Burger-licious!

[weaktwos]

30 Helens agree: grinding sirloin and chuck to make burgers is delicious.

I ended up making some baklava for the heck of it, as well. The recipe I have calls for orange flour water. Since I am without orange flower water (recipe requires 1 tablespoon), I used grand marnier instead. This does not hamper the baklava enjoyment factor.

So, back to the burger. I combined two recipes from the Food Network:

• Burger of the Gods


• Blue Cheese Burger

I also cooked some bacon slices and the usual condomint suspects. You can use a food processor if you don't have a meat grinder. You'll never want to go back to regular burgers again. :-)

Comments

Yes.

[scottage.livejournal.com]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
I have accepted Alton Brown as my personal savior.

Good eats is one of my favorite shows on TV, and I hope to soon get myself a copy of the 9-disk DVD set. (I always seem to miss it, so I need recordings) I used to watch it, Surreal Gourmet, and Iron Chef on Sundays. the three best cooking shows of all time.

Thanks to the hamburger episode, I started wanting an old-fashioned hand-cranked meat grinder. Thanks to my roommate, I got one for my birthday. It needs a bit of cleaning, a bit of sanding, but it should work quite nicely. Only problem is that our apartment has a pathetically small kitchen. I think it was a closet before the house was split into apartments. The meat grinder is currently mounted to my bookcase in my bedroom.

Still, my grocery list for this weekend already included sirloin and chuck, for just this purpose.

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I have a kithen aid mixer with food grinder attachements (that can also be used as a pasta maker. It's great fun.

Hopefully someday soon you'll have a bigger kitchen. It sounds like you're a man who could make excellent use of one. :-)

And a Tivo for all your favorite cooking shows. :-)