And so another day of lockdown slips by. One day is beginning to merge into another
and it is easy to forget what day of the week it is.
However, we do try and follow a loose sort of menu plan
which suggests we have mincemeat on Mondays.
So last night we had hamburgers for dinner again.
To make my burger patties I use 500g fresh mince (if it has
a higher fat content then the burger will be juicier), ½ cup fresh breadcrumbs,
1 small finely diced onion, 1 beaten egg, 1 teaspoon tomato sauce, ½ teaspoon
mustard powder, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, and a sprig of parsley finely
chopped.
The whole lot is placed into a bowl and mixed together.
The mixture is then divided into six even portions and I use
the Tupperware pattie maker to create six hamburger patties. When the pattie is made I make an indentation
in it by pressing my thumb down into the centre. This will stop the pattie pulling up around
the sides when cooking, and also allows the centre of the pattie to cook evenly
with the outside edges.
Cook the pattie as normal and then assemble your hamburger
with whatever ingredients you like. We
generally spread a buttered bun with a sauce such as tomato or mustard or a
mayonnaise, and then top it with a pattie, some grated carrot, grated cheese, chopped
spring onion, shredded lettuce, sliced tomato, sliced cooked beetroot, and a
fried egg. Place the other half of the
bun on top and there you have it – one homemade hamburger!
Our weather is slowly changing. We still have warm sunshine in the morning
but the last couple of days it has clouded over in the afternoon.
The nights are growing cooler, and I have removed the summer
duvet off my bed and added a warm cosy blanket instead.
The sun is lower in the sky and is once again picking up the
crystals hanging in my window and spreading little rainbows all over my
bedroom.
Mittens has taken to spending the morning sitting on my windowsill
in the sunshine, until her black fur gets so hot that she is forced to move!
I was saddened to hear on the news that Boris Johnson, the
UK Prime Minister, is battling Covid-19 in an intensive care unit in hospital. We all really hope that he soon makes a full
recovery.
Take care and be safe,
Margaret.
Can I have a burger Margaret? I'll have one with a fried egg :)
ReplyDeleteStevenson
You'll have to come and get it! LOL
DeleteThere's an idea, we have mince beef but no beefburgers, will have to bake some bread rolls as well.
ReplyDeleteLong time since I had a burger, since we gave up on red meat, but we used to make it pretty much as you describe. Today we are far more likely to have a piece of fish on a wholegrain or rye bun with homemade tartar sauce and a lettuce leaf or two. We enjoy homemade coleslaw too and often have that on the side,
ReplyDeleteYour fish burger sounds delicious :)
DeleteHello, we enjoy burgers once in a while. Love the sweet kitty and the pretty sky shot.
ReplyDeleteI hope all is well, enjoy your day!
Burgers looks good. My husband would love them I’m sure. I don’t like all the bread so I usually just eat the beef. If there is a burger on a menu, that’s what my husband would order 95% of the time. I’ll make him some of these since the barbecue is coming out of storage this week.
ReplyDeleteTake care Margaret.
My husband always enjoyed a good burger as well :)
DeleteEven though I had a burger last night, this looks delicious. Mittens is such a pretty/handsome cat!
ReplyDeleteAnd so life goes on. Long may it continue.
ReplyDeleteI really need to write down beetroot to the shopping list!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the reminder.
And hmmm, that looks yummy!!
Mittens sure is a cutie-pie! Hugs from here!
P.S. I´ll have an egg on cheese-bread tonight.
ReplyDeleteOh for a kiwi burger. My family here goes, yuck, when I mention that burgers should have beetroot. They dont mind the fried egg. I like/d a pineapple ring as well. Yum
ReplyDeleteOh yes, ham steak and pineapple make a yummy burger :)
DeleteYes strange the weather usually it's the other way around ; cloudy in the morning and sun in the afternoon
ReplyDeleteWe also make our own hamburgers sometimes. Looks yum
That is quite a burger! :)
ReplyDeleteYou changed to a warmer blanket and I changed my top quilt to a summerweight.
ReplyDeleteWe had leftover soup for supper but to make up for that I had made apple crisp. Leftovers really should be followed by a nice dessert/.