Sep 11 2009
Meat is Burger
a good bun maketh the bbq…
One of the great things about Dougal now being so comfortable making bread is that he can whip up a batch to suit any occasion. Right now (although yesterday by the time you guys read this!!) he is putting together two types of bread sticks for the Bring-A-Dish Picnic I am having as my send off (part two!) from work tomorrow. And, when earlier this year we were invited to our first ever 4th of July BBQ (‘America, Fuck Yeah!’) he was able to save us all from the horror of foamy burger buns and hotdog rolls with some preservative free brilliance. Even better, out friend Mat (who’s been baking for *years* but really come into his own recently, I feel) brought some too (he brought burger buns, D, hotdog buns- kinda like stars and stripes, y’know?) which complimented each other brilliantly.
Some people at the barbeque still ate the foamy buns in bags they’d brought. There was no shortage of bread (we took some home) but maybe they felt it was wasteful to leave theirs. Or maybe they didn’t like chewing…
If only more American 4th of July picnics took that stance on the foamy purchased buns.
Any especially fab recipes for burger/brat buns would be much appreciated, also. Whole wheat flour a plus.