[Magdalen] (non) drive-thru burgers

[Roger Stokes]

On 31/07/2018 21:39, Eleanor Braun wrote:
> It's delightful to see all the love for an American style burger, but,
> please, why do they use American "cheese".  It's not really cheese.
> England makes a number of flavourful cheeses.
>
> http://mentalfloss.com/article/65003/what-exactly-american-cheese

For convenience they need something presliced so regular cheese is not 
really suitable. That really means processed cheese to get something 
that can be sliced easily and I am not convinced that even the British 
products currently available are markedly superior to American cheese 
which I have had - I decline to say "tasted". Regular cheese has a 
texture which is not amenable to making thin slices commercially but if 
the food scientists could find a technique to produce a slicable product 
with flavour that would certainly be a winner in my book.

Roger

>
> Eleanor
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>> My mind really boggled this evening in my local hostelry when I looked at
>> one of their "deal" menus. It features a "Drive-thru burger" which sounds
>> fine *but* like most (all?) pubs in the chain it does not have a car-park,
>> let alone a drive-thru lane. The offer also includes a drink - which has to
>> be consumed on the premises unless you decant a non-alcoholic option into
>> your own container (which it does not mention as a possibility).
>>
>> https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/food/burgers
>>
>> Roger
>>
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