Weeks ago, I wrote about Poutine and how much I loved it. It was a simple, yet glorious post and it called out one of the most delicious piles of slop I have ever eaten in my entire life. Recently, I was catching up on my reading over at my other home on the web, AnnArbor.com, and I came across Jessica Webster’s article on the best burgers in Ann Arbor.
What I saw almost made me shoot projectile tears at the monitor. That almost sounds like some sort of EMO kid thing. I feel a little weird now.
A time ago, Grange Kitchen & Bar decided they would begin serving a Poutine Burger.
Yes, a Poutine Burger. A Burger topped with Poutine. Poutine resting on a burger patty. Poutine. Burger. Just for the record that’s a grilled grass-fed burger, aged cheddar, French Fries and creamy cheese curds in a duck confit gravy.
Feast your eyes on this beauty:
Apparently they’re not currently serving this beautiful creation, which brought the projectile tears back out but for a whole new emotion, so I will not be able to try it anytime soon. Please, Grange Kitchen & Bar. Bring it back.
update:
Grange left me a comment informing me that as long as Poutine is on the menu, this burger is available. Time to wipe off my computer screen.
Check out their website. Really interesting concept and menu. I’ll be visiting this place very soon.
If you’ve been to some sort of party that hasn’t had cheesy potatoes as a food option then I’m not sure what’s going on with the people you know. Every graduation party, wedding, or other social event should have cheesy potatoes. If you aren’t a good enough host to have cheesy potatoes, then I’m not going to be a good enough guest to stay. It’s just… not cool.
What a lot of people don’t realize is how easy they are to make. Seriously, 8 bucks and 45 minutes later you have yourself an enormous pile of cheese and potatoes. Who doesn’t like that combination?
Ingredients
2 lb. bag of hash browns – Get the diced variety. The ones that are cut into squares.
1 bag shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
Butter
1/4 of a large, yellow onion, diced.
Salt, pepper
Directions
Mix everything together, throw any remaining cheese on top, and bake for 45 mins. Really difficult.
Just for the record, I’m not really down with putting Cornflakes on top. If you want a little texture, throw some breadcrumbs on it. Don’t be crushing up breakfast cereal and putting it on food. That’s just weird.
Don’t you wish you still felt this way about spaghetti? Is that cowboy-cheeseman about to rope and brand this boy like a steer? What type of hallucinogenics are in this boy’s dinner milk?
A lot of people wonder why I like food so much but still continue to frequent fast food restaurants. People even question my taste in food because of it. The truth is, fast food tastes good. It’s designed and processed that way. If you don’t like fast food, is probably because you’re smart enough to realize that the reason it tastes good is the same reason it’s terrible for you. Then again, I know that good and well but still need to get my fix every once in a while. There’s just a few things that I could never go without. On that list is KFC’s Famous Bowl.
The Famous Bowl isn’t new or relevant to anything, I just love Famous Bowls. I know, to some people, it’s the most disgusting fast food combination ever created, but to me it’s perfection. I’m one of those people that combines their entire Thanksgiving dinner into one pile until it resembles something that they would serve in prison. The mixture of mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, gravy,and corn makes my Thanksgiving every year. Apparently someone at KFC used this same mixture method and decided to apply it to their menu. Good man.
It was a basic concept to combine mashed potatoes, gravy, and chicken. Who hasn’t mixed their chicken with their mashed potatoes before? They took this a step further adding corn and just got absolutely ridiculous by topping the entire thing with cheese. Whose idea was it to top this heart attack bowl with cheese? Whoever you are, you don’t owe anyone an explanation. You deserve a medal.
The Famous Bowl tops out with 740 calories, 31 grams of fat and 9 grams of saturated fat, 2110 mg sodium. If you’re on a 2,000 calorie diet the bowl provides you with a third of your calories, 47% of your fat and 45% of your saturated fats, and 87% of your sodium. That’s not irresponsible, that’s a bargain.
So to the people who think it’s ridiculous that I like Famous Bowls while giving my opinion on more “respectable” cuisine, I completely agree with you. There’s just something about this mess of slop that I have to have.
On a completely random note, skip to the .52 second mark on this video for more on prison slop. Or just watch the whole thing for comedic greatness.
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