5 Pounds of Beef Makes 100 Burgers! | The Goodwill Burger

5 Pounds of Beef Makes 100 Burgers! | The Goodwill Burger - a recipe to stretch your dollar

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The Goodwill Burger comes from Wilkesboro, NC and it's said that one 5 pound batch of beef makes 100 burgers. Let's test that! Thanks to lovely for suggesting this one.
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0:00 Introduction
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2:19 Introducing the Goodwill Burger
3:14 I want answers.
4:26 $.10 burgers.
5:00 Wet buns.
6:06 Seasoning the meat.
9:09 Shaping the patties.
5:54 Beating the cream cheese.
7:59 100 burgers?
9:47 Cooking in lard.
10:45 Frying.
12:51 Coleslaw.
13:52 Assembly.
14:29 Taste test.
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@emmymade Жыл бұрын

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@emberrain7050 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Emmy! You returned a memory to me of my grandmother working in the cafeteria at Crowley's Ridge College. I would go with her and sit in the kitchen while she worked and my parents were in class. She would make these burgers for the students only instead of water they used powdered milk they had mixed with water. and they would toast the buns next to the burgers. The only seasoning they used was salt and pepper but they were awesome. I haven't had them like that since around the third grade when she retired. Looks like I know what I am doing the next time I make burgers.

@TheSimArchitect Жыл бұрын

@@emberrain7050 I was just thinking about beef stock. Onion powder for a McDonald's taste. Maybe an egg and some baking powder to make it fluffy... Oh damn, now I am changing it to a different monster. Sorry. 🤪

@jarred267 Жыл бұрын

Just wanted to add an annotation to the soy based ingredients used. I work for the company that invented TVP, and actually at the specific plant that was their former world headquarters. Soy flour is soy beans that are flaked, has the fat extracted , and lightly cooked in basically a giant vacuum kettle before being ground. Soy grits, are the same flakes cooked longer and lower temp until they brown, and are milled to a course powder. Grits are used as a really common ingredient in modern fast process soy sauces. We sell grits by the truck load to that one brand that starts with a K Soy grits are just a low fat alternative to japanese kinako. Kinako would be a decent sub for plain soy flour, and actually might add a bit of a better flavor / texture due to a more nutty/roasted flavor and the extra fat. TVP is normally the soy flour that has had a lot of the carbs removed via a wash with ethanol, before the flour is then run through an extruder with a bit of water. The water poofs to steam as it exits the pressure of the extruder causing the protein matrix of the soy to expand. Exact same machines are used to make cheetos from corn meal.

@tracyfromwv9374 Жыл бұрын

@@emberrain7050 Crowley's Ridge! I drove through there all the time visiting family in Jonesboro and Paragould!

@kerribell3837 Жыл бұрын

It's basically a meatloaf base. I would call that a meatloaf skillet burger! it looks delicious 😋

@jonhillman871 Жыл бұрын

i love to see emmy cook poverty vittles cuz it's no longer just amusing...it's downright necessary information.

@dvh3113 Жыл бұрын

It's sad that you're so right. 2022! We can be better if we just take the power.

@jeffduvall3179 Жыл бұрын

Amen

@aaronnauer2398 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Royalgazlite Жыл бұрын

Amen!

@lyricberlin Жыл бұрын

@@dvh3113 vote blue...no one wants a fascist US

@trexvalleygirl2770 Жыл бұрын

Boy does this bring back early memories. Mom used to make the hamburger and bread burgers. She added an egg if she had one and would make meatloaf. Anything to stretch a meal when she had no money and 3 hungry mouths to feed. I never realized how poor we were before mom remarried. I never knew our meals she made were because she couldn't afford anything else. It was always a treat to have her meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, or "slum-golian." Most meals were cereal and powdered milk. Mostly, I never understood that the reason she usually didn't eat with us is because she went without meals because there wasn't enough for her. We started putting the pieces together as we aged and asked enough questions for her to fess up. We still crave mom's mac and cheese. But I will NEVER miss powdered milk or government cheese. Emmy, I love watching you "discover" these recipes. Thank you for your series and all the work and time you put into all of your productions. Theresa

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

You're most welcome and thanks for sharing your stories. 😊

@AlwaysTubin9213 Жыл бұрын

I remember my mom skipping meals and not finding out why until I was older. Now, there are still rough days but I’m happy I can provide many meals for her these days so she doesn’t have to pretend she’s not hungry anymore.

@deannealbrecht774 Жыл бұрын

I actually do miss government cheese. Not powdered milk, though.

@cantwaltz Жыл бұрын

What is slum-golian?

@redbirddeerjazz Жыл бұрын

@@cantwaltz I too am intrigued!

@thegeekconservative6593 Жыл бұрын

My grandmother used to do something similar to this, she would use saltine crackers but she wouldnt hydrate them, they would be mixed in dry and the idea was that the dry crackers mixed in would absorb some of the fat instead of it all just leaking out into the pan, they were wonderful.

@AlwaysTubin9213 Жыл бұрын

I love that Emmy provides her research sources. Not only is she providing entertaining content but it truly shows the educational side of food that many often overlook. Such a great balance.

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Thank you. 😊

@thecunninlynguist Жыл бұрын

whimpy would be proud...does this gen know Whimpy? Am I showing my age?

@auntlynnie Жыл бұрын

I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today!

