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Default Egg in hamburger patty?

Julie Bove wrote:
> I was shocked at what I saw last night. I was watching Gordon
> Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and he concocted a new burger for a
> restaurant that contained egg yolks, mustard, onion, Worcestershire
> (sp?) sauce and maybe a few other things. I certainly hope they
> declared on the menu that it was a secret recipe or some such thing. A
> plain hamburger patty has been my restaurant staple since being
> diagnosed with the food allergies.
> Has anyone heard of putting egg in there before? I've heard of
> onions and even cheese, but not the other stuff. The only thing I
> personally have put in a burger is an ice cube in the center. I read
> to do this when I was a child and I used to make them that way. I'm
> sure these days there is some sort of food safety thing that prevents
> one from doing it. And I'm not sure it really made them any juicier.
> These days if I do cook a patty at home (maybe twice a year), I buy
> the pre-made frozen ones.


I have always used egg as a binder in meatballs and meat loaf, not
hamburgers though. I seriously doubt that most restaurants would put egg in
a burger patty.