It’s Burger Week (again). Tom’s Farms

mmm-yoso!!! is the blog, written by a few friends.  Kirk, ed (from Yuma) and Cathy don't make food deprivation related New Year Resolutions.  We try to resolve to change habits we *won't* break in the first week of the New Year.  

 

Hello.  I hope your year is going well so far.  I have a new computer.  This is because my old one decided to commit suicide the other day.  So, I am learning to be patient, do without, change habits and not cry at the loss of 'things'….yes, I am moving forward and managing.  I have no choice.  I am also fascinated with upgraded programs and the things that they can do-and don't do like they used to.  Thank you for your patience.

 

You may recall that I seemed to be driving North on the I-15  quite a bit since Thanksgiving.  I knew we would be doing Burger Week again.  If you ever have, you have passed Tom's Farms and perhaps stopped, or made a mental note to stop when you had more time and were not either heading somewhere or 'almost home'.  You really should stop.

 

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You will notice several buildings and that the area is quite large, once you park.  This building holds furniture for sale.   

 

 

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Another holds a Mexican restaurant.

There is an area which sells candies, another Produce and Vegetable area..wines, cheeses, gift baskets…
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There are activities.

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There is a wine tasting area and in that building, a place that makes pizza.  We got the pizza once, many years ago, because the line for burgers was so long.  It did not impress us and so now every time we go and  the burger area is too crowded, we just buy some hot bread (there is something hot from the oven about every 30 minutes here.  As soon as you walk into the Wine and Cheese Shop, the table in front of you will have something warm.   Go ahead, touch the plastic bread wrapping)  some cheese, maybe some smoked fish and sit out on the lawn, by the pond, to eat.  

 

However, we drove by later in the evening just after Christmas, and  it was not busy
DSC02870.  We walked over to the "burger and sandwich" area, by the duck pond.  
I got my personal favorite, a Tom's Old Fashioned burger. ($3.95) 1/3 pound, served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and a special sauce.  On a bun that is baked there. You know, a *very* fresh bun.

The burger is coarse ground meat, not frozen. Juicy, cooked medium and very flavorful (my personal" test" is eating the meat plain..seeing if it needs all those toppings or of the toppings compliment the meat). All the toppings are from the farm stand and include lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and a sauce. (oh.  Those giant pickles you pay $2 at the County Fair are sold here.  $8 for a gallon.  There are more than four in a gallon.)DSC02957

 In conclusion about the burger, you can't get much fresher unless you do all of this at home, including the baking, growing and using a high quality meat.DSC02872 

The Mister ordered a Chili Size ($4.95).  The same 1/3 lb burger, served open faced on the fresh baked bun, topped with a nice, not too hot spiced chili with beans and shredded cheddar. I liked the combination of flavors of this and the hamburger meat patty stood out in that it was still coarse ground and had its own meaty juiciness. The chili complimented it. 

We have had the fries here, and those have not been too memorable DSC02871 We pay the $3.69 for the onion rings.  

Not a huge portion, but made fresh from thick cut, sweet Spanish onions. Breaded lightly with a flour/corn meal mix. Extremely properly fried and always sweet, sweet onionsDSC02877

If you want a root beer float, you get to kind of do it yourself.It is $3.95. They hand you a cup,more than half filled with a very good vanilla ice cream (the kind with specks of vanilla in it) and you fill the rest of the cup with root beer.  Slowly.  Because, you know, physics takes over and the carbonated beverage will flow over… 

So, if you are near Corona or Anaheim and see Tom's Farms. Do stop and get a burger.  

Tom's Farms  23900 Temescal Canyon Road, Corona, CA 92883

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