Today’s meal:
- Hamburgers,
- leftover corn,
- leftover mac n cheese,
- raspberry lemonade
When we have our cow processed at the plant, we pay extra for them to patty some of the ground beef. This makes it so much easier, come meal time. There is no thawing or prep necessaary!! I light the grill, throw the frozen burgers on and voila!- Dinner!
You can buy pattied burgers at the store too. If you go to the freezer section of your grocer, you should be able to find an 8 lb box of burgers. These patties are flash frozen and then put into a cardboard box. If you want to save yourself some time and money, you can patty your own burgers and freeze them. After you have shaped them, place two (2) sheets of waxed paper between each burger. Wax paper doesn’t freeze and so separating them will be much easier. To separate frozen patties, bang them on the counter on their side or slide a butter knife in between.
If you are preparing your meal in the house instead of the grill, you have a couple options for frozen patties. You can put them in a hot skillet with a small amount of water and a tight fitting lid or you can broil them in your oven. I don’t have a broiler pan but I do have two cookie racks. I put the cookie racks on a cookie sheet and this works as an excellent substitute for a broiler pan. Heavy cookie sheets work best, thin ones may warp and spill the grease into your oven.
Some of you may like to flavor your burgers with something. We do not use anything but salt and pepper but I know some people use garlic salt or seasoning salt with excellent results. When grilling them I also grill onions- they are delicious!!
Enjoy your burgers!
