"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-04-25 4:45 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>
>>> Or just serve the thing open-faced on a plate with a knife and fork.
>>> (I once ordered "Un Hamburger Especiale" in some small town in rural
>>> Quebec and got a hamburger, on a bun, with fixin's and fries ...
>>> and everything completely drenched in gravy. Tasty, but not what I
>>> expected :-) )
>>>
>> A real bagel always seems a bit too firm for a hamburger, which would
>> squeeze out when you chomped down. Ciabatta rolls are available.
>>
>
> I always get my burger buns from the baker. One day last summer he was out
> of burger buns and suggested I try the Ciabatta rolls. They worked great.
> Only problem was that they don't do well in the freezer and my wife avoids
> breads. Turned out to be a bit of a waste.
>
> The other day we had supper in a local restaurant. I just had a burger,
> which was quite a bit more expensive than other local places. Maybe that
> was partly because they use focaccia buns. That did not work well for me.
> I don't want all those herb flavours with a burger.

But how was the bread aspect of the focaccia buns? It can be made without
all the herbs.