Got The Munchies? – The A.C. Burger

On 02.09.10, In Food, By AC Slater

I’m sure this amazing burger has been made elsewhere, but I’m officially dubbing it “The A.C. Burger” and despite what you may think, the A.C. actually stands for Artery Clogger. I’ve had burgers with all kinds of toppings, but usually the normal toppings like lettuce, tomato, cheese, bacon, ketchup, mustard, onions… that kind of stuff, but it wasn’t until recently that I started experimenting with what went on one of my favorite foods. After watching Man v. Food and some of the other food shows on TV I decided to give the fried egg a go on a burger and it was delicious, but it left me wanting more and thus The A.C. Burger was born.

The A.C. Burger is a combination of my favorite foods all mixed into one, a burger, bacon, fried eggs and mozzarella cheese sticks. The worst part about loving cheese though, is the fact that I’m lactose intolerant so I had to be careful. But last night I wasn’t leaving the house so I figured it was as good a night as any to give this a shot.

I started with a frozen burger only because it was all I had in the fridge/freezer and while making a burger out of ground beef would have tasted much better (Bubba burgers are kinda bland sometimes) I was going for fat content here. I mean it wouldn’t be an artery clogging burger if you didn’t use one of the fattiest frozen burgers you can buy right? The other ingredients are pretty self explainatory, there’s 3 mozzarella sticks, 1 egg and a package of bacon (of which I used 2 slices).

The timing of all this was crucial as I didn’t want one thing to get cold while I was waiting for the other stuff to finish cooking. So I preheated the oven for the cheese sticks (I could have used the microwave, but they taste so much better out of the oven). They required about 10 minutes to cook so I started cooking the bacon first since that would have to cool just a bit after it was done cooking. Once the bacon was done I put the frozen burger on the grill and put the cheese sticks in the oven all while keeping the bacon grease nice and warm in the pan in anticipation of the fried egg.

Once the burger was almost done I dropped the egg in the frying pan and fried it up in the bacon grease. The egg only takes a minute or so to cook, so once it was done the burger and cheese sticks were also done. I took everything out and placed them neatly on a bun and The A.C. Burger was born and it was even more beautiful than I pictured in my head. I added some ketchup and mustard to the top and took my first bite, it was delicious. I can’t remember the last time I felt so full after eating a burger and the best part was my inability to digest lactose didn’t come into play all night, although I did get tired almost immediately and went to bed at like 9PM.

The only thing it probably could have used was some more cheese, maybe a slice of American or Cheddar, but I didn’t want to risk it. So what are some of your ridiculous food creations? We’d love some new ideas for crazy things to make…

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Got The Munchies? – The Breakfast Sandwich

On 01.13.10, In Food, By AC Slater

Who doesn’t love breakfast food. Eggs, bacon, toast, cheese, pancakes, french toast, sausage, waffles are possibly some of the most delicious foods ever created. So what better way to satisfy your hunger than making an amazing and quick breakfast sandwich. The longest part of this process is frying the bacon, but once that’s done everything else can be pulled together in a matter of minutes. And the best part is the whole process doesn’t require much in the way of kitchen supplies. So whether you just need a quick meal or if you’ve been taking “medicine” that makes you hungry, this is a quick and easy solution.

This sandwich will not incorporate all of the things I mentioned above (although that could come in the next iteration of the sandwich), but we will be using 2 eggs, 2 strips of bacon, cheese, toast and in my case Miracle Whip, although you can use whatever condiments you want (ketchup is a good choice as well according to my g/f).

Start by frying up 2 (or however many you want) strips of bacon in a small pan and while the bacon is cooking go ahead and toast your bread in the toaster. It’s easier to have the toast all ready to go so when the eggs are done frying you can take them directly off and put them on the toast.

Once the bacon is all fried up and the bread is toasted, go ahead and put whatever condiment on your bread that you like. It’s at this point that I would put Miracle Whip on both pieces of toast. Once that is done take the small pan that you cooked the bacon in and fry up 1 egg IN THE BACON GREASE. This is what makes this sandwich a little different than your normal breakfast sandwich. So instead of oil we’ll just reuse the bacon grease, thus being green and helping the planet by not pouring the bacon grease down the drain. Once the first egg is finished, place it on the toast and then place the piece of cheese on top of it.

Now go ahead and fry up the 2nd egg in the pan. You can do both eggs at the same time if you want, but the pan I was using was a little on the small size and since eggs cook extremely fast I figured it was just easier to do one at a time. If you did do both in the pan at the same time, just cut the finished fried egg in half to sandwich the cheese between. So now obviously after the 2nd egg is done, place it on top of the cheese which will immediately start to melt into a delicious gooey texture. Lastly place the bacon on top of the 2nd egg and then the top piece of toast to complete the sandwich.

