Let's Talk BBQ
General => General Discussion & Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: Smokin Don on July 03, 2017, 12:15:40 PM
-
Jul 02 2017
Yes I am still kicking here. Not a good year for me. Right after Christmas I got stomach flu; the two strains going around, back to back. Then May finally came with rain 23 days and never got my garden in.
I started what I thought was stomach flu again; it got bad enough I had my wife take me to emergency May 30th. I spent 4 days getting a liquid diet via IV’s, does not taste good! They sent me home and would need to have two more tests as an outpatient; upper and lower GI. I get one July 17 and the other August 17. Hope they turn out well.
I got behind staying up on posts here. I saw where Gene (Hikerman) had a heart attack and also knew Hub had one. Hope you two are doing well. I got behind in here; for about 2 weeks I never even got on the PC.
The last 4 or 5 days I perked up some and have been cooking some. My diet is almost normal now. Here is a recipe for some latke burgers some may want to try.
Jul 02 2017
I wanted to fix something different and thought of latke burgers. I thought I had something new but searched the net and had been done before. Most of the latke burgers were just a thin latke on a burger patty. Some called potato burgers had shredded potatoes mixed in the burger.
I wanted to try these out on my griddle but was pretty hot today and my one knee was bothering me so just did stove top in my Lodge CS skillet. I used Ore Ida hash browns; you can grate your own but the frozen ones are already pretty dry. I didn’t have a recipe just mixed ground chuck and the hash browns for two patties with equal amounts. Added some grated onion, a beaten egg and ¼ cup plain bread crumbs. I mixed well and made two patties.
I made up the salads and added some sliced onions and garlic flakes to mine and had blue cheese dressing. My wife likes vinaigrette on hers. I mixed some sour cream and dill relish for on the sandwiches.
I added olive oil to cover my skillet and heated on medium (5) on my electric glass top stove. I did them 4 minutes then and flipped for another 4 minutes. They were plenty brown but were not up to temp so I covered them with a lid for another 2 minutes and were good. I had toasted the buns under the broiler.
They tasted pretty great for something different. Mine were a little thicker than I wanted. I suggest making them just ½ inch thick and cook at a little lower temp than you normally do burgers to get done and not burn the potatoes.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Indoor-Cooking/i-L8xndrL/0/ebf7ffc8/L/_7029021-L.jpg) (https://donaldainsworth.smugmug.com/Indoor-Cooking/i-L8xndrL/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Indoor-Cooking/i-sLCZZMF/0/0d7c4364/L/_7029022-L.jpg) (https://donaldainsworth.smugmug.com/Indoor-Cooking/i-sLCZZMF/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Indoor-Cooking/i-7dfPVVf/0/1b82a8db/L/_7029026-L.jpg) (https://donaldainsworth.smugmug.com/Indoor-Cooking/i-7dfPVVf/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Indoor-Cooking/i-jd6jq2V/0/d09ef326/L/_7029024-L.jpg) (https://donaldainsworth.smugmug.com/Indoor-Cooking/i-jd6jq2V/A)
Smokin Don
-
Glad your doing better SD. Food looks great has always. One plate plz.
-
Likewise, glad you're up and at'em! Thanks for keeping us informed! Now, as far as that food goes, I just licked my screen if that tells you anything :P
-
Glad to hear you are doing better Don! Food looks delicious and I must give that a try!
-
Glad to see you back
-
Don, I was just thinking of you. I am very glad to hear you are doing better!
Latke burgers? Never heard of them, but it sure looks good!
Cliff
-
I was checking yesterday to see when you were last active.
This post just made my day :)
Feel better my friend 8)
-
Get well Don you are the best
-
Nice to hear from you my friend ... Them burgers are the bomb!!
-
Don, I was just thinking of you. I am very glad to hear you are doing better!
Latke burgers? Never heard of them, but it sure looks good!
Cliff
I also never heard of them, but as a kid , my mama would sometimes put potato pancakes on our hamburgers. So I guess I have indeed eaten them.
I myself will sometimes throw a (store bought) potato cake on a burger, so..... :D :D
But I love the crispness of yours.
Got to try that.
-
Looks fantastic. Glad you are doing better SD
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
-
Good to hear from you Don and as usually our spread looks delicious.
:thumbup: :)
-
Don,
Nice to hear from you and sure am glad that you are still kicking. Love the looks of your burgers. Will have to give them a try. Hang in there and keep the posts coming.
Dave
-
Glad you are starting to feel better. As always, I'll take a plate!
-
Thanks to all for the kind words! Don