Deep fried, cheese-stuffed hamburger. Really?

[flvegan]

Really.



When Food Network Magazine named the Heart Attack on a Plate sandwich at Mother's Federal Hill Grille as the ultimate burger in Maryland, I had to try it. The magazine's June/July issue, now on newsstands, picked 50 favorite burgers, one in each of the 50 states.

After all, almost every American eats burgers, including two guys at the top of the nation's food chain, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. The other day, these two leaders of the free world scooted out of the White House to chow down on burgers for lunch at Ray's Hell-Burger in Arlington, Va. Ray's was the magazine's top burger joint for the state of Virginia.

Maile Carpenter, editor in chief, told me the magazine was looking for interesting burgers. "We were careful with the wording; we did not say 'best.' The idea was to identify the burger you had to try if you visited that state," she said.

The Mother's burger is unusual. It is an 8-ounce patty of ground round chuck, stuffed with cheddar cheese, covered with a Cajun batter, and - are you ready for this - deep-fried. That explains the name.

It is fried in canola oil, which is better for you than frying in peanut oil, but I doubt that this treatment makes the burger health food.

One day last week, I watched a couple of the cooks at Mother's, Brian Badger and Devon McCoy, prepare a heart attack. The tricky part, according to Badger, is knowing when the burger is cooked. Because it is coated in a Cajun beer batter, a spicy recipe created by Mother's co-owner Adam Rather, Badger had to insert an instant-read thermometer in the burger to see when it was ready to emerge from the boiling oil.

Usually, it takes about 10 minutes to get a well-done burger, Badger said.

The burger came out of the fryer looking very brown, like a giant fritter. Its appearance improved when McCoy placed the chipotle mayonnaise and the lettuce and onion on the buns that encased it.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bal-fo.burger13may13,0,7465709.story

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. I know where I'm going the next time I'm in Balmer. nt

[fizzgig]

2. i am horrifyingly intrigued by that

[Beetwasher]

3. Drool

Oh man, I know it's bad but I bet it taste so fucking good. Want! Oh yeah, WITH Bacon and a nice cold brew!

[Inchworm]

4. Looks yummy!

:9

Not sure about the whole deep fried thing, but if I could get cheese to stay inside a hamburger when I fried one, I'd LOVE it.

Tried it. Epic fail.

:blush:

[pinniped]

5. That belongs on this artery clogging website:

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

[Initech]

35. Seriously, are those meals or suicide attempts?

[pinniped]

42. I suspect many of those originate from the south.

.

[Initech]

43. Probably all over the country.

One was a giant cheeseburger from a place in Pittsburgh and they also had animal style fries from In N Out.

[Arugula Latte]

6. Ewwww. Just looking at that thing makes me feel sick.

x(

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. You and me both.

[charlie and algernon]

7. I'm so trying that now

[KitchenWitch]

8. Dude that thing needs to be bacon wrapped, batter dipped and deep fried.

[kentauros]

13. I'm surprised someone hasn't yet invented the Deepfat Frying Hot Oil Jacuzzi

That way, you can get all the fried oil you can stand by osmosis :P

[Initech]

34. Put 3 slices of cheese on it and those extra-thick slices of bacon they serve at Chili's.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

[Rambis]

9. Deep fried anything is pretty damn good

pizza, Scotch eggs are mouthwatering- cheese curds- pickles- I am not a fan of the sweet deep fry like the mounds and mars bars but most things are fantastic.

[Maine-ah]

37. oreos

[ZombieNixon]

11. That gave me heart attack just looking at it.

[kentauros]

12. Even when I ate meat, my first thought was as it is now:

Why is this appealing?

Sure some things deep fry well, but the secret to that is small pieces or thinly sliced. The bigger it is, the more oil it soaks up, the soggier the batter becomes and the less palatable and edible is the meal. You might as well eat a regular burger with onion rings in place of regular onions and half a cup of hot oil poured over the rest of the "meal".

[petronius]

22. That's what I was wondering - I notice in the writeup they don't say anything

about the taste/texture of the burger itself (except to criticize the cheese). :shrug:

Still, I would try one of these, as long as someone else was there to eat the other half. I can't believe that someone ate two...

[kentauros]

27. If you do try one of those "burgers"

then I suggest you do so with EMS standing by to pump your stomach when you body can't digest that lump and your intestines get blocked ;)

[bigwillq]

14. That looks so good.

YUM! :)


Back to my salad........

[CreekDog]

15. Quit your whining and buy Midlo what she is craving

it's not like you are carrying quints. :rant:

[LeftyMom]

16. Is it a bit sad that my first thought was "I can totally veganize that"?

Looks like something my evil twin and I would throw together with his deep fryer after drinking half a bottle of Bicardis worth of rum and cokes.

[Aristus]

17. Aw, what the hell? I take fish oil supplements.

BRING IT! ;-) :9 B-)

[HopeHoops]

18. Shit, I had planned on having dinner tonight.

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[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

19. I think you ought to make a vegan one

It could be as good as the turducken.

[MilesColtrane]

20. Looks like a deep fried wad of arterial plaque.

With that molten cheese inside, it would be like biting into a zit.

[cwydro]

21. I hate to say this.

But it looks good.

I could never eat all that, but I'd like to taste it.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

23. Hmm. Interesting.

That burger would make an excellent topping on another, more decadent burger.

[ccharles000]

24. eww

[SoxFan]

25. Awesome!

[Missy Vixen]

26. No, thank you

I love burgers, but that is just icky, IMHO.

This place has the best burgers on the planet: http://www.lunchboxlaboratory.com/

[annabanana]

28. WOW. . . It would be the ONLY thing I could eat that week.... but just

. . . . .WOW

[cloudbase]

29. Wash it down with a Natty Bo,

hon.

[AwakeAtLast]

30. Hey, it's fried in Canola Oil

That makes it healthier! :crazy:

[Initech]

31. Are the lettuce and tomato really necessary at that point?

[Inchworm]

32. hells yes!

Lettuce and tomato make a hamburger... well, that and cheese.

But the cheese is INSIDE!!! omg...

*drool*

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[jobycom]

38. Well of course YOU want one, and as usual, you don't want to pay for it.

[BreweryYardRat]

36. Ew.

Man, if my appetite hadn't already been dead lately, that woulda killed it. I like having unhealthy food occasionally, but there's a limit.

[Lucian]

39. I feel like puking after reading this.

:puke:

[jobycom]

40. If I weren't vegetarian, I'd be planning the road trip now.

Something about fried anything
makes this southerners heart sing
Though probably in the long run
It would lead to the heart's destruction.

[Arkansas Granny]

41. For starters, I thought the first line read "Mothers Funeral Hill Grille".

[grace0418]

44. That makes me feel nauseated, and I'm not a vegetarian by any stretch of the

imagination. Ugh.

[Javaman]

45. nt.