Be My Hamburgler (My First Post)
 

Hey hey hey everyone! Here's a little something on the lighter side.

I'm making hamburgers tonight. Now, usually Peter just buys the Safeway pre-made frozen patties. But I feel like doing it the old-fashioned way, with raw beef and making up my own patties (slappin' some meat around, know what I'm sayin?)

So.... if anyone out there has a KICKASS hamburger recipie, feel free to post it here! I will try out the best and let you know how it goes! Now, keep in mind, I'm willing to try anything, but Peter is rather persnickity. Nothing too too outrageous for him! :)

go to harvey's and buy their patties!

Elli

How about muffins?

Harvey's has the worst burgers :(

And I don;t think muffins will go over well on the bbq for some reason. :)

What am I doing asking a bunch of guys for a recipie, anyway? It's not like they know how to cook more than Kraft Dinner.

But wait, I thought men were supposed to be Lords of the Grill? Come on Lords! Tell ya what.. the poster of the winning recipie gets a free 3 day pass to my site.

the meat.. its soo good there. yum yum.. how mean of a burget can u cook women?

Are you baking your own baps too?

Nothing like home made natural baps.

I can grill pretty good (better than Peter, if you ask me). :) So no worries there. And I bought fresh buns from the bakery about an hour ago.

The meat at Harvey's here tastes like non-meaty cardboard. More breadcrumbs and thickener than meat. Ugh. The only one I know of is in Home Depot, though. Maybe that's the problem... :)

add 1 cup of pace picante sauce per 1.3 pounds of hamburger meat and then some steak spices.

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Do you mean salsa or the taco sauce?

Any hamburger tastes good with A1 on it.:thumbsup

Add 1 packet of dry Lipton onion soup mix to 1 lb. of hamburger meat.

Top them with some sharp cheddar cheese and Hidden Valley Ranch dip.

MMMMmmmmm.....

the picante sauce is like salsa except it is not as chunky

Anyone else? I have to start cooking in 30 minutes.

I know you stare at porn all day, but free porn is always good, right? Maybe?

So far I'm leaning towards the onion soup recipie....

Lawrence Connor says invite him to dinner sometime, that would be better.

Crack some pepper, add some onion soup mix, brush patties with worchestshire (or however you spell it) sauce. Grill and DO NOT press them while grilling or they will get dry.

Add a little kosher salt when you take them off and serve with whatever you want.

Or make same style mix, into very thin patties, Put a tablespoon of blue cheese or other easy melting chesse in the center. Lay another patty over the top, press edges together to seal and grill like above.

1 lb meat, tablespoon of olive oil, extra virgin of course, red onions chopped and mixed in, kosher salt and pepper to taste...smoke threee bonghits, done. easypeasy.

hahaha I have yet to meet this Lawrence Connor character, but he must have done something pretty awful to incur such ridicule.

But hey, I'm a friendly sort. I'll hug pretty much anybody who's nice to me. :)

Don't know about the ranch dip, but my friend made burgers with lipton onion mix and it was divine!

What's with the kosher salt? Is it that different?

Yes, it does not taste like chemicals, it is not as salty and well it just is better. Then again so is Sea Salt.

I see....

said the blind man who picked up his hammer and saw.

After you pick up a box of it (its cheap) and maybe some sea salt or other types of salt, include table salt in this test as well.

Get yourself a ripe tomato and cut it into even slices (I would personally remove the seedy pulp so just the flesh remains). Then sprinkle a little of each salt on the tomato a different slice. Try each, you will then get the taste differences of various salts.

MmMmM salt on tomatoes.. I do that to cucumbers, too :)

Cucumbers would also work for the salt test. Try it some time.

BTW I am wierd I also like a little salt on most melons.

The onion soup, pepper, and worcester sauce recipes won't go wrong. Another good one, though it doesn't go with those, is to chop up some pepperoni and mix it in with the beef.

where are you from?

my old roommate likes salt on most melons, and she's from the midwest...

I tried it at her request...it was ok, nothing special

Lemon juice and chopped onions make for a tasty burger.

Yeah, I tried that myself, good stuff. Did not wanna go off on wierd ingrediants that most prolly would not have in the house.

Here is an odd one to get an even more beefy flavor. Mix in a jar of beef baby food per pound of hamburger. No I am not kidding either.

Another common one is to use half ground beef and half ground pork. I would personally use a food processor to ground my own beef up without adding any fat, then let the pork handle the fat needed.

California, now the fun question, what kind of salt did you use? And was it a ripe melon?

take 1/4 lb butter and mix with chopped bacon, garlic, onion and cheese

mix butter con-cock-tion with the hamburger, egg and some pepper

grill without pressing and the hamburgers will be flavorful and juicy

it is better if you grind the ingredients together butt this requires special equipment ie a meat grinder then you would use top round or steak instead of hamburger

dont forget to grill the onions, tomatoes and the buns it makes all the difference in the world

Grill the onions and tomatoes? Learn something new every day, eh?

Keep it simple

Fat gives both flavour and mositure. Get at least 20% fat content meat. Mix in some kosher salt.

Make a pattie that is flat on both sides and cook either on a George Forman or frying pan until 155 F

Call Sebastian for more details!

Just invite me over and I will show you personally :Graucho

Can I be your hamburglar?

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When do we eat?.I'm hungry..Please make mine medium rare and with a couple of gerkins on the side please :glugglug

Ok, Peter bugged out for dinner at the last minute on a business call, but I perservere...

I decided on the butter/bacon/cheese mixture recipie by ibs. :) However, so far they are rather wet and I just flipped them, but they're kinda crumbling apart. I think maybe more meat next time.

I have gourmet pepper relish and some good ol' miracle whip for the bun.

And I AM trying the grilled tomatoes and buns thing.

I will keep you posted :)

Hey, it's summer. The whole point is to not turn on the stove inside the house! :) It's 85F inside my house right now and thta's with all the windows and doors open and the fans going. ugh!

And of course my computer room is on the top floor.. roasting....

Sebastien never did cook for us while he was here. How did he get out of that one? Hrmmm...

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Oh yeah, the dinner of champions! Thank you IBS! They are delishious! :) (Please email me for your prize)

Thank you all for your contributions! I will have to try the rest out, too! That worchestershire recipie looks great.. and the onions.. mmmmmmm!

Thanks again!

That hamburger looks like it has been laying on the plate a bit too long :glugglug