A few years ago, my family and I went on holiday to Denmark. In between Legoland and the airport, we stopped at roadside services for lunch. As we ate our chicken and chips, I spotted a man eating what appeared to be an enormous burger covered in gravy – using a knife and fork, as to do otherwise would have been logistically challenging.
I find a lot of the so-called 'gourmet' burgers to require a knife and fork or careful dismantling to eat, especially if they come with a little stake through the middle to hold them together. Covering them in gravy is a new form of diner inconvenience though...
I had always thought that gravy was a uniquely British invention and holidays to France, Spain and Italy had done nothing to change that view. However, after some quick Googling, I discovered that the man was eating a bøfsandwich, colloquially known as a “gravy burger”.
I didn't have to google, there's a picture of this gatronomic disaster in the article, and as someone who loathes gravy, I cannot understand it's popularity at all.
This creation is local to Jutland, although is now spreading around Denmark and probably dates back to the 1950s.
It's a firm 'no' from me.
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'NO' from me, too. I can't abide the brown greasy stuff.
Gravy aside, did you follow the first link in the article? It’s hard to think of anything more ‘guardian’ than a food writer using the geographical ubiquity of a chickpea-based recipe to justify open borders:
‘Migration has been the historical norm across the Mediterranean, in all directions, before Europe decided to turn the sea into a heavily policed border.’
Our taste buds crave salt and fat. Gravy is both, hence its popularity in the fast food arena.
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