Monday, June 14, 2010

Great hamburger recipe!

As American as baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet they used to say. Well, we still have Chevrolets although “they now be government made” and something similar to the baseball of old. However, I reckon that a large percentage of young Americans have never had a piece of real homemade apple pie. In fact at this point, hamburgers seem to have replaced apple pie as America’s favorite dish. Anyway, as with any good American male, I have been trying to prefect the hamburger for years. For whatever its worth, here’s the recipe I have settled on. As with the bread recipe, this is dead simple and I know you will enjoy these conservative hamburgers even though they have a little liberal fat in them.
Unlike the bread recipe, I never bother to measure the ingredients when I make hamburgers; thus, consider these measurements as guidelines only. Start off with about 1.5 pounds of 80/20 hamburger. 90/10 hamburger is to dry for my taste although it is probably better for you. In any case, this will make about 4 to 5 good sized hamburgers.
• Add ½ of a large onion (I prefer red) chopped rather coarsely.
• Add about 1/3 cup of either Worcestershire sauce or A1 steak sauce.
• Add kosher salt and coarsely ground pepper to taste.
Mix the ingredients by hand and make 4 to five reasonably large patties.
Grill over high heat until done, use the finger test (the second one not the one you give liberals) to determine when the hamburgers are just right. The key here is not to overcook the patties so that they will come out nice and juicy.
Have a great Fourth of July; it may very well be our last!

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