BBQ Beef Patties
“Moist & tender burgers baked in a tangy BBQ sauce”
This recipe looked like it was clipped from a local cookbook, that included the main dish and 2 side dishes. Originally I was going to use a homemade thick barbecue sauce my mother used to make, but once I looked over the recipe the simplicity of the dish intrigued me. I decided to follow the recipe pretty closely only making a few minor changes. The beef patties turned out moist and tender and the sauce was a great compliment to the burgers. Image small individual meatloaves when you think of this recipe.
Any time I use ground beef, or really any cut of meat, I think of a story my father told me about his grandfather whom had passed on long before I was born. He told me many stories about my great-grandfather. The story that has always stood out in my mind has alway been how my great-grandfather stopped eating beef.
My great-grand father was born in the late 1800’s, long before the great depression. He always lived a simple life. He had a big garden and worked in the coal mine. My grandparents had lived with my great-grandparents since they were first married. From my understanding, great-grandpa ate all the staples of the time. Including every kind of beef and pork imaginable.
One day while helping the local butcher process a cow, how do I say this nicely, the cow was pregnant. From that day on he refused to eat beef. He couldn’t get that experience out of his mind. This was not an easy task for my grandmother who did most of the cooking. Ground beef was a staple, inexpensive, and an easy ingredient for dinner back in that day. So she would have to make 2 separate main dishes usually some kind of pork, mostly in the form of bacon for my great-grandfather.
One day when the family had gathered for dinner my grandmother had made hamburger patties for dinner. Of course bacon was on the menu for her father (my great-grandfather) who was in the later years of his life. While every one was eating he looked up and said I think I’ll have one of those sausage patties, so my grandmother place one of the beef patties on his plate. Everyone was looking at him with their eyes wide open with amazement, especially since no one had seen him eat beef in years.
He finished the patty and looked at my grandmother and said “that is the best sausage patty I’ve every had. And I think I’ll have another.” My grandmother without skipping a beat picked up another patty and place it on his plate and said “Yes it is.”Everyone laughed to themselves and as far as I know that was the last time he had every eaten a piece of beef.
I hope you enjoy the beef patties, they are wonderfully moist and flavorful.
Also extremely quick and easy to make for dinner.
Enjoy
Moisten bread crumbs with milk
Combine with ground beef salt & pepper
Gently mix
Form into 4 patties
(the picture is a half recipe)
Combine sauce ingredients
Pour over patties
Bake and enjoy!!
