What do you think of gourmet burgers?

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Are they worth the extra price ? At my old address there was a place that delivered gourmet burgers. They were better than the ordinary burgers other takeaway places sold. That may not be saying much though.

I used to love them, but I used to love cheese burgers at McDonalds also.

I can't say for sure as I don't know if the "gourmet" claim is empty marketing or not.

What I can assure you of is that a burger from a reputable steak house or one made by a savvy cook at home from fresh, quality stuff is literally a whole different thing. One of the main reasons I find all fast food repulsive is having to learn to cook from an early age (and liking it). People are free to call me a snob, but fast food tastes like stale cardboard to me *shrug*

My sources were some "posh" pub restaurants and Gourmet Burger Kitchen.

Today was my mom's birthday and we went to a sort of gourmet restaurant and I had what was called the "aloha burger", which had a slice of grilled pineapple and mango relish. It was kind of unusual, and messy, but delicious.

But that's something I'd want to eat every time I go out for burgers, and it's too expensive, anyway.

Overrated
Overpriced relative to quality

There is nothing like a big juicy bacon cheese burger with fries and coke. I like the ones at Hardee's and Cal's. Some taverns serve up very good burgers too.

They're making burgers out of gourmets now?

I ate a Gordon Ramsay one once. But I had no idea. He looks intact to me.

They're a bit too expensive to eat too often.

"Gourmet" is a marketing buzzword. It mean nothing more than an increase in price. Same for "Organic" and "Non-GMO" -- labels that suckers fall for even though there is no nutritional benefit over those foods that lack these labels.

Gourmet: the use of common or uncommon ingredients in a creative or innovative way (in this case, a new way to cook ground beef).

Non-GMO: a label that is placed most often on foods that did not originate from animals or vegetables (i.e., bottled water, sea salt, et cetera). It means only that the ingredients used are not from organisms that have had their genetic material manipulated or altered in a lab. The term is not regulated by the government, but by a non-profit organization called “The Non-GMO Project.”

Organic: Organic-certified cows are required to spend at least four months a year grazing in pastures, their feed is grown without chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or genetically modified seeds, and the cows are not treated with hormones or antibiotics. As for produce, the plants are only treated with fungicides, pesticides, or herbicides that the USDA deems "safe" (yes, organic foods are treated with pesticides).

I took it to mean upscale places that cook your burger with fresh ingredients after you place your order. And they cook the meat perfectly, every time.

The thing is that last year's "Gourmet" burger is this year's ordinary menu item, if it is kept on the menu at all.