@helpfulnatural Жыл бұрын

🙋‍♀Yes, I am old enough to remember Whimpy. In fact, it's the first thing I thought of at the beginning of the video. 🙂

@goldbars777 Жыл бұрын

Love him.😂🍔🍔🍔

@jehoshuamambala7476 Жыл бұрын

Im gen z but I know wimpy, your not that old my friend😂

@rachelcotton215 Жыл бұрын

Popeye's sidekick

@edman1357 Жыл бұрын

This must’ve been how this one burger joint I went to in high school made their burgers. They were like 50 cents and 60 cents with cheese. Definitely gonna try this because I loved that place. Thank you!

@Gameprojordan Жыл бұрын

Plenty of burger shops make them this way. It's a cheap way to make burgers while still tasting good. There's also mixing ground pork with the beef to save costs, though I don't see that very often. It gives the patty a sort of sausage taste

@margeebechyne8642 Жыл бұрын

This sounded so good. I never would have thought to add chili powder and sage to my burgers. I think I will try this, like you with the 1 lb etc. Divvy up the patties with parchment and freeze them in packages of 5 burgers. For a quick, inexpensive dinner this winter. Thank you, Emmy.

@caroldennison8562 Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing about the chili powder/sage combo. I may try it, too.

@mjkay8660 Жыл бұрын

we added minced onion in the beef with ketchup abt 3Tablesoons per pound,, wow. perfect.

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Of course! You're most welcome.

@teesiemom Жыл бұрын

I can remember many times, when I was a little kid in the early 60s, and again during the recession of the 70s as a teen, stretching a pound of hamburger as far as it could be stretched. I was always helping mama in the kitchen, so I've seen her use crackers, oatmeal ground fine in a blender, dried potato flakes, shredded veggies, bread soaked in coffee or milk; just whatever she had on hand would work. She was amazing.😊

@trexvalleygirl2770 Жыл бұрын

We grew up in the same time period. I lived in a small town (less than 5000 people) during that time. Someone else commented and called them welfare burgers. (My mom would have been too proud to call anything welfare.) I think Emmy doing her lean times recipes is a good thing during these times. I would like to see some of the recipes you and your mom used. They sound creative. 💕

@worm_slop Жыл бұрын

The potato flakes sound good

@teesiemom Жыл бұрын

@@trexvalleygirl2770 she never wrote them down (like a lot of southern moms 😀), but I can try and remember some of them and write them out in the comments😊

@teesiemom Жыл бұрын

@@worm_slop Those tended to be my favorites. The others tended to be too much like meatloaf; although I loved my mom's meatloaf. 😏

@melskunk Жыл бұрын

It's rough that with inflation I'm revisiting all these hard time recipes and taking notes. This hamburger recipe could keep me going all winter

@Miss_Kisa94 Жыл бұрын

You don't have to think of it in such a negative light. Think of it this way these would be great to take to a large party or tailgating. You could also use it to feed the homeless. If you want to make it a little more fancy you can add cheese and bacon too. Basically just dress it up like a normal burger.

@melskunk Жыл бұрын

@@Miss_Kisa94 I'm thinking of it in such a negative light because things ARE in that light for me. I need ways to be able to afford to eat, food costs have rocketed up in the last 6 monthsb

@uncaringbear Жыл бұрын

@@melskunk It's not a negative light to think that way. You're doing your best under difficult circumstances and that's never a negative. Some people are just out of touch.

@Miss_Kisa94 Жыл бұрын

@@melskunk What I'm trying to say is to look on the bright side.

@Miss_Kisa94 Жыл бұрын

@@uncaringbear I'm not out of touch I just grew up poor my entire life so I have a different way of viewing things. Maybe your right though maybe living off welfare and food stamps as a child made me out of touch.

@MarkBrennan Жыл бұрын

I asked my 83 year old mum if I remembered it right that she used to send me shopping for 3/4lb of minced beef to make a family sized pie in the 70s when I was kid. She said yes that was how much she used. The filling was bulked out with chopped onion and grated carrot + beef stock cubes for flavour. Her pies were delicious and fed 6 people. Incredible really. She said it was the way she was shown and probably from a WW2 era recipe when meat was rationed. She usually used lard for cooking as our neighbour worked for a kosher butcher and he often gave her huge lumps of fat that had to be rendered down in the oven on a very low heat for 12 hours or so to make the lard.

@manthony777 Жыл бұрын

Kosher butcher using lard ??

@markswayne6326 Жыл бұрын

It was probably beef or lamb fat, and so technically tallow. I save the trim when I cut meat and render the tallow. It's really great for frying, especially potatoes. You can save the brown crispy fat bits after you render it too. The fat doesn't drain as well as it does when I make lard, so it doesn't make good chicharron. I grind up the crunchy bits to get a substance similar in texture to peanut butter. I use it by slicing out a small cube and dropping it into soup or stew to give extra browned beef flavor.

@joshuaharper372 Жыл бұрын

I also figure it was tallow not lard, since pork fat is certainly not kosher. Tallow is lovely to cook with, though it has a bit more flavor than lard.

@monstermcboo7282 Жыл бұрын

I love rendering my own tallow and lard from pastured animals. It makes the house smell so luxurious! I chop up the chilled fat really small in the processor before rendering and that gets the maximum amount of grease out faster. My son loves what he calls fat cracklins; I double fry the solids and then press them after I’ve rendered as much fat as I can. I always save that pan in the oven overnight and fry the eggs in the remnants of grease the next morning. So good. I tried store lard once and it was NOT good. I’m spoiled! 😂

@cormacjoy6916 Жыл бұрын

Emmy, I love it when you post thrifty and resourceful recipes! Your Hard Times playlist, and even your really old prison commissary recipe videos are my favourites to watch if I ever feel anxious. These old recipes that stretch ingredients and feed a crowd are comforting and inspiring as we all deal with rising food costs. They remind me that not only can we get by, we can feed our friends! (Even 100 friends!) 💙

@channah64 Жыл бұрын

yaaaay 100 friends!

