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Kate Plummer
Jun 22, 2021
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A Twitter user has sparked a huge debate after trampling on the reputation of brioche buns.
The user, Jennifer, said “nobody” likes brioches and alleged everyone would rather have a standard burger bun instead.
restaurateurs.... Please, please STOP selling us burgers in brioche buns. STOP. Nobody likes them. I mean nobody. I… https://t.co/PQ0vMAIw16— Jennifer 🏴❤🇪🇺 (@Jennifer 🏴❤🇪🇺) 1624292479
But strong opinions illicit strong responses and not everyone agreed with her, with many coming to the brioches defence:
@JacobiteJen I like them.— Was Once Loved #FBPA (@Was Once Loved #FBPA) 1624308675
@JacobiteJen Oh I like a brioche burger bun 😁 I wouldn't disagree that variety would be good though. It's brioche everywhere now.— Glasgow's Girl (@Glasgow's Girl) 1624293433
@JacobiteJen I only eat brioche buns— Lmr (@Lmr) 1624293461
@JacobiteJen WRONG! We love our burgers/pastrami/smoked ham in brioche buns, with gherkins + mustard + smoked cheese.— MHMB🏴🇪🇸🇮🇪🇪🇺🏴🃏 (@MHMB🏴🇪🇸🇮🇪🇪🇺🏴🃏) 1624308507
@JacobiteJen Eh…. I quite like a wee brioche bun— Audrey Gilmour (@Audrey Gilmour) 1624292612
Others agreed with Jennifer for being a brioche truther and admitted they weren’t so keen on the buns:
@JacobiteJen Agreed. Besides being rank, it's for the restaurant's benefit, not ours. Brioche rolls go for days wit… https://t.co/I0fSm1ofAL— JOHN C (@JOHN C) 1624305202
@JacobiteJen Brioche is tasty, but it certainly doesn't suit a burger, too sweet.— jimnarleneTaylor 🏴🏴 〓〓🏃 (@jimnarleneTaylor 🏴🏴 〓〓🏃) 1624292973
@JacobiteJen Brioche is more like cake than bread. That’s why when Marie Antoinette said ‘Give them cake’, she was… https://t.co/sRaosrF2gc— Wendy Wood (@Wendy Wood) 1624296804
@JacobiteJen Oh totally. My heart sinks if a burger comes out in a brioche bun. They just fall apart and they taste… https://t.co/xL1x21NbdW— joemcg22 (@joemcg22) 1624292633
For the uninitiated, brioche is a sweet bread from France. It contains more egg and butter than other breads and the addition of sugar is why it tastes so sweet.
While it has been consumed for centuries, the use of it as a bun for burgers is relatively new and has been become something of a fad in the last few years much to the delight or horror of punters - as we can see from the viral Twitter thread.
But brioche is by far not the most unusual substitution for standard bread in a burger. Recently, restaurants have served patties between large pieces of lettuce, and others have even used ramen.
In the US, Burger King has started selling burgers using croissants as bread.