On Sun 03 Aug 2008 01:40:39p, koko told us...

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> Last night we had burgers. Stan calls it hamburger steak, I guess when
> it's not in a bun it's a steak, oh well. call it what you will they
> were great.
>
> If you don't want to bother with the clicking it's blabbed on my blog
> also.
>
> I boiled some red potatoes so we could smush them with a fork and top
> with lots of hamburger gravy.
> http://i33.tinypic.com/t6ytqb.jpg
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> To the ground beef I added a little salt, pepper and a few shakes of
> Worcestershire sauce. Dang, did you know that Worcestershire is in
> spell check? cool. After forming the patties they got a good fry in
> the skillet.
> http://i33.tinypic.com/1pynba.jpg
>
> Since the beef was so lean I had some, but not enough fat to make the
> gravy, so I add a hunk of butter to the pan. I know, this defeats the
> purpose of buying lean beef, but c'mon we need some gravy here.
> http://i37.tinypic.com/2qizi1t.jpg
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> While the butter was melting away I added some finely chopped green
> onion tops. I didn't have shallots or chives so this had to do. It did
> just fine.
> http://i37.tinypic.com/9j0xvl.jpg
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> Sprinkled in a little flour to make a roux.
> http://i34.tinypic.com/2l902h0.jpg
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> Once it cooked a little to get rid of the raw flour taste I added some
> beef stock and whisked away like crazy.
>
> I almost didn't include this photo, so before you see the photo I want
> to explain something. See the extremely dirty pot in the background?
> that's the one I boiled the potatoes in and they boiled over. I put a
> lid on the pot to bring them to a boil quicker and didn't keep a keen
> eye on them.
> http://i36.tinypic.com/v4yw68.jpg
>
> Sorry, I didn't get a photo of the finished gravy. Drat!!!!!
>
> This gravy rocks, it turned out soooo good I could have licked the
> pan.
>
> I had some have some French Haricot Vert that I threw in the skillet
> with some budduh. I cooked them until they and the butter were
> browning. Dang, were they good.
> http://i37.tinypic.com/5wvz9y.jpg
>
> The moral of the story is, buy lean ground beef so you can add tons of
> butter to the accouterments.
>
> koko
> There is no love more sincere than the love of food
> George Bernard Shaw
> www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
> updated 8/03
>

Simple foods like that are *so* good and so comforting. We always called
that hamburger steak at home, too.

Looks delicious!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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