@MadisonFalco Жыл бұрын

The commissary videos are some of my favorites too!

@downtime86stars17 Жыл бұрын

Amen! I'm thinking that I'll make a batch of these for freezing, just pull one out for dinner or lunch and reheat as needed.

@carols.martinez8533 Жыл бұрын

North Carolinian here. I honestly don't know of a single NC (or generally southern, I'm originally from Atlanta, GA) person who'd make that coleslaw without adding mayonnaise to it. Otherwise, it's just seasoned raw cabbage. 😂 As a side note, adding mustard, coleslaw and chili to burgers is referred to as "Carolina Style".

@racheljones6687 Жыл бұрын

Omg same I’m also from nc and I definitely cringed when she said this is the slaw and she didn’t add mayo 😭😭

@na195097 Жыл бұрын

This is basically to Italian coleslaw or vinegar slaw. Whoever ran the kitchen likely used a family recipe or moved into the area with a different regional recipe.

@victorialw1 Жыл бұрын

I'm here in Chicago, and they put slaw, made the way you mentioned, on pulled pork hoagies. I had never had it that way until we moved here. It makes sense that it came from the Carolinas, because you guys have the best barbecue! Back in 2018, I spent the summer there for my husband's work. I brought home several bottles of your barbecue sauce. 😂

@carols.martinez8533 Жыл бұрын

@@victorialw1, yep, coleslaw on BBQ sandwiches is a must!

@carols.martinez8533 Жыл бұрын

@@racheljones6687, I know, right? I have to admit I was completely dumbfounded by it. But hey, I've only lived in the western half of the state, so what those Easterner's do with their coleslaw isn't something I can say I know anything about. Still gonna' bet they add some Duke's mayo......😂

@mitch103178 Жыл бұрын

I understand you were going by a traditional recipe for this type of burger. Using beef bouillon or some other type of beef base in the bun water would probably sell the burger flavor a little more.

@loriki8766 Жыл бұрын

AND grandmas used "patty paper" for burgers - little squares of wax or parchment paper. They used a plate or pan to flatten them so the burgers had an even thickness.

@jayare6804 Жыл бұрын

@@loriki8766 like here 9:04?

@messy_messenger Жыл бұрын

That, plus frying in beef tallow instead of lard would really bump up the flavor!

@xzizy Жыл бұрын

I was also thinking about flavoring the water. Maybe some leftover soup stock/extra ramen package to add a little extra taste

@ndb_1982 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@uncaringbear Жыл бұрын

It would be very easy to upscale these burgers with some simple and cheap additions such as chopped onion, minced carrots, peppers and egg. You could also use nutmeg instead of sage and it'd be reminiscent of Japanese hamburg steak

@Avrysatos Жыл бұрын

oh I miss those... thank you for that idea.

@okimitchell1043 Жыл бұрын

Meat loaf burger 😊

@yump Жыл бұрын

downscale

@edgarbueno8027 Жыл бұрын

As someone who grew up in Wilkes County, NC. These burgers are amazing. I have not had one in 5 years, but a cafe near my work was the only place that sold them anymore. Delicious and cheap!

@jasminemaher8641 Жыл бұрын

This is pretty much how I was taught to make burgers when growing up. We'd use bread ends instead of buns in the mixture. Salt and pepper were a must, plus usually whatever spices you felt to add. If we had canned milk to spare, we'd moisturize with that, else water. They were served on bread usually, but sometimes buns, with mustard and ketchup.

@stephensteinhauer3346 Жыл бұрын

Ground beef, bread filler, and spices... so basically meatloaf patties. Sounds good to me. I'd toss in some chopped onion and worcestershire sauce. Maybe and egg or two.

@asahearts1 Жыл бұрын

When I worked at Wendy's I always said we sold meatloaf sandwiches, not burgers.

@paulherman5822 Жыл бұрын

Grated onion. Chopped might be too big of pieces. Or do what McDonald's does on their regular burgers: reconstituted dehydrated minced onion. 😁

@jeidina Жыл бұрын

Made me think of my mom making meatloaf !

@PaulMab9 Жыл бұрын

@@BengtBagels Very true! But it still might be more efficient to grate them, if you are aiming for super-fine anyway.

@janeysiegrist5061 Жыл бұрын

@@paulherman5822 those reconstituted onions are life at my house. I make a lot of stuff with those

@BrittDova Жыл бұрын

During Xmas I love bulk cooking meals for the needy/homeless. This is something I want to try this year. Great way to feed a crowd!

@marias8007 Жыл бұрын

Amazing love this

@firstname4337 Жыл бұрын

fuk the homeless

@aswatson76 Жыл бұрын

I was born and raised only about 20 miles from Wilkesboro. This burger is as also known locally as a Smithy burger after a local department store as she points out. The store had several locations locally. Anytime my grandparents and I would go shopping in town, I always had to get one.

@rosieweaselby Жыл бұрын

Did they have mayonnaise on the bun or anything else she might not have known about? I can’t imagine anyone in my family eating a burger without mayo on it, but who knows!

@aswatson76 Жыл бұрын

@@rosieweaselby If I remember correctly mustard and slaw, but not the slaw Emmy made. If you look up a recipe for NC white slaw this what they were served with.

