Burgers

Tonight we have decided to make burgers and fries. Since I have already talked about seasoning your french fries in a previous entry, I won't bore you with doing it again. I will, however, tell you how we season our burgers and give you a tip or two.

Burgers:


What we used:
2 lbs ground beef
1 cup italian bread crumbs
2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
2 tsp dried onion and garlic
salt and pepper
and whatever else we may be "feeling" at the time (tonight it was a pinch of cajun seasoning)

Combine your ingredients and allow to rest in the refrigerator for at least a 1/2 hour. After that, lets make some patties, shall we? I would start by separating your beef into equal parts. I prefer 1/4 lbs so we'll split ours up into 8 patties. When flattening your patties out press down the middle more so you create a "crust," like on a pizza (another way to describe it is to make it look like a red blood cell, or a "biconcave disc"). This is because, when you cook burgers, the fat cooks out and they shrink. By forming your patties like this, they will no longer shrink up into little tennis ball like patties, but more like the near perfect flat patties you're always hoping for. Grill or skillet fry your burgers, dress and enjoy!