The optimal burger

What is the distinction in taste between the Bison and a convetional beef patty? I had a Bison steak ten years ago or so. I remember it tasting good but not what made it good.

It's the slightly sweet taste that I really like.  It's tender.  Also, I don't find it gamey as elk can definitely be.  I found that it cooks much faster than steer meat. 

Every once in a while, I hear talk of (re)turning the northwestern Plains--western Dakotas, eastern Wyoming, Nebraska panhandle, etc.--into one giant nature preserve. Buffalo, elk, wolves, coyotes, everything that got wiped out in the 19th and 20th centuries. I think the only reason it hasn't been more seriously considered is that them pesky Injuns--Crow, Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho--keep saying, "Well, our treaties are still in force, so if you do that, you should give us sovereignity over those lands." Then whoever proposed the nature preserve idea says, "Uhhhhh..."

We wiped out millions of buffalo, that thrived on the High Plains, to replace them with millions of cattle, that didn't. Maybe we could reverse that and Buffalo Burger would be the best-selling fast food chain in America. 

Into the old-fashioned type burgers..single / double meat. green chile..cheddar cheese...mustard..lettuce & tomato & onion. Occasionally change things up by adding bacon. Two vendors that we like to visit include a local NM joint called Sparky's ( in Hatch NM) and yes, Inn-N- Out in Vegas and other SW locales.

I wonder why Hatch green chiles don't really make it outside the Southwest. Maybe they don't travel well? They're such a fantastic condiment for burgers, egg dishes, and a host of other stuff.

My favorite green chile-centric burger chain is Blake's, which is at last expanding outside New Mexico. I was in Tucson when they opened up their first location there, and the line of cars stretched out into and down the street--for weeks, at all times of day.

I'd eat a bowling ball if it had Hatch green chiles on it.

Yeah, Blake's make great burgers; their ordering system, however, is/ has been a source of annoyance during the past 2-3 years. But when right, those burgers are pretty competitive. The GC just adds a great complement.

Hatch chile products are available nationwide ( supermarkets, etc); the Hatch Chile company is now based out of Albuquerque for distribution purposes,but they continue to depend on growers in the Hatch valley and include other growers  in about the southern 2/3 of the state. Huge economic impact for NM.