What is Feta? / Feta Stuffed Lamb Burger Recipe

[nasirshaikh2011]

Nice information. Please post more and more videos. Its really helpful. Great work. Thank you.

[YB87343]

its turkish just saying

[umbalaba]

By the way, that spice of the month thing sounds cool!

[danieldelaney]

@umbalaba Sweet - thanks for the feedback.

[umbalaba]

I have come upon feta made from cows-milk as well.

It is not as good as the goats milk variety, but it is still very tasty and seems to be cheaper :-)

[hjahdd]

Would love to do a spice of the month! Hope you can work it out!

[RachelRjR]

Yay spice club!!!!

[danieldelaney]

@RachelRjR Hm - maybe I'll get that started.

[RachelRjR]

a@danieldelaney I think it's a great idea. Maybe a new spice once a month with a hand full of recipes, a little history ect...

[luissandovaljr]

Hey Daniel, great show man! My wife and I were talking, we'd live to see you do an episode on Bleu Cheese. Thanks, looking forward to more.

[danieldelaney]

@luissandovaljr Sure - I'll cover that on a future WTC episode.

[whoobonhooaglo]

I want in!!!



[danieldelaney]

@whoobonhooaglo Sweet - I'll let you know how it develops.

[Lontri]

I sometimes make cheesy breadsticks (because, if i can make it by myself, why would i buy it?) and normally i use some grated cheese, but this time i used feta (well, greek-style cheese since it was from some EU country) that had been marinated with some herbs and sundried tomatoes (and i used the oil as well to make sure that i don't waste the beautiful flavours) and daaaamn it was good. Then we dipped them in some creamcheese and had some wine.

[danieldelaney]

@Lontri Yum! I think it goes great on garlic bread. Salty and creamy - sign me up!

[faylinameir]

I was going to buy some lamb at the farmers market this weekend so thats just great coincidence! :D

[danieldelaney]

@faylinameir There you go! I really love cooking with lamb. So delicious, and sustainably raised.

[riotriotriot55]

im going to make these burgers. i've been delving into some goats cheeses the past few months.. really good! also, i want to join the club but I am in Canada?

[danieldelaney]

@riotriotriot55 Sweet! I'll let you know how the spice club develops. Could be great. I think we could ship to Canada.

[lazyhazycrazy]

Love the spice-of-the-month idea!

[danieldelaney]

@lazyhazycrazy Sweet - I'll let you know how to develops.

[vivaDanielle]

The spice of the month thing sounds cool!

[danieldelaney]

@vivaDanielle Cool - I'll let you know if it develops.

[dimpleza]

I love your vidoes!! always so informative! I also like that you show what to do with the food!!! Let me join too please for the spice of the month...

[danieldelaney]

@dimpleza Awesome - I'll keep you posted about it.

[Bccaundefined]

Feta cheese is the best!

[TMGamingVideos]

I made these today, since I had to stop by a grocery store to pick up my check. They were quite delicious, good video.

[stephmtay]

I want to join! please keep us posted. :)

[thePowerPlant]

Feta is one of those cheeses I feel quite neutral about. Their is nothing too special about it. It boasts no flavor that I find particularly stimulating and is very much akin to a hardened form of Greek Yogurt (ie sour tasting). I do like though in some applications, but if you're talking Greek cheese, I would take haloumi over feta any day, as its one of the only cheeses you can fry that won't melt. On the burger, still not quite a burger I'm afraid. More like a lamb loaf.

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant Disagree with you buddy - fits more burger criteria than any loaf would!

[thePowerPlant]

@danieldelaney I don't mean to be a jerk, but words matter: A burger is meat, plain meat. Go around to all your favorite burger spots and ask what they put in them, prepare for a puzzled look because they don't add anything! A burger is simply meat that is salted and maybe peppered on the outside, hopefully not the inside. A meatloaf is what you made here, flavorings and salt and pepper inside. Really the kicker is the S&P, which totally change meat's texture by adding them to the mince.

[thePowerPlant]

@thePowerPlant Salting meat beforehand denatures proteins and causes them to unfurl, think like pulling apart a spring. Then the heat from cooking causes them to constrict again, but not separately, like they once were. They end up linking together causing the meatloaf like texture. I am not attacking what you made here. It definitely tasted good, but its classification would not be of burger, but of meatloaf. That's all I am trying to say.

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant I know you don't mean to be a jerk! I just think you're wrong. I'll go on record saying that I'm a huge burger fan, and have some of the best burgers in the country. And a traditional hamburger is always beef, and is seasoned minimally. But, I think that the term "burger" as opposed to "hamburger" is now used more and more broadly to include patties made of vegetables, other proteins, and include other fillers. It's the vehicle that makes it a burger, regardless of what's in it.

