Hamburgers, Brit-style

I was reading through an old British cookbook, Good Cookery!, when I discovered their interpretation of the classic American meal. Many people will be grilling burgers this weekend, so these directions may be helpful. Click on the photo to read the captions in the cookbook pictures.

Get your palette knives ready. Enjoy!


Hamburgers
Few recipes are more typical of present-day America than hamburgers, which take their name from the German city of Hamburg. Yet by no means all English-speaking people know what a real hamburger should look and taste like. For a start, anything that contains ham is not a hamburger nor are mixtures made from pre-cooked mince or general purpose mince.

Serving Hamburgers
Serve the hamburgers in warm sesame seed buns. If you cannot find this particular type of bun, any variety of soft roll will do. Crusty rolls are not suitable. The rolls can be split and warmed in the oven if you are cooking for a large number, or lightly toasted under the grill.

Hamburgers are particularly succulent and tasty when served with a topping or with a selection of relishes. The topping is sandwiched between the hamburger and one half of the bun, while relishes can be served separately and people can help themselves.

Golden Highlights

Yesterday our friend Tom dropped off Josie for a two week visit. Tom is taking a nice long vacation to Idaho and Portland, Oregon, and so he needed someone to watch his baby while he was away. Josie and Gunther have met before and played together so I thought this would go pretty well. For the most part it has (so far - we're not even one day into this) but Gunther is definitely trying to show his dominance and prior claim on us. To confuse matters, Josie feels right at home here because she's been coming here for a year or more. But Gunther doesn't understand when I try to explain that.

So what happens is one dog comes over to be petted, and the other one pushes in. One dog goes to look out the window, and the other does the same. Open the door, and there's a little race to see who can go out first. Honestly, it is just like sibling rivalry (sorry kids) and I hope they can work it out. If they don't, we will need to get a bigger bed.

I'm what?

I took the "What Country are you?" quiz, and the survey says:
You're Sweden!
After years of trying to rule the world around you, you've finally put aside violence in favor of advocating peaceful resolution. There's still a little Viking in you, but mostly you like Nobel Prize winners and long nights by the fire. And safe cars. You always read the safety manual in airplanes, and you're just a little cold.