Depression Era Hamburgers

Submitted by GingerlyJ

"This recipe was handed down to me from my Great-grandmother who told stories of how clever they had to be to make things stretch during the Depression era My great- grandparents made it by turning their house into a boarding house. One of the meals she made to make sure everyone got some food were these thin burgers. The taste is awesome"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 6 burgers
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 large egg
• 1 medium onion
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 12 slices white bread
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 12 slices American cheese

directions

1. Grate half the onion and thinly slice theother.
2. in a big bowl combine meat, egg, and spices
3. shape into thin patties.
4. spread butter on each side of the bread.
5. in a skillet cook bread 3 minutes on each side.
6. cook the burgers and drain the grease from skillet.
7. blot off extra grease with paper towels.
8. top each burger with a slice of cheese.
9. put pattys on bread and top with thinly sliced onion.

Reviews

[eprivite]

My family has been using many of the 'depression era' recipes as meal time staples forever because they are so simple and delicious. One of my families basic strategies at that time was using crackers or oats to stretch meat based dishes. You can't even tell its been done and when you use oats it makes the meal a little healthier. For burgers you add a quarter cup of oats (or the same of crushed crackers and omit the salt you would add) per pound of meat. It makes for a heartier burger so you fill up faster and use less meat per sandwich!