[thePowerPlant]

@danieldelaney All I am saying is words should matter. I know this is deviating, but its still relevant. Burger was conceptualized as a beef and bun. What is so wrong with wanting to keep it that way? These salmon, lamb, goat, turkey sandwiches are fine, but they are not burgers, they are loafs. Burgers don't have additional things added to the mince, just meat, but look at meatloaf, anything goes! So when you have something that is not beef or beef with other stuff, its a meatloaf.

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant I appreciate your integrity, and your desires to adhere to traditions. Honestly I do. I just think the mass market doesn't adhere to the same traditions anymore. Walk through any major grocery stores and you'll find a plethora of stuffed meat patties all called 'burgers.' Culture has just broadened the definition of "burger" to encompass other things. And I support that. I'm all about introducing people to new things, and if it takes that type of marketing to do it, it's OK by me.

[thePowerPlant]

@danieldelaney So your logic is "because every one else is doing it, it makes it okay." I am sorry but that kind of thinking has never been acceptable ("So if everyone jumped off a cliff, you think you should? The old parental adage). Words were invented for a specific definition, there is no acceptable reason, people should feel the need to corrupt the word "burger." It stood on its own for decades, but in the last 10 years, it had been twisted into something it never was.

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant No, has nothing to do with group thought. Has everything to do with the fact that a burger can be more than just meat, salt, and pepper. Period.

[thePowerPlant]

@danieldelaney Okay. I can see we are both passionate about our burgers. I can go on about this topic for days, so I think its best we both agree to disagree, before this discussion moves into ad hominem territory. Just what I was thinking.

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant From the Wikipedia entry on Hamburgers: Some cooks prepare their patties with binders, such as eggs or bread crumbs. Seasonings are also commonly included with the hamburger patty, most commonly salt and pepper, and others such as parsley, onions, soy sauce, Thousand Island dressing, onion soup mix, or Worcestershire sauce. Many name brand seasoned salt products are also used.

[thePowerPlant]

@danieldelaney Please remember that anyone can edit Wikipedia, so citing it as a source of reference hinders your argument. Please see: the burger High God: Josh Ozersky.

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant Josh is a friend, and I'll be the first to tell you he isn't the end all to be all in the name of burgers. :)

[thePowerPlant]

@danieldelaney Let's just put a fork in this debate. We differ. We feel passionately about burgers and that is at the end of the day what is important. I think we can both agree on this LaFrieda Meats is #1 Superstar in Hamburger land!!!

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant Sure! They're great. But… not my favorite burger! :)

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant Anyway - we're done with the conversation, remember? We've agreed to disagree.

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant Anyway, I think it's best to end this. We obviously have different opinions about what is or isn't a burger, and I'm happy agreeing to disagree.

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant Plus, tons of places cook burgers cook their patties with things other than salt and pepper. One of the most popular chains in America griddles their burgers in a pile of mustard. C'est la vie!

[bichitochachi]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! tasty!!!

[danieldelaney]

@bichitochachi It totally is! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[TheVittleVlog]

Great vid!!

[danieldelaney]

@TheVittleVlog Thanks so much. Appreciate that!

[TeaIicious]

omg that look tasty...

thank you for all the ideas, great vlog as always :-)

as for spice it would be a great idea.. so many people stick to salt pepper and the stapple spice of there culture and just never buy different because they dont know what to do whit it or how it would taste

my personal favorite a cury, gram masala and cumin

[danieldelaney]

@TeaIicious Awesome - I agree with you. Let's see where the idea goes!

[margowsky]

Feta is my all time favorite.  Great to pair it w/a lamburger!

[danieldelaney]

@margowsky Yay! It really is delicious, and works perfectly in it.

[uleexxx]

do a "what's halloumi" ? :)

[danieldelaney]

@uleexxx aye aye captain!

[flyingbeagles]

Sorry Dan, I think i missed the announcement but what happened to vendrtv?

[danieldelaney]

@flyingbeagles Just haven't been putting out episodes recently. No announcement. ;)

[Babanyul1]

What's this spice sounds like a great idea!

[danieldelaney]

@Babanyul1 Sweet - I'll let you know if I decide to do it.

[girlofsummer22]

i would like to know more about Worcestershire sauce!

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[danieldelaney]

@girlofsummer22 Ah good one, with a super interesting name! I'll see what I can do.

[PlatypusGuitar]

Now, I feel like saputo screwed me into buying their fake feta without telling me! Maybe thats why its only 4 to 5$ for a half pound block...

[danieldelaney]

@PlatypusGuitar Oh no! If you enjoyed it, that's all that matters. :)

[Teresita40]

SPICE OF THE MONTH PLEASE

[danieldelaney]

@Teresita40 Sweet, I'll keep you posted on it.

[superbob0002]

please let me join!

[danieldelaney]

@superbob0002 Haha - ok. I'll keep you posted.

[ArtcoreOfLs]

Love Feta <3, great video!

[danieldelaney]

@ArtcoreOfLs Thanks much!