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My husband and I caught a bit of that show Crave on the Food Network the other day. He was in search of the perfect hamburger. We missed where he went in New Haven, CT (if anyone saw that part, can you tell where he ate?), and he finally got to Memphis, to this place where they deep-fry the hamburger.
And it's not just deep-fried. Oh, no. It's deep-fried in oil that they've been reusing since 1912! It gets "rejuvenated" from the new fat from the meat.
On one side of the couch, my husband is mumbling, "That's gross. That's really, really sick." When the cook slaps a piece of cheese on the burger and then runs it back through the oil, my husband could be heard groaning from disgust.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the couch, I'm there covered in my own drool.
While I'm not much for potentially rancid grease, good clean grease is okay by me...on occasion.
My personal occasion of choice...the two times a year I visit my hometown, and its obligatory mom n' pop twenty-four hour diner (the only such establishment in the tiny, rural outpost). They make a sinful creation known as the "double breaded cheeseburger," which is truly a misnomer..."breaded double cheeseburger" would be more accurate. Two beef patties, cooked to order, topped with cheese and stacked. Whole stack, breaded in a crumb coating, and deep fried.
Served on a bun with lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion, condiments of choice, frequently consumed with a pile of fries with a healthy ladlefull of gravy over the top of them.
This was and is a mainstay of high schoolers who flood the place after home football and basketball games, after plays and band and choir concerts let out, and at 5 in the morning after prom, when the post-prom party at the Elks lodge lets out. For post-high school me, it's a 1-2 time a year treat, at most.
I always meant to try one when I lived there but never got around to it. I've talked to people who've had them and they are supposed to be quite tasty.
The Beale street location is quite upscale, LOL. This is the hole in the wall kind of place in a strip mall they used to be located in in my n'hood. Talk about atmosphere. 4774 Summer Ave, Memphis - Google Maps
The history of the place is fascinating to me.
"You could get single, double, double-double or triple-triple burger, or a "split dog", a cold coke or orange crush or a beer, but you could not get fries, no way, no how. If you asked for fries, the standard response was "We don't got 'em. You want chips?" I believe you also could not get lettuce or tomato. Ketchup and mayo were frowned upon. The proper addition to the standard "all the way" burger (onion, pickle, mustard, pepper) was hot sauce and/or more pepper. Period. Sometimes they would close Dyers early in the day if business was slow and it was a good day for fishing."
http://www.seriouseats.com/2006/12/hamburger-america-dyers.html#15105
(http://www.seriouseats.com/2006/12/hamburger-america-dyers.html+dyers+deep+fried+burgers+ketchup&cd=2&h l=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a - broken link)
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Originally Posted by TabulaRasa
While I'm not much for potentially rancid grease, good clean grease is okay by me...on occasion.
My personal occasion of choice...the two times a year I visit my hometown, and its obligatory mom n' pop twenty-four hour diner (the only such establishment in the tiny, rural outpost). They make a sinful creation known as the "double breaded cheeseburger," which is truly a misnomer..."breaded double cheeseburger" would be more accurate. Two beef patties, cooked to order, topped with cheese and stacked. Whole stack, breaded in a crumb coating, and deep fried.
Served on a bun with lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion, condiments of choice, frequently consumed with a pile of fries with a healthy ladlefull of gravy over the top of them.
This was and is a mainstay of high schoolers who flood the place after home football and basketball games, after plays and band and choir concerts let out, and at 5 in the morning after prom, when the post-prom party at the Elks lodge lets out. For post-high school me, it's a 1-2 time a year treat, at most.
Niiiiiice!!!!
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Originally Posted by DubbleT
I always meant to try one when I lived there but never got around to it. I've talked to people who've had them and they are supposed to be quite tasty.
The Beale street location is quite upscale, LOL. This is the hole in the wall kind of place in a strip mall they used to be located in in my n'hood. Talk about atmosphere. 4774 Summer Ave, Memphis - Google Maps
The history of the place is fascinating to me.
"You could get single, double, double-double or triple-triple burger, or a "split dog", a cold coke or orange crush or a beer, but you could not get fries, no way, no how. If you asked for fries, the standard response was "We don't got 'em. You want chips?" I believe you also could not get lettuce or tomato. Ketchup and mayo were frowned upon. The proper addition to the standard "all the way" burger (onion, pickle, mustard, pepper) was hot sauce and/or more pepper. Period. Sometimes they would close Dyers early in the day if business was slow and it was a good day for fishing."
http://www.seriouseats.com/2006/12/hamburger-america-dyers.html#15105
(http://www.seriouseats.com/2006/12/hamburger-america-dyers.html+dyers+deep+fried+burgers+ketchup&cd=2&h l=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a - broken link)
You were there but you didn't go?? Bad, bad, bad, DubbleT! You should go back to visit. I'll go with you!
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It's the old grease part that would get me! I just don't know if I could actually eat that. I might be willing to try it if it weren't for that.
But, Deb, they claim that that's the best part!
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LOL! No steenkin' way! That is sinful! 
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I think you need to fast again.
