i bet boiling would look like that too. i wouldnt put any of these possibilities past him but he seems geezer enough that he'd do something absurd like boil-->short grill to make marks
e: wait fuck if they were sous vide that's actually a respectably recommended method. i think internet shaq did a video on it
![Representation [CW: meat]](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/5cda6671-3063-41b2-9f6f-c4485cb5f532.png){kind=link}
They still have a little of that uncooked texture to them, so I think they're just patties that have been sitting out too long
i bet boiling would look like that too. i wouldnt put any of these possibilities past him but he seems geezer enough that he'd do something absurd like boil-->short grill to make marks
e: wait fuck if they were sous vide that's actually a respectably recommended method. i think internet shaq did a video on it