Our Family Food Favorites: Barbecue Beef Burgers

Mar 28, 2015

Barbecue Beef Burgers

An old family favorite that we have eaten since the 50's.

Picture from lifesambrosia.com.

Barbecue Beef Burgers

Serves 10

2 Tablespoons cooking fat

1 pound hamburger

½ cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery (optional)

1 small can mushrooms (optional)

1 cup canned tomatoes

¼ cup catsup

1 cup water

¼ teaspoon chili powder

2Tablespoon tapioca

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon pepper

1 Tablespoon vinegar

1 Tablespoon Worcheshire sauce

Brown hamburger in fat. Add onions, celery and mushrooms. Mix all ingredients together and simmer. Serve on hamburger buns.

Recipe shared by Karen.

"Saying Grace" by Norman Rockwell

This painting was created for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post’s 1951 Thanksgiving issue. It portrays a woman and a young boy saying grace in a crowded restaurant while the people around them glance in their direction. Rockwell was inspired to create this artwork by a reader of the magazine who saw a Mennonite family praying in a restaurant.

In 1955, the readers of The Saturday Evening Post voted Saying Grace as their favorite ever cover. The painting was sold for $46 million in an auction at Sotheby’s in December 2013. At that time, it set the record for the most expensive American painting ever sold at auction. The $46 million paid for Saying Grace remains the highest known price paid for a Norman Rockwell artwork.