How come breaded deep fried burgers aren't a thing?

[brainhulk]

It should be pretty good right?

 

[IronWing]

Chicken fried steak or milanesa

 

[whm1974]

Chicken fried steak or Milanese

You beat me to it. But I was going to country fried steak instead.

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Why bother? A deep fried burger would be like sprinkling a little sugar on your ice cream. Would anyone even notice? The point of deep frying foods is to add some yummy grease and a nice golden brown to foods which are not ordinarily greasy and golden brown. A burger is already greasy and brown. Dumping it in oil is not going to change anything.

 

[IronWing]

How can there be too much grease? That is like saying there are too many flowers! - Mother Teresa

 

[Greenman]

Why bother? A deep fried burger would be like sprinkling a little sugar on your ice cream. Would anyone even notice? The point of deep frying foods is to add some yummy grease and a nice golden brown to foods which are not ordinarily greasy and golden brown. A burger is already greasy and brown. Dumping it in oil is not going to change anything.

I disagree with your theory. I may test it experimentally and make a credible scientific determination.

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

I disagree with your theory. I may test it experimentally and make a credible scientific determination.

Feel free, I will never stand in the way of science.

But try to wrap your head around the fundamental fact that the hamburger has been around for about 250 years and frying foods in oil is thousands of years old. The fact that it's not a thing is not attributable to the notion that nobody ever thought of it before. It's not a thing because 99.999% of people would understand why it's a stupid idea without even trying it and the other 0.001% realized why it was a stupid idea immediately after trying it. I guess somebody has to be in that .001%, thanks for taking one for the team.

 

[WelshBloke]

Feel free, I will never stand in the way of science.

But try to wrap your head around the fundamental fact that the hamburger has been around for about 250 years and frying foods in oil is thousands of years old. The fact that it's not a thing is not attributable to the notion that nobody ever thought of it before. It's not a thing because 99.999% of people would understand why it's a stupid idea without even trying it and the other 0.001% realized why it was a stupid idea immediately after trying it. I guess somebody has to be in that .001%, thanks for taking one for the team.

How do I know that youve never been to a chip shop in Glasgow?!

 

[balloonshark]

I had a deep fried pork chop once during my lunch break. It was so good that we were late getting back from break and I gave zero f*#ks.

 

[Greenman]

Feel free, I will never stand in the way of science.

But try to wrap your head around the fundamental fact that the hamburger has been around for about 250 years and frying foods in oil is thousands of years old. The fact that it's not a thing is not attributable to the notion that nobody ever thought of it before. It's not a thing because 99.999% of people would understand why it's a stupid idea without even trying it and the other 0.001% realized why it was a stupid idea immediately after trying it. I guess somebody has to be in that .001%, thanks for taking one for the team.

Pickles, twinkies, ice cream, no one thought those could be improved by deep frying.
Throughout history the naysayers have always been there, they told Isac it was just a stupid apple, they told Edison only an idiot would think he could talk through a wire, they asked Einstein why he was theorising about relatives. I won't allow your lack of imagination to deprive humanity of an innovation that will surely rival the splitting of the atom in importance.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

It should be better than grilled shit, probably.

 

[quikah]

I think it would fall apart, but I cannot say for sure. You might need to really pack the ground beef together or add something extra to it to bind it together.

 

[whm1974]

I think it would fall apart, but I cannot say for sure. You might need to really pack the ground beef together or add something extra to it to bind it together.

Eggs?

 

[Captante]

It should be better than grilled shit, probably.

Of course that could be said of most things!


Not psyched up for beer-batter burgers?

Eggs?

Not sure it would be enough to hold on in one piece unless you used very lean ground-beef.

I suspect this is why bread-crumbs etc are usually mixed in rather then stuck on the outside of things like meatballs.

 

[Captante]

Whoops

 

[IronWing]

I think it would fall apart, but I cannot say for sure. You might need to really pack the ground beef together or add something extra to it to bind it together.

Wrap it in bacon.

 

[Zanovar]

Speaking of Glasgow,is deep fried mars bars still a thing?Never tried one,and dont knockt it till youve tried one i suppose.I think i might pass.Mars bar in batter,all nutrition i guess.:S

 

[zinfamous]

Feel free, I will never stand in the way of science.

But try to wrap your head around the fundamental fact that the hamburger has been around for about 250 years and frying foods in oil is thousands of years old. The fact that it's not a thing is not attributable to the notion that nobody ever thought of it before. It's not a thing because 99.999% of people would understand why it's a stupid idea without even trying it and the other 0.001% realized why it was a stupid idea immediately after trying it. I guess somebody has to be in that .001%, thanks for taking one for the team.

It's weird that you think this way, when Ironwing already pointed out that chicken-fried steak is already a thing, and has been for a very long time. ...are you just unaware that people have been frying and enjoying ground hamburger patties for a very long time?

 

[Mandres]

Yea ... have you never been to the South? Chicken fried steak is like the state food of Texas. It's so good you don't need a bun or any other condiments.

 

[nakedfrog]

You beat me to it. But I was going to country fried steak instead.

Well, don't, because that's not the right name for it. It's chicken fried steak, and I'll pistol-whip the next son-of-a-bitch that calls it a country fried steak, so help me FSM!

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

It's weird that you think this way, when Ironwing already pointed out that chicken-fried steak is already a thing, and has been for a very long time. ...are you just unaware that people have been frying and enjoying ground hamburger patties for a very long time?

I think this way because I'm aware of the difference between cube steak and hamburgers. I can't understand why you would venture into a thread like this when you clearly don't. But so you don't make an even bigger fool of yourself next time, allow me to explain so that maybe you learn something. People eating chicken-fried steak are not "enjoying ground hamburger patties". Chicken-fried steak is not in any way, shape or form related to ground beef. Chicken-fried steak is made with cube steak which is flank steak that has been semi-pulverized to make it tender enough to eat. It contains almost no fat and has VERY little flavor or texture on its own. THAT is why people started to make it chicken-fried, because it's one of the few ways to turn it into something edible.

You know, I'm reasonably sure I covered that way the hell back up there in post #4. "The point of deep frying foods is to add some yummy grease and a nice golden brown to foods which are not ordinarily greasy and golden brown. " A cube steak is lean and deep frying improves it. Ground beef is fatty on its own and deep frying it turns it into a grease bomb. Is that clear enough or is the difference between a cube steak and hamburger just too darn complicated for you?

 

[whm1974]

Well, don't, because that's not the right name for it. It's chicken fried steak, and I'll pistol-whip the next son-of-a-bitch that calls it a country fried steak, so help me FSM!

Whatever. I will call the deep fried cubed steak whatever I damn well please based on the color of the gravy!

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Whatever. I will call the deep fried cubed steak whatever I damn well please based on the color of the gravy!

And the gravy is the important part of the dish. You can take an old sneaker, bread it, deep fry it and smother it in the gravy and it would still be pretty damn good.

 

[whm1974]

And the gravy is the important part of the dish. You can take an old sneaker, bread it, deep fry it and smother it in the gravy and it would still be pretty damn good.

Ahh no it wouldn't as the sneaker wouldn't be edible and impossible to chew and swallow. So no.

 

[whm1974]

Ahh no it wouldn't as the sneaker wouldn't be edible and impossible to chew and swallow. So no.

And for the record I highly prefer brown gravy so there!