Best burgers are home cooked.
Now try this and see how you like it. Take the ground beef and add brown sugar to the meat. I don't know the exact amount so you will have to start out with a small amount and work your way up. You will know when it is the correct amount.
This will ONLY work on a flat top grill so that the brows sugar will caramelize on the burger. This may also work buy just adding the brown sugar to the pre packaged / shaped burger but it still must be cooked on a flat top grill.
Toast the bun with a very small amount of butter, add onions, mustard and a pickle slice or two and you have a classic Swenson's burger.
There is a small drive-in restaurant chain in the Akron Ohio area that started making burgers this way back in the 1930's and is still going strong. Lebron James about Swenson's as he was a frequent diner when he lived in the area.
I found this recently.
Swenson's signature dish, the Galley Boy, is two modest-size patties of beef, cheese, mayo-onion sauce and barbecue sauce on a buttered and toasted bun. Optional condiments include ketchup, relish, sweet pickles, horseradish, Worcestershire, Tabasco, cocktail, honey mustard, tartar and Cajun spice. Garnish choices are tomato, lettuce, olives, grilled onions, hot peppers, bacon, Coney sauce and cole slaw."
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Here's recipes:
http://www.recipesfromrestaurants.com/mf…
Mix a generous amount of brown sugar to your ground beef! And I mean generous amount! You want to make sure that your burgers aren't too big, a 1/4 lb burger will do!
You want to make sure you have fresh baked buns from your local deli or whatnot. Make sure you butter the buns and toast them lightly!
VELVEETA CHEESE is KEY! Not the pre-sliced Velveeta, make sure you get the real deal Velveeta cheese block and slice it your self!
Swenson's Burgers are generally served w/ Cheese, Vidalia Onions, Pickles & Mustard unless otherwise specified!
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Swenson's
They are known for their Galley Boy sandwich, a double-cheeseburger with two sauces: a barbeque-base (sweet and savory) and a mayonnaise-base (reminiscent of tartar sauce, but creamier). Coupled with extra-crispy and delicious onion rings, fried zucchini
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Tartar Sauce
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon dill pickle relish
1 tablespoon minced onion
2 tablespoons dill pickle juice (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise, pickle relish, and minced onion. Stir in pickle juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
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Delicious Barbeque Sauce
1 cup taco sauce
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon dry hot mustard
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 dash hot pepper sauce
In a medium bowl, whisk together taco sauce, white sugar, molasses, vegetable oil, cider vinegar, soy sauce, dry hot mustard, dried oregano and hot pepper sauce. Chill covered in the refrigerator until ready for use.
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