@risboturbide9396 Жыл бұрын

So glad you got almost 3 million subscribers; well deserved!

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

@kyleeissomajestic Жыл бұрын

emmy is one of the backbones of OG youtube content, and deserves so much more credit! hope to see her continue to thrive on the platform for years to come. ❤

@esselellis9979 Жыл бұрын

@@kyleeissomajestic absolutely ❤️

@julieblair7472 Жыл бұрын

It's not totally fair to think of TVP as a processed food, the specific language on a package is weird, but it is no more processed than soybean oil. That is what the "defatted" part means It is just what is left after making the oil. It is no different from cocoa being what is left over after the cocoa butter is extracted. Or coconut flour after the coconut oil is removed.

@jgt2598 Жыл бұрын

All of those are processed foods. They had to go through a multi-step process to exist. Tofu and cheese are both processed foods. Cocoa is a processed food. Minimally processed foods are things like raw vegetables, whole wheat, raw meat. The potential health impacts associated with "processed" food is generally due to the processing concentrating fat (such as in cheese making), removing vitamins and minerals (bleached flour), or adding salts for preservation (pickling and canning).

@julieblair7472 Жыл бұрын

@@jgt2598 I get that, but just making a point because TVP is unfamiliar to a lot of people and I see it maligned a lot. That's why I listed its co-product soybean oil. If all foods labelled their product as plain and transparently as that bag of TVP it would be equally unappealing to people. Canola oil doesn't say that it's "chemically extracted alkalinized and bleached rapeseed oil" under the Wesson logo. I guess I could have said it's unfair to single out tvp as being a processed food, because it is fair to call it one.

@williamlazenby314 Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna definitely try these burgers. I'll probably substitute other seasoning instead of sage to give it more of a burger flavor. Can't wait to try it!

@isaakfaulk8067 Жыл бұрын

Theoretically you could feed yourself for a third of a year just on five pounds of beef. Pretty cool. This is a meal preppers dream.

@MelanieCravens Жыл бұрын

My dad would make hamburgers mixing in all the leftover veggies in the fridge and some oats and he called them Garbage Bucket Specials. They were awesome.

@Bille994 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the 'stuffing balls' I make as part of a Sunday Roast here in the UK. I use half fresh breadcrumbs, and half sausagemeat, along with butter-fried onions, fresh sage and salt and pepper. Rolled into balls, dipped in egg and then covered in golden breadcrumbs and baked. They're an absolute crowd pleaser! The recipe has been passed down through the generations, so I bet they're from the same world as this burger recipe.

@annabagwell7965 Жыл бұрын

That sounds delightful!

@annabagwell7965 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to make them soon!

@Bille994 Жыл бұрын

@@annabagwell7965 I'm so happy to hear that! I hope they turned out well

@potatopuddin2720 Жыл бұрын

I'm Lebanese, and this is how we eat our burgers! When burgers first started becoming popular here (1990's-2000's) it consisted of a heavily-extended meat mixture (sort of like yours, but with soaked bulgur-wheat instead of TVP) formed into a thin patty, topped with lots of coleslaw, french fries (yes, stuffed inside the burger!), ketchup and mustard, all filled in a large burger bun which was then toasted. Of course, with time, more typical burgers made with 100% ground beef and 'regular' add-ons became more popular, however, lots of old-timey restaurants still make the 'O.G.' burger which I actually prefer to the more contemporary ones. Taste of my childhood!

@dragdive Жыл бұрын

This video couldn't have come at a better time for me as I was laid off about 45min ago 😅 😭

@michaelbeams9553 Жыл бұрын

Good luck .

@yourmommy17 Жыл бұрын

My fiance loves when I make burgers because they taste like meatloaf lol. I've always added egg and breadcrumbs and lots of seasoning to my ground beef cause that's what my mom did so that's just how I thought you were supposed to make burgers

@sarahd3422 8 ай бұрын

I realized the reason I didn't like hamburgers was because of how bland pure ground beef was. Additives make it taste so much better.

@marijke589 Жыл бұрын

I love that you try these kind of recipes Emmy. I always find it funny that people are squeamish about lard, but for instance love things baked in bacon fat 😉. My mother used to ad rusk bread and a little bit of milk to ground meats, before she formed them into meatballs. It acted as a binder, but also to bulk things a bit. And I loved those meatballs! My mother had more of those little hacks to stretch certain product, so it was more for less money. And my mother is a great cook!

@clarencegreen3071 Жыл бұрын

Turns out that lard is not so bad after all. I wonder if a part of its bad reputation might have originated with the marketing people trying to sell vegetable oils, Crisco, and so forth, like the big scandal of fat vs sugar. On the other hand, I've eaten lard for many decades with no harmful effects other than my hair fell out, my beard turned gray, my skin got all wrinkly, and my memory went bad. Now I just don't know.

@masaharumorimoto4761 Жыл бұрын

Grandma used to make them JUST like this also, I still make them in her honor, albeit with panko instead of old bread, the panko really makes epic burgers!

@christianjepsen3679 Жыл бұрын

It's the miracle of the ground beef mixed with loaves

@annabagwell7965 Жыл бұрын

I love your response!

@lolareh8756 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for trying something new for us. I was thinking it might be a good idea to go ahead and freeze the patties and then you could just pull them out when you need something quick, because they would defrost very quickly. I'm going to try this on a small scale just to see how I like it before I commit to that many of them. Haha love your videos, keep them coming.

@Amozon28 Жыл бұрын

let us know how they freeze/taste after being frozen!

