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Techdirt. Stories filed under "hamburgers" Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us Techdirt. Stories filed under "hamburgers"http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Fri, 8 Feb 2013 17:00:00 PST DailyDirt: Hamburgers Gone Wild Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101104/03570811720/dailydirt-hamburgers-gone-wild.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101104/03570811720/dailydirt-hamburgers-gone-wild.shtml names Louis' Lunch sandwich shop as the inventor of the hamburger, but there are various disputes over who exactly cooked the first hamburger (and named it after people from Germany). In any case, the hamburger has undergone quite a few changes since the early 1900s. Here are a couple unhealthy examples of extreme burgers, and a reminder that being overweight doesn't necessarily kill you (but it's not considered healthy).

The 'Merica burger is made of ground bacon topped with more bacon and bacon cheddar cheese, along with a fried egg and bacon island dressing. Thankfully, this burger creation was available for only a limited time. [url]
If customers were allowed to create their own burger combinations, would people really choose to put a greasy cheeseburger between two glazed donuts? The answer is apparently, yes, and they'd add bacon as well. [url]
What are the ramifications of being overweight? According to a meta-study of 97 prior studies that categorized 2.9 million people by a Body Mass Index, people classified as overweight (BMI >30) had a 6% lower chance of dying than people of average BMI. The conclusion should be that BMI is not a perfect metric for health, but the alternative metrics may have a hard time becoming as widely adopted. [url]

Momentum Machines has a hamburger-making robot that can churn out about 360 burgers in an hour, each custom made to order. This hamburger chef can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever... until you are full. [url]
In 2003, McDonald's tested some automation equipment for grilling its burgers and cooking its french fries. We covered this story about a decade ago, but we don't seem to be living in an all-robot McD's future now. Oh well. [url]
If you're in San Francisco, you can get ~~an In&Out~~ Super Duper burger delivered to you for just $10, fulfilled by TaskRabbit via a simple web-based order form. It's not available any time, so there's no option to get french fries during the Renaissance. [url]

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]]> urls-we-dig-up http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20101101/17472511675 Fri, 11 May 2012 17:00:00 PDT DailyDirt: Sketchy Meats For Sale Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100521/1050369526/dailydirt-sketchy-meats-sale.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100521/1050369526/dailydirt-sketchy-meats-sale.shtml The Jungle (the novel about the meat packing industry), but a lot has changed in the field of meat since the early 1900s. However, transparency about how animals are treated before they're served onto dinner plates could perhaps use a little more work. Here are just a few recent stories that are starting to gross out some meat-eating Americans.

Gerald Zimstein coined the term "pink slime" and the substance has been in the news because of its "yuck" factor. But pink slime isn't particularly unhealthy -- or at least it hasn't been proven so (yet?). [url]
Tuna scrape is almost like hamburger meat, and its use in sushi could become another kind of pink slime issue. So be careful with those spicy tuna rolls... [url]
The use of antibiotics in food production might be getting out of hand, but fortunately, we can reduce antibiotics in the meat industry by using vaccines and other techniques. The concern is that we're slowly creating a world of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. [url]
The enzyme transglutaminase is also known as "meat glue" -- and creating frankenstein steaks from cheap cuts of meat. While transglutaminase is generally safe and naturally occurring, the danger of using it comes from gluing together pieces of meat that may have bacteria contamination -- and when the glued-together meat is merely seared on the outside, the rare inside isn't properly cooked (and not sterile like the inner part of a single piece of meat). [url]
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]]> urls-we-dig-up http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20100521/1050369526 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:00:00 PDT DailyDirt: Better Food Through Science Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110517/16172114305/dailydirt-better-food-through-science.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110517/16172114305/dailydirt-better-food-through-science.shtml

The all-American hamburger might be improved upon if the meat was quickly dipped in liquid nitrogen before being deep fried. Perhaps a dry ice slurry would be more practical, though. [url]

The USDA has revised its recommended cooking temperatures for various meats. But only the chefs at America's Test Kitchen actually measure their cooked meats at home... [url]

Using a solar-powered pizza box oven to cook food sounds pretty impractical. A solar-powered microwave oven sounds like a better idea. [url]

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