Cornish Game Hen w/Cheeseburger?

[Al_Dente]

Good Ol Emeril had some folks on who were showing some favorite tailgating recipes. One grilling aficionado made cheeseburgers (with the bun, mustard, onions and everything) and stuffed them into a cornish game hen before grilling it. Seems whacky, but why not? Stuffing is mostly meat and bread. Would you try it? I might give it a whirl....

[jhlurie]

Hmm. Not to give the BAM-meister any credit (since it was someone else's idea), but that's not bad. But why a Cheesburger? Why the cheese, I mean?

[Wilfrid]

Oh yes, any kind of leftover sandwich can be jammed into the orifice of a fowl with pleasing results. Peanut butter and jelly, sardine, egg salad.

Edited January 30, 2003 by Wilfrid (log)

[guajolote]

Every year at Thanksgiving someone talks about stuffing a turkey with White Castle sliders.

Edit: link added 16,000 results on google

Edited January 30, 2003 by guajolote (log)

[CathyL]

To borrow a succint comment from Jin: Gah.

[jhlurie]

Every year at Thanksgiving someone talks about stuffing a turkey with White Castle sliders

Dead or alive?

eeew. I even grossed myself out.

[Jinmyo]

Gah.

[col klink]

I take it the cheeseburgers are fully cooked and rather small? What's the point? I'm with Jin, gah.

[JAZ]

Seems whacky, but why not? Stuffing is mostly meat and bread. Would you try it? I might give it a whirl....

Why not?

First, since the flavors of the assembled burger (mustard, raw onion, pickles, ketchup) are so very sharp, you wouldn't even taste the subtler cornish hen. Just eat the burger.

Second, because it's all wrong, psychologically. Burgers and Cornish hens exist on different culinary levels of sophistication, and although mixing levels can be done to good effect by the right chef, stuffing a cheeseburger into a Cornish hen is not the way to do it.

And third -- what Jin said: Gah.

[FoodMan]

It simply does not sound too appetizing of an idea. I am not a big fan of bread stuffing into any kind of bird anyways (the "soggy stuffing/overcooked bird" factor). But a cheesburger in a CORNISH HEN!!! It sounds plain old nasty, and it does injustice to both foods (the hen and the burger).

I concur on the Gah

FM

[elfin]

I always toast the bread before stuffing a bird. The color is better and if the cubes are large enough maintain some level of chew/crunch. Plus I use pork sausage in the stuffing. Plain hamburger sounds too bland. And no spices to boot! I saw the episode while channel surfing (one always seems to get Emeril) and thought IMHO the idea was gross. I could not help but picture some soggy bun mess with a solid disk of hamburger meat.

[Al_Dente]

My apologies for having even brought it up.

I may still give it a go... However, I'll probably modify the burger. I'm not sure I'd use cheese, I'd toast the bun, and I'll add some spices to the beef-- BAM! Also, no pickles or ketchup, and I'd use plenty of good mustard.

What other ways could I mix "different levels of culinary sophistication"?

Mrs Paul's in a Champagne Cream Sauce?

Hot Dog and Truffle Risotto?

Campbell's Tomato Soup with Creme Fraiche and Beluga Caviar?

[Jason Perlow]

This is not that weird. I've heard of using White Castle hamburgers chopped up as a poultry stuffing.

http://www.whitecastle.com/craveobilia/cra...asp?id=1&rid=11

[FoodMan]

Hot Dog and Truffle Risotto?

gets my vote

... Good Luck

FM

[jhlurie]

This is not that weird. I've heard of using White Castle hamburgers chopped up as a poultry stuffing.

http://www.whitecastle.com/craveobilia/cra...asp?id=1&rid=11

See... without cheese. I knew it.