@cam-tv5rb Жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same! These would be such a cheap meal to always have on hand in the freezer!

@twylagariepy4347 Жыл бұрын

We make "meatballs" out of bread for my vegetarian daughter all the time so I can totally get the texture. Will have to try them with some cabbage slaw next time.

@ndb_1982 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@Zoot_of_Anthrax Жыл бұрын

Burgers in the depression era tended to be what you would think of as kids burger today. They were generally fairly small compared to today. Since burgers were so small i imagine the less beef patties didnt taste super different since they would have been small and lots of bread/veg/toppings by comparison

@sophiophile Жыл бұрын

I thought burgers back in the day generally didn't have all the veg and toppings we do now usually.

@ericalbany Жыл бұрын

@@sophiophile think a White Castle slider - thin patty, sprinkling of dehydrated onion, slice of pickle

@redwolfexr Жыл бұрын

@@ericalbany The big mac and whopper were not that different when they were introduced. (the whopper was considered HUGE back then) Also, Whataburger hasn't really changed much either. You can find plenty of historical advertisements from the period. The Big Mac was the more "typical size" - just double stacked. For that matter In'n'Out still are the same size as they started with. I think what may have changed is that some people want more veg than in the past - but really the sizes haven't changed much. A "quarter pound" is still 4 ounces.

@lopsickles Жыл бұрын

its strange, im from coastal NC, but i spent about 5 years in the mountains of NC. My hometown has a burger called a dough burger from a cafe named lovicks. its typical depression food, i wont how similar they are bc a lot of things vary across the state, food wise. BBQ sauces/process and "old fashion" meals like this seem to vary slightly by county and/or region! We have 3 regions, Coastal plains(ENC), Piedmont and Mountains (WNC). Piedmont has food most influenced by non-native cultures, ENC and WNC are where you find your reallll interesting old timer recipes. The Mormon cookbook is another great resource for thrifty family meals and desserts. I would LOVE to see you cook a good ole fashion pot of collard greens and sidemeat + pot liqour. its amazing for winter colds and a new year tradition here!

@megapedia97 Жыл бұрын

I miss good greens being readily available! I’m a Georgia girl transplanted to Missouri and have had homemade collards in MO precisely once, which was very exciting. Didn’t even matter they were pickled African-style (delicious in its own right).

@plengland1969 Жыл бұрын

Grew up with burgers like this only we used saltiness instead of bread and added egg to hold it together. I sometimes still make them. We also would take 1 can of Campbell's chunky soup and pour it over rice to feed a family of 5. 1 can fed us all. Truly never knew we were poor.

@shelleyfowler8875 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Emmy! My favorite part of the day is when I get the KZfaq notification that you've posted a new video! I tried a recipe for a VERTICAL Carrot Cake. Mine was a mess. I would love to see you make one. Thank you!

@voluntarilycommitted Жыл бұрын

I’m from Wilkesboro, NC and remember having Goodwill Burgers from Smithy’s! What a great memory! I remember them having WAY more bread than meat.

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Yay!!! Food memories are some of the most memorable, no?

@amberlong5934 5 ай бұрын

I'm from wilkesboro too and I miss a good smithys burger!

@mjhepburn11 Жыл бұрын

Back in the 1970's, there was a packaged TVP product sold to stretch hamburger. I really enjoyed it when my mother used it, because the burgers stayed juicy when they were cooked.

@ResidualConfusion Жыл бұрын

Yep. You could buy TVP in the meat dept. at the grocery store. I remember people turning up their noses at it, but, if you knew what to do with it, it was a good extender. Luckily, my mother (and yours) knew what to do with it, but some people do not have a clue about such things, and don't *want* a clue, either. 🙄 😉

@Duncan_Idaho_Potato Жыл бұрын

When I was growing up, my mom would sometimes make burgers which we just called, "hamburgers with peppers and onions". I later found out that some of the other kids at school had the same thing at home, but they called them "welfare burgers". IIRC, it was essentially a very, very basic meatloaf recipe shaped into patties instead of a loaf, then fried in a skillet like a regular hamburger. Ground beef, bread crumbs, diced green pepper and onion, and garlic powder. If there was anything more to it than that, I don't remember. They were DELICIOUS!

@cantwaltz Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Eddie Murphy’s old bit about hamburgers at home vs. the kids who lorded over him who got McDonald’s instead of a “big old green pepper burger”. 🤣

@bettyir4302 Жыл бұрын

Bell peppers aren't quite so cheap now. Love me some meatloaf on sandwich bread.

@cantwaltz Жыл бұрын

@@bettyir4302 I adore a meatloaf sandwich! Worth every second of heartburn.

@dvh3113 Жыл бұрын

Yep, welfare burgers! My mother made them often, and that's exactly what we called them.

@joshuaharper372 Жыл бұрын

Never have been on welfare (fortunately) but meatloaf sandwiches are certainly very tasty!

@perry92964 Жыл бұрын

it looks like you may have stumbled on some fast food burger secrets. i am definitely going to do this and freeze them. and use good old white bread as the bun

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Let me know what you think. 😊

@MichaelOKC Жыл бұрын

My ONLY comment is in regards to a technique for the slaw, that you either didn't mention or didn't think about. Since these were designed to be served in a Goodwill food line, the slaw most likely would actually most likely have been made first! It would have been marinating and fermenting for most of the day before it got added to the burger! It would actually be yummier that way! As well as a little bit softer, but still some crunch and a tiny hint of a sauerkraut flavor and texture

@debbiesidebottom5020 Жыл бұрын

That's true...the slaw would of been made way before like you stated which makes a huge difference in the taste ..not a minute or two right as it's assembled....

