Exhibiting the same sort of culinary restraint that it shows with its frozen custard flavors, New York's Shake Shack has introduced a $5.50 peanut butter bacon burger that pretty much is what it sounds like, i.e., a burger topped with lots of thick bacon and a healthy schmear of peanut butter. Whether or not this invention was necessary or (more importantly) is breaking any new ground in consolidating fat and salt and general tastebud-aimed decadence into one messy sandwich is up for debate. Although honestly, one would think that Shake Shack would be wise enough to realize that the Internet Bacon Fetishism trend was pretty much driven into the ground by Colonel Sanders two weeks ago. Also, note that the burger experts at A Hamburger Today note that "the beef is barely noticeable" and suggest that it be swapped out in favor of bananas. I know the Elvis connection, but come on, bananas?! Why, those are almost healthy! What's next, suggesting that the buns be whole grain?
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Did the third-graders take over the national cafeteria and hold all our lunch ladies at baconpoint? This is like the food version of Choire's Twilight grammar-mockery.
I went through a childhood phase in which I garnished my hot dogs with peanut butter. How it started, I don't remember, but it was a major culinary experience for a fourth-grader.
I believe it is now against the law to "garnish your hot dogs with peanut butter." You had a fortunate childhood.
That's just an Elvis Burger without the banana. They serve them at the vortex in Atlanta.
http://www.kendrickdisch.com/blog/2009/the-elvis-burger-from-the-vortex/
Or a Purvis with bacon, which I hear from my college friends is terrific at inducing vomiting after a binge. I, myself, never quite had the nerve. http://www.theawl.com/2010/04/peanut-butter-and-bacon-burger
Surely we can replace the buns with two thick slabs of Canadian bacon?
Or failing that, two fucking steaks.
Go younger. Veal.
Let's just go to the bottom of the barrel with SteakUms.
Or top o' the barrel if you were me in 1996.
Internet Bacon Fetishism trend was pretty much driven into the ground
Further, Boston hosted a Beer + Bacon fest this weekend. My twitter feed was clogged with pricks boasting about their attendance. Their 300 tickets allegedly sold out in 2 minutes. 26 restaurants offered their bacons. At least grease helps the hangover.
That said, I am totally making that burger tonight as there isn't a Shake Shack closer than 4.5 hours from me >:[
Thanks to that very same trend, I've actually started to hate bacon lately. And I used to love it.
My hipster puppies + unicorn festival is going to be a smash hit.
This is just the latest example the new wave of intentionally disgusting foods concoctions that are being created for the sole purpose of gaining attention by going viral on the Internet.
Blakely has a lot to answer for.
wait is peanut butter bad for you?
What, no jelly on the burger? Philistines.
I have seen them with mayonnaise before, but never jelly. They call them "Goober" burgers in Minnesota. Pretty gross.
This is why you're as fat as Elvis.
That's so decadent it probably makes you fall down a flight of stairs and accuse someone of battery.
Too soon?
Has the court date passed?
I have to attest to the deliciousness of peanut butter on a burger. You can't use Jiffy or somesuch crap. But if you spread your burger with crunchy, natural peanut butter you get this fantastic, smooth, nutty umami quality that is just amazing. It doesn't give you that awful, lunchroom, gross pb&j feeling where the jam has all soaked into the bread and gone crusty and everything smells like stale apples and the kids are all yelling and the lunchroom lady is just being a total bitch and you want to go to the library and hide, but you *have* to go out for PE and you just *hate* it here and...
Anyway, it is some tasty shit. Slather on some motherfucking peanut butter and shove it in your burger hole. You'll thank me.
Cardiologists will thank you from their beachfront property in The Hamptons.
oh, old news. We've had "Satay Burgers" down here in the remotest part of the world for years now.
A little peanut butter can't be that much worse than the yellow cheeselike substances that go on burgers all the time.
Plus, replace the bacon with turkey bacon and this thing is almost kosher.
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Thanks to that very same trend, I've actually started to hate bacon lately. And I used to love it.
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