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!

[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

[imholdenonarope]

THIS GUY IS FROM CHOW! I KNEW I RECOGNIZED HIM!

[Oleg Sklyar]

The dude explaining the burger has this face like he is trying really hard to make it seem difficult to make a good burger >.<

[Oleg Sklyar]

I dunno about all this. I am a noob at cooking in general but my burgers are absolutely delicious. Much better than ANY restaraunt I have been to. But then again I make it for myself so I guess I care more than some nameless chef.

[chilipez]

Do these authors, even for a moment, TRULY believe that all of these recipes, including this CRAZY burger recipe, can be replicated in the average home?

REALLY?

[nbenj100]

i bought the book couldn't afford to make the burger though im saving up now ....

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[mac5524]

Oh I didn't say I couldn't afford it, I am just not an idiot. You must be a real winner if you must spend $100 on a hypothetical burger because it is there. I love it. I could tell you a dog turd is worth a $100 because it is rare, and you may buy it. But go ahead and order a $100 burger, the joke is on you. By the way, maybe you could take that $100 and put it towards going back to school to learn how to use grammar and punctuation properly.