{"id":12709,"date":"2009-06-10T08:08:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T15:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamburgersaremylife.wordpress.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2009-06-10T08:08:17","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T15:08:17","slug":"portland-or-capitol-highway-deli-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12709","title":{"rendered":"Portland, Or – Capitol Highway Deli Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Off the Meaten Path<\/strong><\/p>\n

At first blush, your fear is probably that \u00a0this is going to be a non-meat story.\u00a0 T\u2019aint so.\u00a0\u00a0 It is, however, about an \u201calternative\u201d burger, one that might be as close as your corner, like it is mine.<\/p>\n

Pre-cooked somewhere west of\u00a0 Wherethehellisthat? Ohio, flash-frozen (one hopes) \u00a0and shipped to a corner mini mart, office vending machine, or aircraft carrier near you, \u00a0the Big Az burger with processed American cheese slice, boasts a full 9.65 ounces of flavor on a sesame seed bun, all \u00a0for less than $3.<\/p>\n

It comes sans condiments, allowing you to decorate at your whim. \u00a0\u00a0My choice, as pictured, is pickle, onion, mustard.\u00a0 And some potato by-product from Lay\u2019s that I had around the house.\u00a0\u00a0 If you think the bun looks kinda squished, you\u2019re right.\u00a0\u00a0 My fault.<\/p>\n

This particularly delicious delight requires some home preparation, obviously.\u00a0\u00a0 I get the best results by doing the bun and patty separately, or at least for different lengths of time.\u00a0 Your mileage may vary.<\/p>\n

I know, I know, you\u2019re asking \u201cgwailo, how did you discover such a tasty morsel?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, you see kids, my significant better 2\/3rds doesn\u2019t care for ground beef, in any form or fashion, so I am compelled to seek the manna of the gods outside of my domestic environs.\u00a0 My connection for the Big Az is the corner liquor store, @ Pomona and Capitol Highway,\u00a0 spitting distance from my house.\u00a0\u00a0 To reduce my carbon footprint, I limit my burgers to those within walking distance.<\/p>\n

And avoid places that promise \u201clocally harvested sustainable beef.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 I abstain from sustain.\u00a0\u00a0 I won\u2019t be on the planet long enough to care.<\/p>\n

I know you are dubious.\u00a0\u00a0 But these are honestly better than any fast food burgers, with the exception of Fatburger and In N Out, both of which have not graced Portland with their presence.\u00a0 It has always struck me as odd that Fatburger is owned by a Portland company, but doesn\u2019t have an outlet here.<\/p>\n

Perhaps a tea party is in order?<\/p>\n

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Off the Meaten Path At first blush, your fear is probably that \u00a0this is going to be a non-meat story.\u00a0 T\u2019aint so.\u00a0\u00a0 It is, however, about an \u201calternative\u201d burger, one that might be as close as your corner, like it is mine. Pre-cooked somewhere west of\u00a0 Wherethehellisthat? Ohio, flash-frozen (one hopes) \u00a0and shipped to a… Continue reading Portland, Or – Capitol Highway Deli Market<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[938,2816],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12709"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}