence, not to improve the taste though. Staff would cook extra chicken & chips the night before and then officially write it off as waste as it wasn't sold by closing time. They'd then be on shift the next morning and peel the fried flour off the chicken and re-flour and fry it. Idea was that then they could sell the written-off stuff first thing and pocket the takings.

Entrepreneurship is alive and well!

IceCreamMan

I am Belgian an we make the perfect pomme frite ...we fry em twice

Hot oil, insert chips...cook til the start to rise remove from oil....ensure u remove all the oil from the fries by dabbing em on paper....ensure oil does not get over hot...just before serving put em back in oil for a couple minutes at voila..the perfect chip....

Mmmm going to Belgium in August..looking forward to mussels and chips from the roadside trucks ...with mayo....oh he'll I am hungry

evolucian

ActionArnie wrote
evolucian wrote What does triple frying the chips do?

As far as I understand it... fry them once, let them cool completely, then fry again to get french fries (or rather americanised version). So if we let them cool down completely again and then fry them... are we preparing for dust?

What I'm trying to work out is how to get my patties shiny after grilling. Some say oil, some say basting... pretty much all comes out charred to me.
I worked at KFC for a year. Multi-frying stuff was a common occurrence, not to improve the taste though. Staff would cook extra chicken & chips the night before and then officially write it off as waste as it wasn't sold by closing time. They'd then be on shift the next morning and peel the fried flour off the chicken and re-flour and fry it. Idea was that then they could sell the written-off stuff first thing and pocket the takings.

Entrepreneurship is alive and well!

Thats just sad man... you have officially made me super wary of KFC now. Although I've never gone to them in the morning so I might have been safe. Or rather safer than those morning folk. I recently bought the double down thing... as I was eating it, I happened to notice they used a giant chicken because there is no breast that big in retail. I will not buy it again - it was nice but still... we don't have giant chickens and no amount of mallet is going to get it that big and thick.

I will now rather do my own despite the fact that I don't have the pressure frying thing they have... but the crunchiness is easily attained. I think the colonel will be more pissed now at what they're doing, even more so than after they bought it and he told them their food sucked. I will never eat from Steers again either. So BK will not be on my to do list.

Black Steer... BFF! So much so that when I move into the mobile food market, that will be my model for the burgers. Proper chunky sauce for cheese and not a slice of chalky crap. Real mushroom sauce and pepper sauce. And if I can improve on it (which would probably be highly unlikely) then so be it.

ICM... the mussels and fries sounds quite nice

babbalute

IceCreamMan wrote I am Belgian an we make the perfect pomme frite ...we fry em twice

Hot oil, insert chips...cook til the start to rise remove from oil....ensure u remove all the oil from the fries by dabbing em on paper....ensure oil does not get over hot...just before serving put em back in oil for a couple minutes at voila..the perfect chip....

Mmmm going to Belgium in August..looking forward to mussels and chips from the roadside trucks ...with mayo....oh he'll I am hungry
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Hi fellow Belgian, the best packet o "fritte" (chis for English) comes most certainly from a roadsite truck or caravan in Belgium. and there is only one way to fry as you indicate. all other variations cannot beat the Belgium way.

Ik kom van Antwaarpe, gebore en getoge, all sins 1986 in Zuid Africa en ik goan ook oop vakaanse naar den Belgick in Julij. Natuurlijk alleen mor ver de mossele me frit.
Ze hebben ook goei mossele in Den Anker op de Waterfront in Koapstad, goei mosselsoas en de fritte da goat nogal.

On Burger King: not another junk food take away ? exactly what we need in these bad economic times. I suppose the burgers will include donkey, water buffalo, horse etc. Maybe this is why the 9 Ton of kangaroo meat was imported into SA recently ? As long as you don't see the burger patty make from fresh meat and other ingredient do you really know what you're eating ? On the other hand if it tastes good do we really care ?

V8

Huh, what's all the fuss w/BK?

It's not like making a burger is difficult... :?

I'll go out my way for a good cheeseburger, the Dog's Bollocks in Cpt are worth the effort (Clarke's isn't consistent enough), otherwise I'll make em myself, thanks. 70% Beef, 30% Pork mince, some breadcrumbs, milk, seasoning and burger happiness ?

babbalute wrote
IceCreamMan wrote I am Belgian an we make the perfect pomme frite ...we fry em twice

Hot oil, insert chips...cook til the start to rise remove from oil....ensure u remove all the oil from the fries by dabbing em on paper....ensure oil does not get over hot...just before serving put em back in oil for a couple minutes at voila..the perfect chip....

Mmmm going to Belgium in August..looking forward to mussels and chips from the roadside trucks ...with mayo....oh he'll I am hungry
Hi fellow Belgian, the best packet o "fritte" (chis for English) comes most certainly from a roadsite truck or caravan in Belgium. and there is only one way to fry as you indicate. all other variations cannot beat the Belgium way.

+1. Cannot explain why the mayo works, but it does.

Tokai-SA

After watching Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives for a few years, it's clear to me, WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM IN SOUTH AFRICA...and that problem is, our take away food is a disgrace.

If we do happen to get a take out doing pretty good hamburgers, like Black Steer & Chuckleberry's, they end up going insolvent because Steers controls the market with their garbage.

For a great hamburger I recommend the Grill House (was Gourmet Garage) in Katherine St, Turn & Tender in Illovo.

Our pizza take aways are decent (if they have a proper wood burning oven), Nandos are good but they're lazy (same thing for years, nothing new), Steers is poison, Kentucky is ok if they have a lucky day and happen to cook some good pieces of chicken.

Mi Vami, do you remember the days when there was a big fat juicy piece of meat spinning on their grill, and they used to slice your meat off the grill and make your Shawarma?...now days they have the meat in a little plastic bag in the fridge then they cook it on the flat grill. :?

Anat...well, thank G-d for Anat, at least they still make a decent Shawarma.
Menachin and his wife Anat were my next door neighbours for 10 years.
My son and Menachim's son used to work at their first mobile Shawarma 'joint' at Bruma flee market...wow, he's sure made a success of the business, good luck to him.

Reubens used to make a killer beef on rye when they were at the petrol station is Athol, now they're in the Benmore Shopping centre, it's still pretty good, but not like it used to be.

Burger King. ?
Hoping they make an edible burger unlike McDonalds garbage.

Can anybody tell me where to get a decent hot dog or toasted cheese in Johannesburg?
Let me answer, there is no half decent toasted cheese or hot dog anywhere in Johannesburg. ?

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