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So this past Friday I got a craving for some good, BIG, burgers and fries. So I stopped by Bellville's and picked up some goodies. Grabbed a pound of Ground Chuck, a few slices of their great pepper bacon, and a few slices of provolone.

I prefer my fries to be cooked on foil indirect over the charcoal. I think it gives much better flavor than deep fried. Usually they're healthier too, but this time I threw an entire stick of butter on them as well to see how it went...might've been too much butter, but they did taste awesome I just cut them into thick french fry shapes, then season them with season salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic cloves, 3/4 of a vidalia onion, and a little dill. They take about an hour to 1:15 to cook, but they're worth it.

For the burgers I grated the rest of my vidalia onion and a few cloves of garlic into the burger. I added a few tbsp or two of Worcestershire sauce as well. I let that sit in the fridge until the potatoes were nearing doneness. When the potatoes were getting closer I put some mushrooms (with worcestershire, salt, pepper) on along with the pepper bacon strips.

When the 'shrooms & bacon were done I assembled my burgers. I made 4 thin 1/4# patties. In the middle I put bacon, mushroom, and a slice of provolone cheese. Slapped another 1/4# patty on top and sealed them shut. I put them on the grill and cooked them direct.

When they were almost done I topped with another slice of provolone cheese.

Here are the pics...they turned out pretty damn good, IMO.

http://picasaweb.google.com/bhammer/BurgersAndFries

That sounds and looks so good. I hate you.

The fries were mouth watering. The look of those reminded me of a time I was down at Columbus going to a Blue Jackets game. There's a nice little pub called Gordon Biersch which has garlic fries. That was an amazing meal with their micro-brew.

BGDrew wrote:The fries were mouth watering. The look of those reminded me of a time I was down at Columbus going to a Blue Jackets game. There's a nice little pub called Gordon Biersch which has garlic fries. That was an amazing meal with their micro-brew.

If anyone is back at Gordon Biersch, please steal me another one of their fine "pint" glasses. I'm a bit of a collector, and one I snagged from there got lost in the move. A very fun glass, too.

BGDrew wrote:The fries were mouth watering. The look of those reminded me of a time I was down at Columbus going to a Blue Jackets game. There's a nice little pub called Gordon Biersch which has garlic fries. That was an amazing meal with their micro-brew.

Their garlic fries are awesome. First time I ordered them I expected regular french fries with some garlic powder. I was VERY pleasantly surprised.

There is a place here called Brewer's Art that has some great micro-brews and AMAZING rosemary garlic fries. If you ever come to B'more, definitely check it out.