What would you think of someone who went to 5 Guys, ordered a bacon cheeseburger

[Burney]

100% agreed. It is basically a race against time before it falls apart. Once you pick it up you accept the clock is ticking. Putting it down is effectively chucking it in the bin.

Only amateurs (and women) put the burger down halfway through eating it.

[Peter]

Only amateurs (and women) put the burger down halfway through eating it.

Exactly. Have a few chips first, inspect the rest of the plate. Prepare the burger for holding and then commence once you acknowledge you are ready to go all in. Finish the remaining chips at the end. This can also help to mop up any sauce that may have scraped from the burger during consumption.

[Burney]

Exactly. Have a few chips first, inspect the rest of the plate. Prepare the burger for holding and then commence once you acknowledge you are ready to go all in. Finish the remaining chips at the end. This can also help to mop up any sauce that may have scraped from the burger during consumption.

You also have to accept that it's not going to be pretty. You need napkins to hand.

[Peter]

You also have to accept that it's not going to be pretty. You need napkins to hand.

This is why some women go for the knife and fork option.

A shish kebab is also a problem here. THe big lumps of meat make it difficult as hand food and if it is lamb, the chewiness can destroy the whole set up. I am 50-50 on this. I often go with cutlery.

[World's End Stella]

Exactly. Have a few chips first, inspect the rest of the plate. Prepare the burger for holding and then commence once you acknowledge you are ready to go all in. Finish the remaining chips at the end. This can also help to mop up any sauce that may have scraped from the burger during consumption.

Quite the other way around, I'm afraid. And let's be honest, a Brit lecturing an American or a Canadian on how to eat a burger is pretty rich.

The answer is to put it down upside down as you progress through the burger. The top half of the bun is always larger and more likely to hold its shape as it hasn't had the juice and the condiments dripping into it. This way one can take his time with it.

You Brits really are burger amateurs.

[Pokster]

Quite the other way around, I'm afraid. And let's be honest, a Brit lecturing an American or a Canadian on how to eat a burger is pretty rich.

The answer is to put it down upside down as you progress through the burger. The top half of the bun is always larger and more likely to hold its shape as it hasn't had the juice and the condiments dripping into it. This way one can take his time with it.

You Brits really are burger amateurs.

So using your comment above, a Canadian or Yank lecturing us about Football is pretty rich?

[Peter]

Quite the other way around, I'm afraid. And let's be honest, a Brit lecturing an American or a Canadian on how to eat a burger is pretty rich.

The answer is to put it down upside down as you progress through the burger. The top half of the bun is always larger and more likely to hold its shape as it hasn't had the juice and the condiments dripping into it. This way one can take his time with it.

You Brits really are burger amateurs.

Yes, I am not sure the ability to eat a burger would be too high up on Britain's list of cultural accomplishments in any case. But then I suppose if you are Canadian you grab what you can.

You did produce Leonard Cohen, so you are alright by me. Of course, he had to go to NEw York to become Leonard Cohen but nevertheless......