5 american aka Recipes

ground chuck, ground sirloin, lipton onion soup mix, dry bread crumbs (unseasoned seems to work best), egg, beaten lightly with a fork, pepper, water , for brushing on tops of buns before baking, pepperidge farms miniature dinner rolls (pepperidge farm minis are quite thin and very soft buns - about the size of a lady finger cookie - so find whatever is closest to that, or if necessary, cut some soft dinner rolls in halves and squish down just a tad!), whole dills cut in thin slices lengthwise, condiments, ketchup, mustard, velveeta or american cheese slices

kaiser roll, split, egg, fried (or scrambled ), pork roll , taylor brand, fried, american cheese

ground chuck (80 percent lean) or ground turkey (90 percent lean), kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, canola oil, american cheese, each 1/4 inch thick, potato hamburger buns, split; toasted, if desired (see below ), beefsteak tomato (optional), leaves romaine lettuce (optional), red onion (optional), horseradish mustard mayonnaise , optional, handfuls of potato chips, mayonnaise, dijon mustard, drained prepared horseradish, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

elbow macaroni (or any small pasta, such as penne rigate), hamburger, chopped onion, crushed tomatoes (if using whole canned tomatoes just be sure to crush them, and stewed tomatoes work well too), tomato sauce, sugar, salt and pepper, to taste