This sure brings back memories for me. As a child, grandmother would stretch
her ground beef by making a meatloaf mixture and then frying them as
hamburgers. With so many little grandchildren hanging on her apron it was a
frugal and tasty thing to do. I fry hamburgers in this fashion every once in
awhile for a treat!



"Bob" > wrote in message
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> Dimitri replied:
>
>>> I make variations on Jamie Oliver's "Botham Burgers". Minced beef,
>>> finely chopped red onions, mustard, ground coriander and egg, baked in
>>> the oven.
>>>
>>> K
>>
>> With all do respect to Mr. Oliver - that is a meat loaf not a hamburger.
>> AKA he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.
>
> I thought the same thing when I read the post, but as I mentioned in a
> previous post, you *can* make burgers out of uncooked meatloaf. If that
> meat
> mixture had been grilled or pan-fried instead of being baked, would you
> still say it isn't a burger? I'll concede that it wouldn't be a HAMBURGER,
> but I think it would be a burger of sorts. Regardless of the
> classification, the description sounds pretty good, and I'm going to try
> it
> one of these days -- and that's what this newsgroup is all about, right?
>
> Bob
>