does angus hamburger need seasoning

BenKnowsFitness
BenKnowsFitness Posts: 451 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I ordered a burger at a 5 star restaurant. It did not have seasoning (none). Tasted bland to me. Question? Is it possible to make a tasty burger with no seasoning?

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  • uconnwinsnc
    uconnwinsnc Posts: 1,054 Member
    Seasoning is used to cover up the poor flavor of cheap meat. Good meat needs nothing but some salt. The restaurant probably passed off low quality beef on you at a high price.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,370 Member
    Seasoning is used to cover up the poor flavor of cheap meat. Good meat needs nothing but some salt. The restaurant probably passed off low quality beef on you at a high price.
    Seriously, how cliche is that. Every culture on the planet utilizes other ingredients to enhance food whether it be spices or herbs. It's true that spices and herbs lend themselves to masking off flavors, but the spice road didn't have that in mind......I agree that a good steak needs little other than salt, very French BTW, but that doesn't mean that people that use marinades or rubs are trying to fool their guests into thinking that, that past it's due date steak is memorable. And who are you fooling anyway.
  • piersonj
    piersonj Posts: 62 Member
    Seasoning is used to cover up the poor flavor of cheap meat. Good meat needs nothing but some salt. The restaurant probably passed off low quality beef on you at a high price.

    Technically adding salt to something is seasoning it. To season or not is a individual choice. If you are used to adding salt to most foods, when you first start reducing or not using salt food will taste bland until you adjust to the new salt levels.
    That being said, it is possibly that beef can be angus and low on "beefy" flavor. Ground meat will only be as flavorful as the cut of meat used to make it. Angus can refer to one of two things. 1. the beef came from the Angus breed of cow, or 2. it meets a set standard of fat content and marbling to rate the Angus grade of beef.
  • astronomicals
    astronomicals Posts: 1,537 Member
    Seasoning is used to cover up the poor flavor of cheap meat. Good meat needs nothing but some salt. The restaurant probably passed off low quality beef on you at a high price.

    nah.. its used by dumb people who suck at cooking.... I almost cried when they drenched filet mignon with teriyaki on christmas

    I like plain burgers with just kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper..

    I also like them with worchestshire, salt, pepper, onion, egg yolk, and some herbs....

    I dont think any properly cooked burger needs seasoning besides salt and maybe pepper. Same goes for steak.
  • NinjaJinja
    NinjaJinja Posts: 147 Member
    Oh but those McCormick seasoning blends are soooo good! I don't see the problem with using seasonings - most are practically free from calories!

    I don't have a very refined palette, though. So there's that, lol.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Seasoning is used to cover up the poor flavor of cheap meat. Good meat needs nothing but some salt. The restaurant probably passed off low quality beef on you at a high price.

    nah.. its used by dumb people who suck at cooking.... I almost cried when they drenched filet mignon with teriyaki on christmas

    I like plain burgers with just kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper..

    I also like them with worchestshire, salt, pepper, onion, egg yolk, and some herbs....

    I dont think any properly cooked burger needs seasoning besides salt and maybe pepper. Same goes for steak.

    :yawn: :huh: :noway:
  • bagge72
    bagge72 Posts: 1,377 Member
    So people say that you don't need seasoning on your meat put salt and pepper on theirs weird...:noway:
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Seasoning is used to cover up the poor flavor of cheap meat. Good meat needs nothing but some salt. The restaurant probably passed off low quality beef on you at a high price.

    nah.. its used by dumb people who suck at cooking.... I almost cried when they drenched filet mignon with teriyaki on christmas

    I like plain burgers with just kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper..

    I also like them with worchestshire, salt, pepper, onion, egg yolk, and some herbs....

    I dont think any properly cooked burger needs seasoning besides salt and maybe pepper. Same goes for steak.

    Lol, and the filet is the most overrated cut of meat out there.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    I ordered a burger at a 5 star restaurant. It did not have seasoning (none). Tasted bland to me. Question? Is it possible to make a tasty burger with no seasoning?

    No.

    Proper seasoning is essential in making burgers, koftas, meatballs, sausages.

    ETA - by seasoning I mean the UK usage, i.e salt and pepper.
  • IronPlayground
    IronPlayground Posts: 1,594 Member
    You should always pepper your angus!
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    Fat=flavor when it comes to beef. If the burger was very lean, it would lend itself toward the blander side of taste. Also, the more well done you order it, the less taste you have imo.
    I always season my meat, weather it is beef, chicken, pork, turkey, or venison. It just adds flavor. And whoever said that the fillet is over-rated is correct. Give me a Ribeye, medium rare anyday!
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    Seasoning is used to cover up the poor flavor of cheap meat. Good meat needs nothing but some salt. The restaurant probably passed off low quality beef on you at a high price.

    nah.. its used by dumb people who suck at cooking.... I almost cried when they drenched filet mignon with teriyaki on christmas

    I like plain burgers with just kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper..

    I also like them with worchestshire, salt, pepper, onion, egg yolk, and some herbs....

    I dont think any properly cooked burger needs seasoning besides salt and maybe pepper. Same goes for steak.

    filet sucks.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    Nice bit of sirloin - sea salt and cracked black pepper, seared both sides on a high heat and served still mooing.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I always season my meat,

    Giggity.
  • DeltaZero
    DeltaZero Posts: 1,197 Member
    The only question you should be asking yourself, is where was the bacon?
  • TX_Rhon
    TX_Rhon Posts: 1,549 Member
    A good burger needs............

    Bacon.gif

    Need I say more???
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    I always season my meat,

    Giggity.

    :wink:
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
    Depends on the type and quality of the beef, as well as the fat content. Choice grade ground sirloin with 10% fat is going to be a much blander and drier than prime grade ground chuck with 20% fat. Lower grades of meat are going to need seasoning and extra fat to taste good, with better qualities it's optional.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    Seasoning is used to cover up the poor flavor of cheap meat. Good meat needs nothing but some salt. The restaurant probably passed off low quality beef on you at a high price.

    I don't agree. Seasoning is there to make things more savory. I personally love the flavor of garlic, and onion, and certain spices combined with the fat (meat flavoring). It's chemistry. The odors all combine to produce a wonderful flavor in my mouth.

    It really has nothing to do with the cut of meat, or the quality of it.

    Now, if you have a crappy cut of meat, it will be worse than the higher qulaity cut even with the seasonings.

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