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Saturday, December 05, 2009

The Taste of Home.

Wait – let me stop and unbutton the top button on my jeans. 

Okay now I can take a breath and tell you this story.I almost named this post ‘Ode to a hamburger’  but on second thought, maybe that would have been too romantic.  On maybe Wednesday of this week, Camillo said, “I stopped at the butcher and bought hamburger meat so you can cook us a hamburger.” I almost groaned out loud thinking ‘oh hamburgers here are sooooo baaaad.  not at all worth the calories.’  Background:  to buy hamburger meat you have to stop at a butcher and have it made fresh, that sounds good but they double or triple grind it – put it through the grinder until it has the texture of water soaked bread and there is no fat on the meat (good thing for your body) to add flavor while grilling.   But to the shock and dismay of the butcher Camillo insisted on only one pass through the grinder and to use type A  meat.  (whatever that means)

By Friday my mind (and body) got into the idea and I started planning the meal.
This morning I thawed the meat and thought about going to spinning class so I deserved to eat a hamburger with BUN.  But didn’t – sat in front of the computer reading the news, making comments on FSO blogs and answering emails….. I know I burned at least 250 calories doing this finger tapping workout.   This afternoon at exactly 1:00, I put the meat in a bowl, salt and peppered it, added about a tablespoon of vegetable oil and set it aside.  Cleaned and thin sliced a couple of medium sized white potatoes – set them aside.  cleaned lettuce, sliced tomatoes, sliced onion put on two small plates and set them on the table….
NOW the good part.  Sautéed in butter - mushrooms, onion and crushed garlic in a small pan.  Removed them from the heat…. put the drippings on a flat skillet and grilled 3 hamburger patties.  (rare!) Meanwhile in a small pan I fried the potatoes in hot oil till crispy (here called batata Portuguese) at home maybe could be considered homemade potato chips.
Removed the hamburgers, sliced the buns (store bought Brazilian style buns) toasted them on the grill, set the hamburger with mushrooms and onions, open faced buns and potatoes (chips) on a plate with the lettuce etc. on the side.   Did you notice I don’t have a photo?  Jeeze, they were so good.  They tasted just like home….. sorry I forgot to stop and take a photos – next time okay?

8 comments:

  1. That sounds so good, and I'm so hungry! Sounds like Camillo has been listening, huh?
    I'm so glad it was everything you wanted!!! Fun post!

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  2. Ginger, that sounds so good. My mind could see the picture you didn't take. I'm glad it turned out good. Do you and Camillo ever take trips back to Texas?

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  3. Sounds delicious ....my son asked for hamburgers tonight too, so I'll be making them as well. xxx

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  4. Jarielyn - Camillo and I don't go often together, were there together about 2 years ago. I will go this march - april. and maybe we will spend Christmas there in 2010 - this Christmas we will go to Paris.... can't wait to take my camera there.

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  5. Call me un-American, but I they are not at the top of my list, buuuuuut I do like the patty with mushrooms, onions sauteed, and a splash of worshester sauce, and lots of pepper...I prefer no bun at all!

    Glad you got type A, which means the best meat I assume, it does here, and enjoyed every bite!

    This was a great post gingerv!

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  6. They sound so yummy!

    My local wine bar and resteraunt do mean hamburgers. They are hand made but served without the buns.

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  7. Hello Ginger V. I just noticed your kind comment on my Looking like my Mother blog. I forget to look there since I kind of use that to play with. I am so glad you stopped by. I did not have a friend in Brazil. I love the Caribbean. I have been on missionary trips to Belize, vacations in Jamaica and Grand Caymuns, and Bermuda. Not Caribbean but i love it.
    QMM

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  8. With your great description, photos were not needed. My mouth was watering, especially when you got to the mushroom part.

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