THE MENU SOMETHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL MCDONALD BURGER ONLY BETTER

I know this sounds like a crazy idea.

You need a smallish medium size hamburger bun. I like the potato buns, but they are not original.

You have to lightly toast the buns only on the sliced side down in a pan, brushed with say olive oil and or bacon fat. Also not original. They probably used hydrogenated vegetable oil. You can use beef tallow; that is good, if you can get it or render it.

You need to get good tender lean ground beef. Your choice. Also not original.

Make a thin pattie. I mean 1/3 inch uncooked, so it goes to maybe 1/4 inch thick, cooked.

Broil this or saute it, either way. Saute is maybe not original.

Assemble the burger using a mixture of yellow mustard and catsup, minced sweet or slightly pickled minced onion, and a thin slice or two of sliced dill pickle, all on the bottom.

For me, even as a kid, this was condiment weirdness. I liked mustard and then, mayonnaise, on a hamburger, catsup on french fries, but not all three or even the McDonalds two together. I don't recall that McDonalds ever used mayonnaise.

 

If you want something like the old McDonalds cheeseburger, add a thin slice of cheap cheddar or velveeta cheese, broiled briefly on top. I would never use this cheese, but what I do is not really original, but better. Use the cheese you want.

 

This is a very smallish hamburger if done more or less correctly. You need to eat at least two per person. There were smaller ones, Royal Castle.