A blogger named Chubby Hubby has written a post extolling the virtues of the cheeseburger.

If I were told that I had one last meal before I died and then I was given the choice between a super chic 15 course degustation meal cooked by Thomas Keller, Tetsuya Wakuda, Ferran Adria and Joel Robuchon and a perfect cheeseburger, the choice would be easy. I’d pick the burger without a moment’s hesitation.

I couldn’t agree more.

In my mind, nothing equals a good cheeseburger. If I had to eat one thing every day for the rest of my life, it would be cheeseburgers. I can’t say that I could choose a specific one to eat, but for general munching, nothing equals a burger with some cheese grilled and placed lovingly between two pieces of bread with a selection of accessories (my favorites: bacon, fresh tomato, a little lettuce, mayo…and sometimes sauteed mushrooms).

The perfect burger is not cooked more than medium. Anything more is doing a disservice to the burger. (I’ve heard all that about making sure stuff is cooked and it is still cooked at medium…you just have to make sure the temp inside the burger is above a certain temp that kills all bacteria.)

As far as chuck vs. sirloin vs. lean…you need something around 80/20. Seasoning is nothing more than hickory smoked salt, garlic salt, and seasoned pepper.

As far as the bun goes, keep it simple. You can grill it if you want, but I also like the idea that Chubby Hubby presents, which is buttering the buns and putting them in a pan so they cook like the outside of a grilled cheese sandwich.

As far as food goes…that’s about as good as it gets.