[Shotimes] OT (but what isn't anymore?) my dinner

[Ron Nottingham]

Sorry, Ian, Salsa burgers were the rage here in Dalton many years ago :-)
They are really good, BTW.

Oh yeah, did you have a Corona and lime with your salsa burger?  That's the
ONLY way to fly!

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
90 SHO
"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu>


> I found a winner tonight, something that I can keep falling back on. I
> thought that I'd share in case anyone shares my strange tastes and wants
> a winner when they are in a bind for time.
>
> First of all, I guess I should give some history. Being a college
> student, I've learned the valuable lesson of eating in and making my own
> meals. For awhile I thought that this meant eating ramen noodles and
> mayonnaise and cheese sandwiches forever. (inside joke, but please tell
> me that someone else eats mayo and cheese sandwiches?)
>
> Anyway, I've been cooking decent meals for myself a lot lately. Nothing
> really great, nothing terrible, but a lot of experimental stuff (no, I'm
> not running a meth lab in my kitchen). Some of it is edible and some of
> it is good. I tried something new tonight and I thought that I'd share
> because I am REALLY bored and tired from work today and I don't feel
> like doing any of my homework right now..(the list is my distraction)
>
> I like those Topps hamburger patties. I don't have a family living with
> me so I don't get the family pack. I do however get the much larger
> picnic pack (although I don't picnic often) and that lasts me at least a
> month and annoys my housemate that I share the freezer with, I'm sure.
>
> What did I make that was so good? Hold on; I'll only waste your time for
> a few more minutes..
>
> Microwave the patty for 1.5 minutes. This is a cool trick that I learned
> from someone. It gets all the grease and fat out and still leaves you
> with something left to fry in a pan.
>
> Place red/brown patty in frying pan and cook on high.
> Turn overhead stove fan (which never works anyway)on and make sure the
> smoke alarm is disconnected.
> Spread mayo (Helmans Real mayo, not the low fat junk) on 2 pieces of
> white bread (your bread preference may vary).
> Add McCormick's all season salt liberally to the patty as it is frying.
> Add pepper as well.
>
> Add a nice chunk of sharp cheddar cheese to the patty and let it melt.
> After patty is cooked to your satisfaction, transfer it to the bread.
>
> Now, I've done everything from  adding fried eggs, catsup, Jamaican Jerk
> seasoning and mustard etc at this step.
>
> Tonight I thought for a few second and put the catsup down. I added
> salsa instead.
>
> Ok, people are either vomiting or getting hungry at this point.
>
> Anyway, that's it. It took about 5 minutes to cook and I at least
> thought that it was good enough to make another one. It goes well with
> beer and that's probably why I felt that it was prudent to post this to
> the list (the beer made me do it). So let me know; is this a good
> starting point for a marketable recipe book? ;) j/k
>
> I at least want to know if anyone else out there eats mayo and cheese
> sandwiches?
> What about cook kielbasa in beer?
>
> I figured that the list could use something light hearted since there is
> some building tension on the list lately.
>
> Ian "yeah, this was a really strange post" Fisher
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