Bacon Homeburger

Wimpy said it best " I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a Hamburger today." This is how I feel when I am home on a weekend and I want a Cheeseburger. 

Today my wife Morgan and I went to the store to go food shopping. At Hannaford they have these burgers with cheddar and bacon mixed right in the burger patty. Now we picked these babies up and brought them home for dinner. Morgan cooked these things on the barbecue grill. Added some cheddar on the top and cut up some pickles. Better yet we bought some pretzel rolls at the store as well. These things are great, Crusty top with a soft center. Fryed up some onion rings and Morgan out them on hers. I just had the pickle and ketchup with the rings on the side. 

During dinner we watched Uncle Buck. I have to say that this has got to be John Candy's best movie. Not bad at $8.50 on BluRay. http://amzn.com/B004ZJZPW0. Just a good all around 80's movie. I love how Buck treats his niece's boyfriend Bug. If you haven't seen this classic gem I suggest you check it out. 

Till next time,

-Jay

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Hi! I'm Jay. I am a thirty-something year old male. I live in New York but not that New York. I live in the Hudson Valley. I grew up here. Small town. Yup, that's me. I have a regular 9 to 5 and married my childhood friend 8 years ago. She is awesome! I love Games (all kinds), movies, tv and music. Mostly just a pop culture loving geek.

Another thing I love is cheeseburgers. Bacon cheeseburgers. I grew up next to Del's Dairy Cream in Rhinebeck New York. Rhinebeck is about 2 hours north of NYC. Del's is a small ice cream and burger place on route 9. It was awesome living right next door to a place like this. I would have to say this was the place that started me on my burger binge. They would be open for the spring and summer and close at the end of September. When I was 13-18 years old I would have a bacon cheeseburger everyday with a vanilla milkshake with rainbow sprinkles or a large Surge. Do you remember Surge soda? Oh man. Good stuff.

 My parents ran the place so the food was a good price...free. It was good to be a teen. The summer I turned 16 I started working in the kitchen. I started working the firer where I was cooking fries, onion rings, mozzarella stix, clams, poppers and mushrooms. My dad was on the grill making burgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, gyros and steak sandwiches. It was awesome. The "John Burger" as it was called in certain circles was one of the best 1/4 burgers I have ever had. Garlic pickles disks, round bacon, melted white American cheese on a hamburger bun with ketchup. Man, my mouth is watering writing this right now. In 1999 my parents left the business. Del's is still there now but to me it is not the same. For one it just doesn't have the same taste and the second thing is it is no longer free. One day I will go back and try it again.

So that's my start in the world of bacon cheeseburgers. Every restaurant that sells a burger I order the my burger the same way. Cooked medium with bacon, American, pickles and ketchup. Stay tuned to this blog for burger reviews from anywhere and everywhere I eat a burger. Also, if you have had an awesome burger in your life comment below and let me know.

Till next time,
Jay