Cafe Salle Pleyel Hamburger

Per Nana ~

Our recipe for this week was "Cafe Salle Pleyel" hamburgers.  

Since Tricia is traveling, I borrowed some of her food tasters

 and we all enjoyed a lovely dinner.

This was a really good hamburger. The filling mix consisted

of sundried tomatoes, capers, cornichons and herbs - which

 gave it a wonderful flavor.  I made the onion marmalade

 and used sandwich slices of dill pickle cut into strips.

My only complaint was that it was too much meat

 for each hamburger.  It looked more like a mini meatloaf.

 Hubby and I only ate half of the burger,

but they were delicious.

My method of cooking was pan frying, but I know

this would be great on a grill too.  

I served the  Barefoot Contessa's "Sagaponack Corn Pudding"

and a mixed salad with this recipe.

Per Tricia ~

I missed out on this one but my guys enjoyed it - big time.

 I was in Buckhead/Atlanta for the week and enjoyed

 many lovely restaurants.  Not surprising, my favorite

 ended up being the "Varsity"  near Georgia Tech.

It is the worlds' largest drive-in restaurant and

showcases hotdogs, burgers, fries, chiili and similar goodies. 

  One of their claims to fame is the standard "what'll ya have"

that the cashiers holler out to encourage people to

 step up and order.  It is hilarious - you hear a continual

chant of this from behind the counter. 

They had arguably the best onion rings I have ever tasted

 (and I have tasted a lot.....)and their "naked dog" and

 "slaw dogs" were amazing.  That said, I still wish I was

 home to taste the "Dorie Burgers"........