Opinion I just want a plain old burger. Is that too much to ask
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A sunny-side-up egg, double patties, ‘smash’, peanut butter – burgers have become needlessly complicated. Andrew Sun mouths off about why it is so hard to get a hamburger plain and simple these days.
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Sometimes you just want a plain, simple hamburger. However, the arms race that chefs and restaurant marketing teams conjure often goes quite over the top.
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Opinion, I just want a plain old burger. Is that too much to ask? No one requested double patties, smash burgers or eggs sunny side up
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Opinion, I just want a plain old burger. Is that too much to ask? No one requested double patties, smash burgers or eggs sunny side up
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