Cheeseburger with a "skirt"

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (Bill Reynolds)

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:24:24 GMT

I can only say that that looks to good to resist and the next time I'm on my grill doing burgers I am going to give that a shot. I love cheese slightly burnt like that. Thanks much for that post!

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (donw9876)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:38:36 GMT

So the big wavy things in these pictures that look like a taco salad shell is burnt cheese?

Burnt cheese can be pretty tasty as long as all of the moisture isn't cooked out of it, otherwise it's just a cooking mistake. I'd pay for a serving of mildly burnt cheese pieces as an appetizer, done right. When I fix nachos at home, the burnt cheese that runs off the nachos is one of the tastiest bits.

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (ayersian)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:02:53 GMT

bonitamandita, you may be referring to the Squeeze Inn in Sacramento, expertly reviewed on our site by Erika & Jon. They even said that they originally confused this burger with the same from Shady Glen.

The Shady Glen cheeseburger is one of the most unique I've ever had -- and one of my absolute favorites. In fact, I bought the T-shirt with said burger prominently featured! Chris

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (Foodosaurus)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:36:12 GMT

Vic - It is actually half of four slices.... The cheese gets very crispy. I usually fold two or three of the corners up onto the burger. This gives it almost a bacon-like crunchyness. I eat the other corner(s) as a chip.

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (UncleVic)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:19:14 GMT

Nothing personal, but I want my cheese ON THE BURGER.. A little dripage off the edge is ok, but to put a half a slice on the grill???

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (uncledaveyo)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:14:47 GMT

Love the pic from the Shady Glen - it looks like a queso sombrero!

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (mland520)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:05:47 GMT

I think on DDD the cook put a lid over the burger w/the shredded cheese and that's how it cooked in the perfect circle. Looks delish!

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (Foodosaurus)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:53:20 GMT

waltpiii

The Shady Glen in Manchester, CT prepares their cheeseburgers in this manner.

Walt

This is from the Roadfood review.

There are plenty of other pictures as well. www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=14

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (buffetbuster)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:30:34 GMT

In the little town I live in north of Pittsburgh, we have a few restaurants that also make these. Here, they are called old-fashioneds.

Re:Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (waltpiii)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:18:58 GMT

The Shady Glen in Manchester, CT prepares their cheeseburgers in this manner.

Walt

Cheeseburger with a "skirt" (bonitamandita)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:14:21 GMT

Today I was watching Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and the "teaser" before the commercial break showed a burger with a "cheese skirt" made by a chef Omaha. He said he copied the recipe from a place in California.

I was really excited because I had never see this cheese skirt thing before I went to Nobby's in Chico, California and I assumed that's where he had his first burger with a cheese skirt. [ For those of you who aren't familar- to make a cheese skirt you add a giant handful of shredded cheese onto the top of the burger while its on the grill. The cheese falls off the sides and forms a crispy circle around the burger (which kind of looks like a skirt, hence the name). ]

Anyway, turns our he had this burger for the first time in Sacramento (not at Nobby's in Chico).

So I was wondering. Is the cheese skirt thing more common than I thought? Where else can you get one?