@AmericanMeiling Жыл бұрын

Yessss , the longer it sits .. the better the flavor 😋

@ndb_1982 Жыл бұрын

Ok, Karen. Calm down.

@pollymcdonald7368 Жыл бұрын

Why is the OP a Karen? Good grief.🙄

@soildweller Жыл бұрын

@@ndb_1982 how are they a karen? just made a comment by the looks of things to explain something

@mandalynn4571 Жыл бұрын

My Grand Maw use to make burgers like that however she did not use the extra spices and flour it was just the bread along with salt and pepper but my gosh we would eat them until we would almost get sick from them. I have not had any in a while but now I plan on giving it a go and make me some. Thanks so much for sharing this version of making them I will try them with the few extra spices in it.

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Aww...those are some of the best memories, no? 🧡 Hope you like the recipe.

@mandalynn4571 Жыл бұрын

@@emmymade oh gosh yes such wonderful memories ..I plan to try this over the weekend maybe make sliders from it for football on Saturday..

@Cody730 Жыл бұрын

I’m a Wilkes native and love these. My mom still makes them and I have to have one whenever she does. You did an awesome job making them! The cabbage for the slaw was more finely chopped at Smitheys but you otherwise nailed this recipe.

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I'm glad I got your seal of approval. 🏆

@ittay123 Жыл бұрын

Just saying, using wet bread is the secret for really soft meatballs:) people think that its a cost thing, but adding wet bread is actually intentional in sone recipies

@lilbeansprout7194 Жыл бұрын

Love you! Youre so relaxing to listen too! Always hold the mayo!

@cristinweekley2547 Жыл бұрын

I love when you bring us back to our childhood!👍😊

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

🧡

@AstorReinhardt Жыл бұрын

Well this sounds really good and makes a lot of sense. I mean how do people make meatloaf? They usually bulk it up with breadcrumbs. I might need to remember this recipe for the future...when/if things get tight.

@zelapetalcliff Жыл бұрын

This reminded me at first of the goetta recipe Emmy made before but on a bun. Not sure I would try this one out but it was fun to watch!

@damaracarpenter8316 Жыл бұрын

emmy I'm vegetarian and you always have me craving meats! XD Love this video! I hope you have a great weekend! :)

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

You, too!

@ndb_1982 Жыл бұрын

Then use common sense and eat the burger.

@mirabellegoldapfel6256 Жыл бұрын

These are also very good with minced pork or half pork half beef, add soaked stale bread, salt, pepper, onions and egg and leave out the soy. Form more ball sized patties and fry them up, stick them hot and sizzling directly on the bun to let all the good juices get into the bread. No reason to soak paper towels in flavour. Now you have a Frikadellenbrötchen. Instead of cleaning the pan afterwards, fill it up with some water and cook out the flavour for a nice broth for next days lunch. I like use it for ramen. To make it even cheaper, you may be able to buy stale bread and buns from a bakery. A friend of mine uses cooked rice instead of bread and cooks them in an inch of soup before a final sear.

@jenniferaustin8623 Жыл бұрын

Only by reading the headline Notification, I know you can make 100 Mini burgers from 5lbs of meat but making 1/4 oz mini burgers with NO FILLING. But can always add a little filling(in this case the buns) for bulk. No one ever made a law regarding How big a Burger is spose to be. Not how much a Burger is spose to Weigh.

@hannakinn Жыл бұрын

TVP is not bad tasting, it absorbs whatever you flavor it with. I buy soy curls and turn them into all sorts of faux beef and chicken dishes. My mother gave up all beef products over a decade ago. I use soy curls and crumbles to make spaghetti, chili con carne (sans carne, lol), old school American style Hungarian Goulash, creamed hamburger over toast, green peppers stuffed with tomatoes and seasoned rice, Mexican lasagna, etc.. We were using ground turkey but had 2 instances where we bought name brand purportedly fresh ground turkey and it was revolting. Actually it was so bad that my mom and I have not been able to eat ground turkey since, we are not over the gag faxtor. I decided to switch to soy curls and crumbles and see if mom was OK with eating the dishes made with them. She's fine with it, prefers it to ground chicken. At 90 years of age she's not concerned about eating soy products. If you've ever eaten canned chili you've most likely eaten TVP without even realizing it because several big name chili brands use it along with beef in their chili products. I bet those burgers would be yummy cooked in bacon grease. My mom always saved her bacon grease, my grandmother too. Such useful grease. They didn't use tons of it, just a bit for flavor.

@penguim1996 Жыл бұрын

I don’t eat much meat anymore with how much cost has gone up, but I’m wondering if these would freeze well made up as patties - buy a pound of burger on sale and two 99¢ packs of buns and have a bunch of meals 👀

@perry92964 Жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

I think they would freeze up great. I'd definitely use parchment paper which would keep the patties from sticking together in the freezer.

@redwolfexr Жыл бұрын

There is no reason you have to use buns.. a loaf of any cheap white bread or day-old from the bakery will serve. I would imagine the soy that her recipe used was almost as expensive as the beef.

@hippychickshannong3884 Жыл бұрын

I am definitely trying this! Great way to stretch the budget

@TheSmb228 Жыл бұрын

I am going to try this. Thank you for all your great content.

@sablgrl01 Жыл бұрын

I bet your kids love coming home to try all the yummy food experiments you’ve made 😁 , or at least I know when I was younger I would of have 😂 .. I’d totally be a taste tester !

