As I mentioned, I love to cook. But over the last few years, I have not had a lot of time to pursue this. I have been in paralegal school, working crazy job hours, and tagging along to my son's many sports endeavors. But this past month, my mother became ill and I needed to start cooking dinner more often for her and my father. So I started in gung ho! But whoa -- it is so true ... if you do not use your skills, they suffer. (Seriously!)
Last night though, I was craving a nice, juicy hamburger. You know, the ones you can get from dives. Places like the Sit 'N Bull in Gray or The Cottage in Johnson City. Yummy burgers. So I set out to make my own.
I took the 80/20 ground beef, mixed in an egg, 2 slices of bread crumbled up (by hand), one teaspoon of minced garlic, 2 teaspoons of dried minced onions, some awesome spice that I got at Earthfare ( I cannot remember the name of it), some Chicago Steak Seasoning and salt and pepper. I mixed, by hand, this up and then added 3 stripes of bacon (chopped finely) and 1 cup of shredded cheddar. Mixing again by hand (IMPORTANT: Do not over mix! You want your hamburger to still be moist!) Then place in the pan and cook. While it was cooking, I placed my buns in the oven (in foil) to steam. I made homemade mac and cheese (velveeta and pasta - easy peasy).
Dean does not usually like cheese on his burgers, and will not eat a lot of milk or milk based products. So I struggle with getting him to get his needed calcium intake. So that is why these burgers with the cheese inside them are so ingenious. He is getting his calcium without his knowledge! Sweet!
Dean ate three (yes you read right) burgers and a small bowlful of mac and cheese. He turned to me, with his stomach sticking out, and said "Mom, you're the best cook EVER!!!" That made my night!
These burgers are similar to the ones you can get in Food City meat department. BUT mine were a lot cheaper. Win for me. And I have to agree with Dean, they were pretty darn tasty!
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