On Aug 3, 1:40*pm, koko > wrote:
> 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.
> ....
> To the ground beef I added a little salt, pepper and a few shakes of
> Worcestershire sauce.

Repeating what I said in another thread, try the Penzey's Chicago
seasoning: salt, pepper, lemon peel, liquid smoke.

> 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

Good move.

> The moral of the story is, buy lean ground beef so you can add tons of
> butter to the accouterments

Last time I made almost the identical meal I ground up sirloin for the
patties. That let me add the butter, too, and I had a handful of
mushrooms to add to the gravy making. -aem