@user-je7iz7uo6y Жыл бұрын

everytime im eating or alone.. i go on youtube and binge watch you emmy… specifically the MREs💀i wonder if i can get one for myself and eat/use only whats in it to survive for a day.. like a small challenge

@cymbalom Жыл бұрын

Thanks for these ideas. We often make things you have suggested, and it gives us joy.

@megapedia97 Жыл бұрын

My dad’s first job in the early 80’s was at a Burger King, and he remembers cooking French fries in lard!

@aember Жыл бұрын

NOTE: I am not a "math guy" by any means, and also prices vary wildly from region to region (and store to store!) but here's the math for what it would cost *me* to make these, assuming i purchase generics etc. Ground Beef (great value) 1lb = $4.08 (it's obviously even less if you buy in bulk!) Hamburger buns (great value) = $1 for 8, or about $0.13 each -- so assuming you need 5 for the recipe and 20 for the finished burgers, you're looking at $3.25 Soy Flour (Baker's Jam on Amazon) $14.99 for 2lb, I would estimate that a cup would be about $1.88 for a half cup, assuming a half cup is 4oz (i know volumetric isnt the same, but its the best i got!) Lard is $3.40 per 16oz (Armour brand) and I would assume you'd need at least a quarter cup (2oz) to fry 20 burgers = $0.43 So for the burgers and hamburger buns with NO fixins, you're looking at around $9.64 for 20 burgers, or just under $0.50 each. That means this is right around the price of a cream burger, which I'd argue that any burger that comes in at less than $0.50 is pretty economical! (I'm not going to calculate the salt, pepper, and spices because for a batch that large it would probably only increase the cost of the burgers a fraction of a full cent.)

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing the calculus. 😆

@jayworthy342 Жыл бұрын

A 17 minute video from Emmy. Is it my birthday and Christmas at the same time?

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

🎉🎄🎉🎄🎉🎄

@sharonchandler4185 Жыл бұрын

PreCISEly the way my Mom made burgers. In the old days, school teachers like my dad were the poorest of the town, and this recipe is just exactly how I learned to make burgers. Or spaghetti sauce. Or other things. Never called them Goodwill burgers, but this is how I do it today. Love the video, and love you greatly!

@davidminton5176 Жыл бұрын

I just found your channel. Love your budget-stretching recipes! Looking back (I'm in my 60s) I can remember some of these recipes (or something similar) that my mom would fix to stretch the budget until payday. Humble food, get good-tasting and nutritious food. We need to get back to these basics.

@brendanhoffmann8402 Жыл бұрын

Nice! Yesterday I microwaved frozen homemade meatloaf from a few months ago. Minced meat is really such a great economy meal.

@cristianespinal9917 Жыл бұрын

The first time I had stretch burgers, I thought they were even tastier than normal burgers. My friend's mom made them with pre-cooked rice and diced bell peppers as filler. I'd say it's definitely a great burger to have in the rotation along with other meat-saving burgers like smash burgers.

@helixier6629 Жыл бұрын

in a lot of places this is how you typically make burgers or meatballs, onion tomato bread/breadcrumbs spices and some olive oil and its super juicy and tasty. when i try making a burger without bread it just tastes too gamey/meaty, but the way we cook them is in the oven not in a pan.

@bree_ochebun1969 Жыл бұрын

My mum makes amazing meatballs with stale bread dipped in milk. Also stretches meatball recipes with brown rice. Growing up poor makes you very creative and resourceful in the kitchen.

@brandonbaker7361 Жыл бұрын

I already love bread so I feel like this would be right up my alley.

@TheSimArchitect Жыл бұрын

Looks very appetizing! Especially the frying part! 🍔🍳

@maryangel4974 Жыл бұрын

This just made me think of something from my childhood. When my dad made burgers on the grill he was very particular about getting high quality ground beef from the butcher. He would lightly season it but didn't believe you should gunk up good beef with a lot of added stuff. My one friend who came from a very large family would always say the burgers at my house tasted funny. She couldn't say what it was exactly, just funny. I never thought of it before but now I wonder if she didn't often have plain beef and was unfamiliar with that taste. Maybe their family had something more like this. There are a few things I realize now that I didn't pick up on when I was little. Interesting.

@annabagwell7965 Жыл бұрын

It's all so interesting! Hearing about all the different family recipes really brings me to a wonderful feeling of connection. Thank you all!

@joanneborden870 Жыл бұрын

I live in Decatur Alabama and we have a restaurant that serves burgers like this. Penn Hamburgers is the name of the restaurant. They deep fry the burgers there. The burgers are dressed with mustard and onions or "all the way." We grew up eating them and calling them "grease bombs!" 😆

@Jean2235177 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Slug burgers!

@RealBigBadJohn Жыл бұрын

Lard really rocks. Makes the world's best pie crust as well. Vinegar slaw in NC definitely sounds right. Excellent, thank you.👍☑🏁

@julescoco133 Жыл бұрын

Wow, ‘never heard of this before! But it did remind me of how we called the hamburgers from the school cafeteria “soy burgers” 😁 New sub here, so glad I came across your channel! We really enjoy your stuff ❤️

@michellinkapawlowski1795 Ай бұрын

Fun fact: In poland we have something called mielone which translates to ground. So we put ground meat (beef) and also put some kind of bread in there to make the patties more juicy and thick. No idea if they used to make it that way to stretch the meat but my grandma used to do it that way and my mom still does it to this day although both of them didn’t have any problems with money.

