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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 02:49 PM
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If you poke a hole in the center of your hamburger patty
It won't shrink when you cook it.

Just FYI. :D
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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 02:50 PM
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1. Have you actually tried
that?
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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 02:55 PM
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4. I'm eating one right now
grilled by my husband last night.

It's a nice big patty, with a dime sized hole in the middle.
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 02:51 PM
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2. That's what bellybuttons are for, too!
Ever cook someone without one? They're like Shrinky-Dinks!

On the other hand, everyone I know with a bellybutton has gone on only to get bigger.
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 02:51 PM
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3. How big of a hole?
Like pointer finger size?
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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 02:55 PM
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5. Yep
Doesn't have to be huge.

Don't ask me how it works though. :D
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 02:58 PM
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6. If you use really lean hamburger the patty won't shrink.
mmmm... hamburgers!
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:06 PM
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9. True, but the burger will also be drier and less appealing than one made with
ground beef with a higher fat content.

I use 85/15 for hamburgers.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:42 PM
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13. I cook them a shorter time.
I prefer the leaner meat for burgers. Plenty juicy and plenty appealing!
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:01 PM
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7. and if you roll a pat of butter into the center of each patty
the meat stays extra juicy.
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:03 PM
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8. I'm a vegetarian
but you got me wondering why that happens. Apparently the hole stops the meat from getting "puffy" and causes it to constrict around the hole, essentially closing the hole but keeping the burger flat and relatively the same size.

Tired of those pesky burgers you're grilling getting all shrunk up, turning into "burger balls"? Serve nice, flat, fit-on-your-bun burgers by putting a hole in the center of your patty before you cook it. The hole should be about the size of a nickel. The meat will shrink to the center, filling in the hole while remaining flat!
http://www.thelightkeeper.com/ahp/kitchen/cooktips.htm#meat
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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:07 PM
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10. Thanks!
I was curious why it worked.
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QMPMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:25 PM
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11. And to add to the food trivia....
If you put a large spike nail lengthwise in your potatoes before you bake them, they will bake much faster. I have a friend who will not bake potatoes any other way.
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Yog Sothoth Donating Member (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:29 PM
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12. mmmmmmm, hamburger donuts...
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 04:06 PM
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14. I'll have to try that.
Thanks for the tip!

:)
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 04:11 PM
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15. White Castle has five holes.


They couldn't shrink any smaller.
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