Request From: Chris >
> Hello, I am looking for a recipe for a dish that used to be served in
our
> high school cafeteria. They called them "ranchburgers" but everything
I've
> searched for has nothing to that effect, only regular hamburgers made
with
> ranch dressing. What I'm looking for is an open faced sandwich served on
a
> toasted bun heel.

Sounds like a variation I have seen on Maid-rites, where the sauce is
really
cooked down juices from the hamburger meat and filler (many schools used
bulghur wheat as a filler in the '70s, I'd start with 10% by weight).

Start with the following Maid-rite recipe and add a little cooked bulgher
to
get the right consistency, and top with cheese of choice instead of
mustard
& pickle.

* Exported from MasterCook *

Maid-Rite Loose Meat Sandwich

Recipe By :Todd Wilbur
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1 pound ground beef
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 dash ground black pepper
4 hamburger buns
yellow mustard
minced onion
dill pickle slices

Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium-low heat. As the meat
cooks use a wooden spoon (or a potato masher) to chop the meat into fine,
rice-size pieces. Drain fat.
Add salt and pepper and continue to stir over low heat for 5 more
minutes.
Build each sandwich by pressing the hot ground beef into a 1/2 cup
measuring cup. Dump the meat onto the bottom of a plain hamburger bun. Add
mustard on the top bun, along with pickles and minced onion if desired.
Top
off the sandwich, then heat it up in your microwave oven for 10 to 15
seconds to warm the buns. Serve with a spoon as they do in the
restaurants.

Description:
"It's been an Iowa tradition since 1926 and one of our long-time
requested
items at TSR. Even TV comedienne Roseanne and her Iowa native ex-husband
Tom Arnold spoke many salivating praises of Maid-Rites when they shared
a
home together in the state"
Source:
"Top Secret Recipes"
S(Internet Address):

"http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_26347,00.html"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 475 Calories; 32g Fat (62.2%
calories
from fat); 23g Protein; 22g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 96mg
Cholesterol; 451mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 1/2 Lean
Meat;
5 Fat.


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