Why would anyone WANT to make a MickyD burger?  My home made ones are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better.

I downloaded an ebook that had imitation recipes from restaurants and they listed McDonald's hamburgers, maybe someone might want to make homemade happy meal  ;D

I eat alot of fast food, but I don't like McDonalds hamburgers.  To me they taste like cardboard.  Since I don't use mayo, mustard, etc, I can actually TASTE the meat.  McDonalds has good fries, but I never eat their hamburgers.

One reason I'm quite looking forward to getting over to the US at some point is to see what McD's burgers are like over there: I mean, they've *got* to be better than the junk-laden I'm-sure-there's-some-meat-in-here-somewhere brownish flat things that look nothing whatsoever like the ads...

You guys are making me real hungry for a burger.  :-[

There's nothing like a good burger.  There's a a great little burger joint in my town (Fatzo's) where they make the patties fresh (not frozen and reheated).  There are other places where they make 'em fresh, but they're full-service restaurants where you feel obliged to buy a full meal and a couple of beers!  Fatzo's is just a burger stand where you can nip in for a burger made to your liking, and be out of there in 15 minutes!

It seems to me that EVERYTHING is said to be "bad for you" in one way or another.

A real hamburger is : beef, bread, cheese (made from milk, which does the body good), lettuce, tomato, pickle

Pizza is: bread, tomato, cheese (again, made from milk), varied toppings which are mostly vegetables and meat

If sweets are bad, salty is bad, red meat is bad, protein is bad, carbs are bad, cholesterol is bad, fat is bad, caffeine is bad... that doesn't leave much...

McDonald's Hamburgers

1 pound ground chuck (80% lean)
10 hamburger buns (local grocery type)
10 hamburger dill slices (more or less to taste)
10 teaspoons dried, chopped (not minced) onions
Mustard
Ketchup
Salt, Pepper, and MSG

Divide 1 lb of beef into 10 equal sized balls. Form a patty out of
each ball about 4 inches in diameter and 1/4 inch thick. Do this
on waxed paper. Now freeze the patties for at least an hour
(this keeps them from falling apart when grilled).
Combine dried onions with water in a small container. Add enough
water so the onions can hydrate (You can't add too much, just be
sure to drain well before using).
Preheat a griddle or skillet to medium−high. In the meantime,
toast the hamburger buns until just golden.
Lay the frozen patties on the hot surface. After about 20 seconds,
"sear" them by applying even pressure with the back of a metal
spatula; do this only for about 2 seconds. After searing them,
sprinkle generously with salt, pepper, and MSG to taste.
After about one minute since searing the patties, turn them over.
Careful, don't tear the side you seared. Add about a teaspoon of
your prepared onions on top.
Quickly dress your buns. On the crown part of buns (top),
Mustard first....five "kisses" the diameter of a pencil evenly
spaced in a circle about a half inch from the edge. Then the Ketchup,
five squirts the size of a nickle.. in the pattern found on dice.
Place the pickle in the middle.
By the time you finish that, the meat will be done (about 1 minute
or 1:10 after turning). Remove the meat and tilt to the side to allow
excess fat to drain off. Use your free hand to hold down the onions.
Place patties onion side up on the dressed crown, top with toasted
heels (the burger will be upside−down). Flip upright and serve.



you forgot to add the protein worms, that's why I don't eat at McDonalds

It seems to me that EVERYTHING is said to be "bad for you" in one way or another.

A real hamburger is : beef, bread, cheese (made from milk, which does the body good), lettuce, tomato, pickle

Pizza is: bread, tomato, cheese (again, made from milk), varied toppings which are mostly vegetables and meat

If sweets are bad, salty is bad, red meat is bad, protein is bad, carbs are bad, cholesterol is bad, fat is bad, caffeine is bad... that doesn't leave much...

For a long time soy products were considered a panacea.  Now some or other healthnut claims to have found evidence that too much soy gives one cancer.  
See, that's why I find people like Andrew Weil so unbearable.  We can't all be big-bearded nutritionists with more money than God.  It got to a point in the '90s where you couldn't eat a bag of chips in Northampton (Massachusetts, that is) without some sandal-wearing carrot juice-drinker coming up and lecturing you about the "free radicals."
George Orwell pointed out way back in the 1930s that it is the food crank's raison d'etre to "add another five years to his carcass."  Mind, you Orwell smoked cigarettes rolled with his favorite cheap tobacco until he died of tuberculosis at the age of 46!
Critics countered that health-food dieters do it for the sake of good health in their daily lives, but I find there is some merit to his point about "longevity."
The fact is, nobody gets out alive, and you are going to die of something.  Maybe it'll be cancer, maybe heart disease, maybe organ failure, but you are going!  That doesn't mean one shouldn't look out for one's health, but obsessing over whether or not the "free radicals" are going to kill you is a drag.

Why would anyone WANT to make a MickyD burger?  My home made ones are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better.

Of course they are, McD's blows!  I loved it when I was a kid, but now it just makes me feel bloated and icky!

I'm-sure-there's-some-meat-in-here-somewhere




Our burgers here are no different though I'm sure that was sarcasm.

When it comes to getting more beef than bread it seems you have to make the hamburger yourself.

  What really makes me mad is when I see an overweight child eating a bunch of crap.  The conveinence of eating fast food has taken over.  Parents need to take responsibility and cook their children a healthy meal instead of picking up a pizza on the way home.  I struggled with my weight as a child and teen because I was allowed to eat more than I should.  Kids will normally pick out the worst thing for themselves cause it tastes the best.  I see just as many overweight kids these days as slender ones.  It's really sad because bad eating habits are hard to break.  I've had to work my ass off for the body I have now.

  What really makes me mad is when I see an overweight child eating a bunch of crap.  The conveinence of eating fast food has taken over.  Parents need to take responsibility and cook their children a healthy meal instead of picking up a pizza on the way home.  I struggled with my weight as a child and teen because I was allowed to eat more than I should.  Kids will normally pick out the worst thing for themselves cause it tastes the best.  I see just as many overweight kids these days as slender ones.  It's really sad because bad eating habits are hard to break.  I've had to work my a** off for the body I have now.


I tend to agree... sort of... children should not be allowed to eat whatever they want, because they are not old enough to understand the consequences.  Children should be fed as healthy as possible, and then when they are older they can make their own choices.

The problem is, almost EVERYTHING is said to be bad now.  If you "cook a healthy meal", and you leave out the red meat, carbs, cholesterol, sugar, salt, etc... you are left with what?  Fish & vegetables?