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# American burgers - now I get it!
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/american-burgers-now-i-get-it/
- Published: 2009-01-20T21:39:29.000Z
- Updated: 2009-01-20T21:39:29.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/3123005074_c5cd036724.jpg?v=0 "Cheese Burger")

For many years I have thought that American friends were delusional when they rhapsodised about their burgers.

After all I had eaten at [McDonalds](http://www.mcdonalds.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com) so I knew what an American burger was like.

However, at the urging of several friends I tried some

real

American burgers on a recent trip to San Francisco.

The burger places recommended were [Jeffrey's](http://jeffreyshamburgers.com/index.php?ref=katecarruthers.com) and [In-n-out](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-N-Out%5FBurger?ref=katecarruthers.com), both of which I valiantly tasted in my attempt to find a great hamburger.

At In-n-out I went for the 'animal' style cheeseburger with fries and a chocolate shake - as my friends had told me it was a very tasty burger. It was in fact a completely different kind of food to that perpetrated on me previously as a burger by other purveyors.

But then someone said that Jeffrey's did an even better burger. So off I went (through the worst traffic on El Camino Real) to share a burger lunch with [IdaRose](http://twitter.com/idarose?ref=katecarruthers.com).

Again I picked the cheeseburger, but this time added chilli cheese fries (a meal in themselves) and a chocolate shake. The burger was great, the chilli cheese fries amazing, and the shake was the best one I've ever had.

Now I know why my American buddies rave about their cheeseburgers. These real burgers are a tasty meal. They are nothing like the plastic shams that are perpetrated on the rest of the world.

Seriously if you find yourself in Menlo Park grab a Jeffrey's burger and if you see an In-n-out drop in there too.

\[Image source: [me](http://flickr.com/photos/katecar/3123005074/?ref=katecarruthers.com) this is my burger plus chilli cheese fries at Jeffrey's in Menlo Park CA\]

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Note

: Neither Jeffrey's nor In-n-out have given me anything (yet) but I am amenable to free burgers when next I visit the US.