Quote:Try one of these ones sometime.  If you want to change it up a bit, use bacon instead of ham.

 

I don't like it with too much meat.   Just a nice medium rare burger, maybe 1/3 of a pound, with cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles, mayo, ketchup.  The ground beef has to be juicy.   Not overcooked.  The tomato has to be ripe, not one of these genetically modified, warehouse ripened, half green, tasteless things you get at a fast food joint.   And definitely lots of ketchup and mayo.  And the bun has to be very fresh and soft, but not so big that it dominates the burger.  Just big enough to hold all the stuff together.  

 

Best restaurant cheeseburger I've had recently was at M Shack in 5 Points.  It was a gooey, drippy, runny mess of a cheese burger that fell apart before I could finish it.   Just wonderful. 

 

If cheeseburgers were good for you, I'd be the healthiest man in the world. 

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