Do you have any suggestions for incredible, heart attack inducing foods that I should try? Or possibly a way to improve upon this creation, let us know in the comments.

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Avatar + Pizza = Win?

On 01.11.10, In Food, Movies, By AC Slater

This is a screen shot of an article on CNN.com right now about people seeing Avatar and getting depressed because they want to experience the beautiful world of Pandora, but it’s fake. I just found it interesting that the guy in the 2nd row on the right decided that he was going to bring an entire pizza box into the theater and eat it while he watches. I guess his way to deal with depression is to eat, but I don’t think that they have pizza on Pandora… I know the picture is from a press screening (or at least the people in the front are there for press), but who would really bring a pizza into a movie?

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Self Checkout Etiquette

On 01.07.10, In Food, Random, True Life, By AC Slater

If you’ve never experienced the self checkout lane at a grocery store, it’s probably one of the greatest inventions in the last 10 years (it’s up there with the dick towel). It allows you to do exactly what the name says, check yourself out. You don’t have to rely on a slow checker or the lady that insists on writing checks still, you just walk up, scan your own shit, pay with cash or a credit card (and possibly even checks but I’m not sure) and you’re on your way. Or at least that’s how it’s supposed to work.

The Chicago area is currently being blasted in the face by a winter snow storm equal to or greater than the amount of cocaine that falls out of Lindsay Lohan’s nose every time she sneezes, so in anticipation of the snow, everyone in my town decided that last night was the night to go to the grocery store. It was as if the world was going into a century long ice age where all of the grocery stores in the world would suddenly close their doors and people would starve to death if they did not buy their food before being stuffed inside by 12 inches or more. So of course I don’t have any food in the house for dinner and need to stop by the store on the way home from work yesterday just to grab a few things to get me through dinner and possibly the next day if I didn’t go to work (which I did so it didn’t matter anyways). So I guess technically I had the same idea as these other people, but my main reason for going to the store last night was because I really had nothing to eat for dinner last night. So anyways, I pull into the parking lot and the place is a mess. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for waiting for people to pull out of spots so that you can pull in a little closer, but I usually have the common courtesy to move over to one side of the lane so that the other cars behind me can get around while the slow old lady I’m waiting for can put her groceries into her Buick and drive away. Well apparently not everyone is aware that you can be nice and do this so I end up stuck behind someone who literally waits 10 minutes for this lady to put her groceries in her car, warm it up, jerk off (or something that took another 5 minutes) and then finally pull out of the spot. After I finally got around her and into the next lane I took the first spot I could find and made my way into hell.

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Meatball Sub Shoot Out

On 12.24.09, In Food, By AC Slater

More often than not when I go to a sub shop I get a meatball sub rather than a typical cold cut sandwich. It’s not that I don’t like deli meats, cause I do, but I just like meatballs and cheese more, so I decided to give a rundown of some of the sub shops in my area and compare their meatball subs. Now most of these are your typical “fast food” type of sub shops as I wanted to make the article relevant to most people, but I realize that places like Potbelly and Jersey Mike’s may not be available across the entire country…. sorry.

So let’s get to it! And yes, these are in order from least favorite to favorite.

#4 – Potbelly Sandwich Works

Despite being #4 on the list, Potbelly’s meatball subs are not the worst thing in the world. The sandwich consists of meatballs and provolone cheese and of course whatever sandwich toppings you want (lettuce, tomato, etc). For the sake of argument, I only get these sandwiches with meatballs and cheese so I’m basing this list on the core ingredients. Potbelly recently added a larger sized sandwich to the menu where as before it was only the regular size, which is a little on the small size (smaller than subway’s 6″ subs). So that would have been my first issue with Potbelly’s meatball sub (the size), but the introduction of a larger size negates that point.  As for the meatballs themselves, they are pretty good, kind of smaller and can be hit or miss on taste depending on how long they’ve been sitting in the warmer/sauce, but most of the time they are pretty good. I will say that I’m not a huge fan of the sauce that the meatballs are in, mostly the fact that there are huge chunks of tomatoes in the sauce and I can’t stand that. I don’t like biting into a meatball sub and getting a huge chunk of tomato instead. The provolone cheese is good and melts nicely on the bread since the subs are all toasted so I can’t complain there. The price is around $5.50 for the regular, so I’d say it’s a little expensive seeing as how the regular is pretty small.

So while it’s not the worst sandwich in the world, it wouldn’t be my first choice for a meatball sub if the other places on this list were available.

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