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January 21st, 2009 at 10:50pm Conscripted Cherry

I’ve been thinking about my post for this month and what I should write.  Should it be something fun and lighthearted like my trip to the stock show and rodeo last Saturday?  Should it be something bizarre like going to Casa Bonita this weekend? (They have cliff divers inside the restaurant) Insightful?  I could do something about my attempt at actually keeping up with my new year’s resolutions and how it’s almost February and I’m still on track.  The weather?  It’s unseasonably warm here today so I raked leaves that have arrived since I raked leaves in the fall.

No.  I think I’m going to talk about what is most on my mind right now.  The hamburger I made for dinner yesterday.  It was perfect!!

I started with hamburger from the local market that grinds their own and grabbed a couple of sausage patties to mix in.  This gives a little flavor and fat to the meat.  I mushed everything up with a little salt and pepper and W sauce (you don’t really think I can spell it or pronounce it do you?) I got out my handy dandy Pampered Chef slicer, and used the hand guard, to slice three onions thin.  The burgers and onions got cooking.  Sharing flavors and becoming brown and yummy. In a seperate pan I put some burger drippings and a little butter and a container of mushrooms (I cheated and got the sliced ones) which got all toasty and yummy and were made even yummier with the addition of some red wine.  For a bun I picked up some Kaiser rolls.  I buttered one, placed it in the pan I had cooked the burgers and onions in, and let it get all toasty and brown.  I thought about adding pickles or other stuff to it but decided that a little mayo and mustard with the onions and mushrooms were all it needed.  And I was right.  I drank a bit more of the red wine while sitting on the front porch.  Talk about a perfect burger.

I don’t always work this hard to make a burger, but sometimes it’s just the right thing to do.  What is like that in your world?  Something you do or create that is not too bad most of the time, but sometimes you go all out and impress even yourself?

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