Top 5 non-recipe posts of 2022

Galbi here, bulgogi next. A top ten eating experience for 2022.

Ten for ten! This month marks the tenth anniversary of Burnt My Fingers. Our readership numbers are down from the pandemic peak, to be expected, but well above pre-pandemic levels. That suggested some folks who were lured into the kitchen by boredom did not make it out again, which is a good thing. In celebration, we’ll share the 10 posts that have garnered the most clicks over the past 12 months:  five non-recipe posts today and five recipe posts next time..

1. Best Mayonnaise Taste Test: Hellman’s vs Dukes vs Kewpie. A new champion! This test wasn’t so much to pick a winner as to find out why some folks prefer one vs the other. Originally posted in April 2021, it wasn’t even on last year’s podium but has now vaulted to the top position. Read the comments and you’ll see why this issue inspires passions but remains unresolved.
2. The Halal Guys white sauce mystery… SOLVED! In which we break down the methodology used to determine the actual recipe for the white sauce served along the red sauce at the food truck which is now a national franchise. (An earlier post detailed the efforts to misdirect the public by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt and the Halal Guys themselves.)
3. Galbi vs Bulgogi… which Korean BBQ entree is better? With Korean food so popular, we inspected the variations in the top two KBBQ beef entrees. Is the secret in the marinade? Or the unique short rib cut used for “LA Galbi”? Read and find out then, if you dare, learn the actual results of our taste test.
4. The sauce that made Mr. Durkee famous. This post was published before the blog was even a thing (it was on our marketing blog) way back in 2010 and has been a perennial favorite. Read the more recent comments for some creative uses of the creamy-zingy dressing that appears on many tables at Thanksgiving and in leftovers.
5. Hacking the Salt & Char Ribeye Cap Steak. Bobby Flay, the celebrity chef who lives in Saratoga Springs, declared this steak the best thing he’d ever eaten on a Food Channel show. We proceeded to replicate the technique demonstrated on the show with wonderful results. To source a ribeye cap you’ll need a nice big prime rib roast, so read and bookmark this post for when rib roasts are on sale for the holidays.

Next time: Top 5  recipe posts of 2022