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Methods

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Every page tagged as a method: the methods themselves, and the pages that lean on them.

Method burgers

The Bruce burger

The Bruce burger: a thin, griddled patty seasoned after cooking, under cold lettuce, tomato, two onions, and double-sour pickles, with mayo and mustard.

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Method pasta

Cooking pasta in the pan

Dry pasta in a wide pan, in salted water just to cover: a small amount of water, so it ends up as starchy as a restaurant’s pasta pot.

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Forming burger patties

How to make a burger patty: the grind, the fat, the weight, and the one rule that matters most, which is to leave the meat alone.

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Pasta sauces

Brought in from a base you made ahead, built fresh before the pasta goes in, or finished with cream: a meat sauce, a marinara, fresh tomatoes and garlic.

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Seasoning burgers

Salt goes on the outside of a burger patty, never in it, either in the pan or as it comes off the heat.

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Method pasta

Finishing pasta in the sauce

The sauce goes in when the pasta is 2–3 minutes from done; the pasta finishes in the sauce, and the starch pulls the two together.

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Cooking the patties

Cooking a burger patty is about crust: a hot surface, a thin patty, some pressure, and a few flips.

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Method pasta

Off the heat

Take the pan off the heat, then add whatever heat would spoil: cheese, butter or good oil, fresh herbs, acid.

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Method burgers

Assembling burgers

Building a burger: a toasted bun that fits the patty, something cold and crunchy, something sharp, and a few minutes wrapped in paper.

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Sauces and condiments

Burger sauce is sweet, sour, and sharp in some ratio: ketchup and mustard kept apart, or blended with mayo and pickle into one spread. Plus the condiments every build draws on, from ketchup to double-sour pickles.

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Method camping

Foil packets

One sealed pouch, one heat source: cut each ingredient to the speed it cooks, so everything finishes together and shares one sauce.

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Method stocks

Stock

One method for every stock: roast, extract, lift out the solids, reduce, strain. Only the extraction time changes, and the bones set it.

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Method WTF +1

Cherry tomato and garlic pasta

A reverse sauce: long pasta, whole cherry tomatoes, and garlic cooked together in oily water until the tomatoes burst and the water boils off, with basil, Parmesan, and good oil off the heat.

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Method burgers

Mozza burger

A&W Canada’s Mozza burger: a beef patty, real mozzarella, bacon, lettuce, and tomato, with a sweet, tangy Mozza sauce on both buns.

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Method burgers

Teen burger

A&W Canada’s Teen burger: a seasoned-salt patty, cheddar, bacon, the full diner set of toppings, and Teen sauce on a toasted sesame bun.

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