It all started with wondering 'what are frozen burger patties like these days?'
We've been making our own burgers here in Berlin ever since we got here, such as our super taster Blue Burger. We've also eaten a lot of Burgers out and about, with Burgermeister and Burgeramt our faves so far.
But back to these pesky frozen patties. As usual, we had to scour every supermarket chain to find a reasonable pack - that being that Kaufland et al insist on selling the minimum quantity of 14 - 16 patties per box.
Netto was the answer, 8 frozen patties per box, still too many but I can manage...2.49 Euros.
Pre-packaged hamburger buns are atrociously stale in every market I've checked, and I didn't want to eat it our of the normal crunchy Schrippe (small breakfast type rolls). So, we went with an old fashioned option, plain white bread. At least the bread is soft.
To do a cheesburger properly (if its not a blue cheese burger) one needs melty cheese. I am loathe to buy this as every single slice is individually wrapped. At least we recycle.
We had everything else in house.
Removing the patties, they two were semi-individually wrapped, 2 per wrapper. Grr.
These things are 98.8% beef mince, so that's a good start. They looked pretty decent too, albeit a bit thin.
They fried up nicely, much better than the last frozen patty I cooked, maybe 15 years ago. I guess things have changed a bit.
The bread was buttered and toasted on one side, a trick I learnt from the Wendy's burger chain in America. Extra fat..mmm.
When the patties are almost cooked, add melty cheese!
So dirty.
Once melted, assemble with mayo, tomato sauce, pickles, tomato. A double cheese burger and a more modest single cheeseburger. Perfecto.
These things were pretty tasty. The patty, the whole point of the experiment was good enough that I would try them again, but they are not up to the standard of home made of Burgermeister / Burgeramt ones.
After all that we had 4 patties left over. Rinse and repeat for the same dinner two nights in a row.
We've been making our own burgers here in Berlin ever since we got here, such as our super taster Blue Burger. We've also eaten a lot of Burgers out and about, with Burgermeister and Burgeramt our faves so far.
But back to these pesky frozen patties. As usual, we had to scour every supermarket chain to find a reasonable pack - that being that Kaufland et al insist on selling the minimum quantity of 14 - 16 patties per box.
Netto was the answer, 8 frozen patties per box, still too many but I can manage...2.49 Euros.
Pre-packaged hamburger buns are atrociously stale in every market I've checked, and I didn't want to eat it our of the normal crunchy Schrippe (small breakfast type rolls). So, we went with an old fashioned option, plain white bread. At least the bread is soft.
To do a cheesburger properly (if its not a blue cheese burger) one needs melty cheese. I am loathe to buy this as every single slice is individually wrapped. At least we recycle.
We had everything else in house.
These things are 98.8% beef mince, so that's a good start. They looked pretty decent too, albeit a bit thin.
They fried up nicely, much better than the last frozen patty I cooked, maybe 15 years ago. I guess things have changed a bit.
The bread was buttered and toasted on one side, a trick I learnt from the Wendy's burger chain in America. Extra fat..mmm.
When the patties are almost cooked, add melty cheese!
So dirty.
Once melted, assemble with mayo, tomato sauce, pickles, tomato. A double cheese burger and a more modest single cheeseburger. Perfecto.
These things were pretty tasty. The patty, the whole point of the experiment was good enough that I would try them again, but they are not up to the standard of home made of Burgermeister / Burgeramt ones.
After all that we had 4 patties left over. Rinse and repeat for the same dinner two nights in a row.
