Ridiculous burgers

[editor]

I give you the Rice Krispie-Battered Fried Chicken Burger

You can get fries topped with bone marrow gravy and cheese to go with that.

Some of these look plain disgusting. Gluttony in a posh bun.



Burger&Beyond (@burgerandbeyond) • Instagram photos and videos

 

[Chilli.s]

Any burger connoisseur knows that a sure fire way to ruin a burger is to stuff it with unnecessary things.

 

[killer b]

It's just Instagram food isn't it? It's only real purpose is to get their customers to share it on social media and advertise the burger joint.

 

[editor]

It's just Instagram food isn't it? It's only real purpose is to get their customers to share it on social media and advertise the burger joint.

And they do that because people are only to happy to queue up for such things.

 

[editor]

I wish I'd bought shares in brioche buns 10 years ago. Would have made a killing.

 

[NoXion]

Well, I have terrible taste so they all look delicious to me. Very messy though, would definitely want to tie my hair back and have a wash afterwards.

Downsides? They probably cost a fucking bomb, and the typical clientele of the establishment in question is probably objectionable to me on some level.

 

[Virtual Blue]

i'm sorry but that looks fucking disgusting.
better off downing a pint of crispy lard.

 

[killer b]

And they do that because people are only to happy to queue up for such things.

They do it because images of your food being shared by real people is cheaper (and I guess more effective) than paying for advertising.

One of the 'things' about burgers is they're a dirty and gluttonous, so the trend is for dirtier and more gluttonous ones to make people more likely to show their mates.

 

[editor]

They do it because images of your food being shared by real people is cheaper (and I guess more effective) than paying for advertising.

One of the 'things' about burgers is they're a dirty and gluttonous, so the trend is for dirtier and more gluttonous ones to make people more likely to show their mates.

It doesn't work for me. It just tells me which places to avoid at all costs. And to take the piss out of their awful food online.

 

[killer b]

I don't think you're the target market tbf. But you sharing them and taking the piss is helping them get to their target market anyway, so it's all good.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I don't like a burger that I can't pick up and bite properly and all those look like you can't do that. I hate it when they all fall apart or the bread disintegrates cos there's too much wet going on.

Just a plain burger or a cheeseburger for me thanks.

 

[editor]

I don't think you're the target market tbf. But you sharing them and taking the piss is helping them get to their target market anyway, so it's all good.

If you say so.

 

[killer b]

If you say so.

Well, I have terrible taste so they all look delicious to me.

 

[editor]

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Great point, brilliantly made. I'm sure he's ordered ten burgers already because of this thread.

 

[colacubes]

I’d eat it. I’d need a knife and fork cos it’s too big to go into even my fat mush, but I love a dirty chicken burger

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Middle row, right hand image - looks like exploded intestines.

eta - this one.

 

[NoXion]

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Excuse me? Maybe you missed the part where I reckoned it would likely cost a bomb. I don't even have the cash right now for a chicken burger from the local no-name joint, so the chances of me buying this is nil right now. Even if I did have a job, it would most likely be a minimum wage affair and as such I'd probably wouldn't buy burgers from there in any case.

There's loads of shit I'd like to have, but won't get. This is one of the uncomfortable facts I have to accept as someone who is consistently fucking brassic.

 

[Idris2002]

I give you the Rice Krispie-Battered Fried Chicken Burger

You can get fries topped with bone marrow gravy and cheese to go with that.

Some of these look plain disgusting. Gluttony in a posh bun.

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Burger&Beyond (@burgerandbeyond) • Instagram photos and videos

 

[killer b]

Excuse me? Maybe you missed the part where I reckoned it would likely cost a bomb. I don't even have the cash right now for a chicken burger from the local no-name joint, so the chances of me buying this is nil right now. Even if I did have a job, it would most likely be a minimum wage affair and as such I'd probably wouldn't buy burgers from there in any case.

There's loads of shit I'd like to have, but won't get. This is one of the uncomfortable facts I have to accept as someone who is consistently fucking brassic.

My point was that by sharing this stuff - even to take the piss - you get it in front of the eyes of people who might actually want to eat it. So it's doing what the burger joint intended it to do, even if you aren't going to rush out and buy one today.

 

[editor]

My point was that by sharing this stuff - even to take the piss - you get it in front of the eyes of people who might actually want to eat it. So it's doing what the burger joint intended it to do, even if you aren't going to rush out and buy one today.

If I was enthusiastically sharing it all over Instagram and FB along with the address of this place you might possibly have the beginnings of a valid point. But that's not what happened. Let it go FFS and let people have fun talking about the 'ridiculous burgers' they come across.

 

[NoXion]

My point was that by sharing this stuff - even to take the piss - you get it in front of the eyes of people who might actually want to eat it. So it's doing what the burger joint intended it to do, even if you aren't going to rush out and buy one today.

There legions of "influencers" on social media who promote this kind of stuff completely unironically to audiences of millions. If you've got an issue with this stuff being promoted, then I think your concerns about threads like this are a little misplaced.

 

[killer b]

I don't have an issue! I take photos of nice dinners I have in restaurants and post them on facebook - it's fine. I was just saying that's why they're like this.

 

[salem]

I went to a burger place in Kiev where the waiter tied a big plastic bib around me and they gave me gloves and a big napkin. It was more theatre then anything as the burger wasn't that 'juicy' but fuck it was off putting. I went to patty and bun and had a burger that was fairly tasty but again such a mess to eat that I couldn't enjoy myself. As someone who hates having mucky fingers/face these burgers just look to be a logistical nightmare. They miss the entire point of a burger being a convenient way of holding meat without making a mess.

 

[Chilli.s]

It completes the restaurateurs dream of popularising something that's cheap to make being sold as something expensive.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I went to a burger place in Kiev where the waiter tied a big plastic bib around me and they gave me gloves and a big napkin. It was more theatre then anything as the burger wasn't that 'juicy' but fuck it was off putting. I went to patty and bun and had a burger that was fairly tasty but again such a mess to eat that I couldn't enjoy myself. As someone who hates having mucky fingers/face these burgers just look to be a logistical nightmare. They miss the entire point of a burger being a convenient way of holding meat without making a mess.

Nah, they just took one look at you and thought you'd make an absolute mess so wanted to save cleaning up after you.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I wish I'd bought shares in brioche buns 10 years ago. Would have made a killing.

Just pick something equally stupid to invest in and wait another ten years. Beetroot ketchup. I don't even know if that exists but they'll be shovelling it down this time next year mark my words.

I want to meet the guy who figured out you can charge more money for your beer by putting it in smaller cans.

 

[Poot]

There must surely be at least one day's calories in one of those. Which I'm willing to accept if the dinner is nice, but a burger?

 

[SpookyFrank]

I take photos of nice dinners I have in restaurants and post them on facebook - it's fine.

Is it fine though? Are trying to convince us, or yourself?

 

[killer b]

I gave up trying to convince you of anything a decade ago, frank.

 

[editor]

Just pick something equally stupid to invest in and wait another ten years. Beetroot ketchup. I don't even know if that exists but they'll be shovelling it down this time next year mark my words.

I want to meet the guy who figured out you can charge more money for your beer by putting it in smaller cans.

Already done and winning awards!

Beetroot Ketchup