Modernist Cuisine - The Ultimate Hamburger

Modernist Cuisine (modernistcuisine.com/​) is a six-volume, 2,438-page set that is des­tined to rein­vent cook­ing. The lav­ishly illus­trated books use thou­sands of orig­i­nal images to make the sci­ence and tech­nol­ogy clear and engaging.

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[exmo74]

Well fuck me. It's all about the Sodium hexametaphosphate. No wonder my burgers suck.

[dekoomers]

Shut up and take my money!

[danm22]

am i the only one who thinks this need bacon

[Jake McGinn]

sounds like an apple add.

[Esxca Murrida]

order on monday get it wednesday :P

[maheshwillscrewu]

ok..i cant wait 36 hours for a burger

[Jeffrey Parker]

Oh joy, more culinary masturbation. Seriously? The only burger that ever was, was a half pound all natural 80/20 grass fed beef burger char grilled over wood charcoal. This is a McD fantasy baby. Keep it clean and simple, classic technique will always rule.

[PepsisWarrior]

WHOOOT! Need to find the nearest lquid nitro place I guess. What a sissy . . .

[flamingdog76]

food for pricks

[Lucius Dark]

To me, the ultimate burger is more about the meat itself than the cooking technique. It has to be a blend of different lean and fatty cuts - I like to add bacon fat too. Then there are condiments that can be modified - I add lime juice to mayo and vinegar to ketchup. Only heirloom tomatoes with high acidic flavor and sweet onions. The bun should be crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside. That is my idea of a perfect burger.

[RMJ1984]

Fast/junkfood go home.

Now if you could order a burger online like this hoho, that would be amazing!.

I would rather have 1 good burger each year than the shit junkfood that many people eat today.

[AndrewTranAT88]

Nope. They explore methods for creating the ultimate version of a certain food, period. They weren't looking for the ultimate recipe you can make at home with only a pan and a spatula or whatever.

The idea is that, if you had the time and money, this is the absolute best way to make a certain food. If you don't, then could adapt SOME of the techniques to make above average food. EX: you can make that patty at home minus the cryofrying w/ a cooler, thermometer, ziplock bag, and a blowtorch