Land of the free, home of the brave

Both my flatmate and I had said no to big, official election parties on the basis we are too old to stay up all night so far from home on a Tuesday. Reasoning that there was nothing to stop us staying up all night when actually at home on a Tuesday (see posts passim), we put plans into action for an homage to the great USA through the mediums of food and drink, and had a lovely evening of casual armchair punditry.

The menu was as follows:

Jalapeño popcorn
-Representing the importance of Obama’s Hispanic vote AND the fact he has so much support amongst celebrities (popcorn…cinemas…let me know if it gets too tenuous, I’m making this up).

Super sized burgers (recipe below)
-After which Obamacare would be handy for the bypass and liposuction.

Southern Comfort, lemon and lime IN A CAN
-Something about rednecks. Unsure.

Big, oakey Californian chardonnay
-Why not

Coffee cake
-Because The Austrian ran out of inspiration in the Co-op having realised his hilarious bet on Romney was the equivalent of ‘standing in the street burning £20 notes’.

Burgers
Makes 3 super sized hamburgers

You will need:
-4 good quality plain beef burger patties (we got ours from Wholefoods)
-1 leek, finely chopped
-Cayenne pepper and mixed spice
-Worcester sauce
-Knob of butter, melted
-6 rashers of smoked back bacon
-6 slices of plastic cheese (you cannot get this in Wholefoods)
-Token lettuce
-3 white burger buns with sesame seeds

Method:
-Mash the leek, spices, sauce and butter into the meat, and reform into 3 giant burgers. Season well.
-Grill the bacon
-Toast the buns
-Assemble in the following order: Bottom bun, plastic cheese, burger, lettuce, bacon, plastic cheese, top bun.

We served these with caramelised red onions and avocadoes.