Recipes

[grandma2pkmh]

@Lilysmom You just sparked a memory that made me smile.  My mom used to make thin hamburgers (made with onions, saltines soaked in milk, salt & pepper all mixed together). She fried them then moved them to a plate and then made a milk gravy (flour, watered down milk) added back the hamburger for a few minutes and served with hot biscuits.  So simply but we were in heaven.

[Lilysmom]

@CelticCrafter, ahahaha too funny.  My mother had a Scottish background so your name gave me a smile.   I’m a good cook but will never be as good as my mother.  One thing I can do as well as she did are preserves like chow, her relish, etc.

The roasted potatoes sound pretty good right now🙂!  LM

[Lilysmom]

@grandma2pkmh, cherished memories💕.  You and @CelticCrafter are making me hungry!  LM

[chickenbutt]

I agree that a charcoal grill would be the best choice, but I have used a contact grill for so many years and still like that.

My first one was a Geo Foreman but I didn't like a couple of things about that and have used Hamilton Beach contact grills for a lot of years.  The two main things wrong with the Foreman contact grills are fixed with the HB ones.

[Zhills]

I tried cooking them like some cook steaks.  Brown quickly in a very hot pan (use a spatter guard) then transfer to the oven!  They were very good and juicy!

[Tootie15]

Outdoor grilling is the only way I will cook burgers! Growing up, Saturday night was hot dog/hamburger night. My mother would cook them up in her cast iron frying pan ... what a mess! and the smell would permeate throughout the house! ... (and linger!)

[Sooner]

The  most important factor is the meat.  I use a 90/10 ratio burger meat I get from a local butcher shop.  I sometimes go in and buy a fresh piece of meat, anything from chuck to a good steak, and have them grind it for me.

IF it is a great piece of meat it will make a great burger unless you burn it up.  I don't like burgers too thick because I like them to cook quickly and evenly and not burn on the outside and be raw inside.

Unless you really mess up cooking, its all about the meat you start with.  You can make far better burgers at home than at a restaurant.

[marzi 1]

The taste is fine, but they will not hold together and the clean up is a mess/ looks like outdoor on a grill is the best way to go 

[Mistreatedbycs]

The best way to learn how to make a great hamburger is watch Diner's Drive In's and Dives.

It appears the secret is a hot griddle, cook and flip, cover burger with cheese, splash some water around the hamburger on the griddle and cover (creating steam to melt the cheese).

I don't have a commercial griddle and do not like my hamburgers on the stove so I just opt for the outside grill.

Speaking of memories, I grew up with loose hamburger, hamburger broken down with cooked onions, some grease drained and followed up with a roux then simmered.   

[spent2much]

The only way we have hamburgers is on the grill.  With that said, the hamburgers that taste the best are from 80/20 meat, bought fresh, and form your own patties.  Huge difference to us.