Let’s start with the big news, as we look at the top non-recipe posts on Burnt My Fingers over the past 12 months. Just 90 days after publication The Halal Guys White Sauce mystery… SOLVED is ranked in the #5 position for the entire year which has to be a record. And if you Google “Halal Guys White Sauce” you’ll see our post above the intentionally misleading Serious Eats non-recipe that got our knickers in a twist to begin with. How sweet it is!
About 8 times a day, somebody somewhere wonders about the origins of that eggy, mustardy sauce we put on our turkey sandwiches after thanksgiving. That’s why The Sauce That Made Mr. Durkee Famous is the #1 overall non-recipe post for the past 12 months. Right behind it is another perennial favorite, What’s the Best Flour for Baking Bread? But then things get interesting.
Hacking the Salt & Char Ribeye Cap Steak is our attempt to duplicate the preparation of this expensive cut at the expensive Saratoga Springs steakhouse. If you’d like to save a few bucks, as many readers did, you’re in for a treat. (In fact, you could buy a couple of prime rib roasts, cut off the rib caps and save the rest, and you’d probably spend what they charge at S&C for a single serving of their American Wagyu Cap Steak).
#4 of our top Burnt My Fingers non-recipe posts is another evergreen topic, Rainier Ale discontinued? Alas, it’s true. We enjoy beer but don’t write about it a lot on the blog. But this tragic tale transcends cuisines and beverage choices. What foods pair beautifully with this potent amber ale? A plate of Halal Guys chicken with rice, for one thing. Or a submarine sandwich, or a Chinese banquet, or… ok, I’ll stop. All those millennials ironically sipping their PBRs should be aware their company put a stake in the heart of our beloved Green Death.
We didn’t give a pass to the perennial favorites as we did on our recipe report, but if we had The cure for watery steak and Turkey Joints from Nora’s of Rome, NY would have rounded out the top five. Man, that steak would taste good with a 40 of Rainier Ale….