@tommyegirl Жыл бұрын

Emmy i love you make the pickle lemonade! Perk up in alaska have it on their menu and im not brave enough!!!

@tommyegirl Жыл бұрын

Its called hillbilly lemonade

@esselellis9979 Жыл бұрын

WOW I AM EARLY ❤ AND I AM LOVING THE IDEA FOR THIS RECIPE THANK YOU HI EMMY I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL SWEETIE 😊❤

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@esselellis9979 Жыл бұрын

@@emmymade of course dear!❤️ when I start making videos I would love to hear what you think of my cooking techniques❤️ I have been a fan for so long I just love your videos! Always so much useful information and tips and I survive on a low budget and LOVE FOOD😩😊💕 thank you for the response dear Your long time forever fan❤️ Ellis

@MiIk0Tea 4 ай бұрын

It reminds me a Polish recipe for meat balls, during WW II Polish families didn't have much money so food was mostly potatoes, just different cooking style of it (boiled, fried with onion, in dumplings, as kluski (basically boiled potatoes with potato starch and boiled again)) For meat there was sometimes chicken or pork chop but mostly meat balls. Whatever meat you can afford, chopped onion, salt, pepper, egg (If one could afford it) and a stale bread, grind it to make breadcrumps and mix it all together. Basically typical dinner of Polish family was made from things relatively easy to harverst and these that were able to stay edible for long time so potatoes, breadcrumps, onions, some fat, cabbages, rice, pickles (mostly mushrooms, cucumbers, cabbage) beans, rhubarb for desserts. Another popular very cheap meal was gołąbki, meat mixed with rice, wrapped in boiled cabbage covered in tomato puree and coocked in oven or on pan. That's also why soups were so popular, imagine you could boil some meat, carrots, onions, parsley root in water, made it into a broth and then reuse these ingredients to make second dish. Literally two dishes from one ingredient, brilliant.

@TysonASMR Жыл бұрын

Your videos always make me so hungry 🤤 even though it’s a good will burger I would down that so fast. Looks really good honestly 🥰

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

Thanks, it was pretty tasty.

@deliciapineda8632 Жыл бұрын

Really cool for these times totally gonna try

@karenjarrett8904 Жыл бұрын

This burger looks very tasty. I may just give this a try. Thank you Emmy.😋

@emmymade Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@justsomeperson5110 Жыл бұрын

I love these kinds of recipes, even if as a diabetic this particular one would be deadly. LOL But to most people, it'd definitely feed hungry hungry people. I still prefer stretching my ground beef with brown rice and lentils over-cooked to softness in cheap beef bouillon (double strength for extra flavor), then pureed with onion and egg. Better (for me) than breadcrumbs (or soggy buns) and the texture holds up fairly well as a beef stand-in. I've gone as much as half stretch to half real meat. But that's meatloaf. I don't know that it'd fry like a burger? One day I hope to remember to try. But the soggy (probably stale) bun idea, not bad! Especially fried in lard, tallow, or what have you.

@mrsteeleftw Жыл бұрын

Bro I could not find this channel for ages and I couldn’t remember the name. So glad I found you again. Gotta subscribe

@dianeb5380 Жыл бұрын

I lived in an area where the locals served Turkey Dressing Sandwiches for every large get-together. I saw it served at everything from post funeral meals to wedding receptions. It was a whole turkey, cooked and shredded, mixed with bread based dressing and a gravy like substance mixed together and served on buttered hamburger buns. You could serve a bunch of people for a small amount of money and the sandwiches were actually quite tasty!

@janicehavens1395 Жыл бұрын

Wet bread, dry bread crumbs,cooked rice, oatmeal,crushed cracker all are extenders which can be used to expand your ground meats, pork, beef or chicken

@vanessacorey200 7 ай бұрын

I always put extras in my ground beef to bulk it up for extra flavor and to make it more filling and economical. I prefer to add grains rather than bread or crackers because it's often less expensive and healthier in the long run. Some of my favorite go to add ins are oats, cornmeal, barley, rice, beans, bean flours, onions, garlic, tomato paste, marjoram, sage, cumin, paprika. Mixing and matching various add-ins leads to incredibly delicious, filling ground beef recipes including burgers, especially for someone like me who doesn't really like beef.

@claudiafrancisca6983 Жыл бұрын

This makes me think of one of my favorite books: 'A tree grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith. It's about a poor family at the start of last century. Francie has to go to the bakery at Saterday morning to get stale bread and then to the butcher for 'ten cents of meat'. Her mother makes meat patties I think, called 'frikandellen', but I can be wrong here. It's a great book.

@FnuttisTheCat Жыл бұрын

Frikadeller is meatballs you boil in a tomato sauce instead of frying them. It's common in Italy and possibly more countries

@cindymichaud7111 Жыл бұрын

At our house, the ratios are different, but this was and is, a meatloaf burger. It's not related to struggle food, but tasty food. We love them.

@mermeridian2041 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely nothing wrong with lard - it's great for frying and for making pie crusts (especially crusts meant for savory fillings) and fries. Extending ground meats of all sorts is the perfect way to extend the food enough to feed all the hungry bellies. Oatmeal, crumbled crackers, bread crumbs, moistened bread, cooked and "smooshed" rice, leftover mashed potatoes or other leftover mashed vegetation with a very light flavor...all of it can oh so very easily be mixed in with the ground proteins to extend them - just be sure that the additions are seasoned as well and that you use an egg or two to ensure everything STAYS combined. Often these "extended meat" meals taste even better than a regular only-meat product because of all the seasonings - some are downright delicious (imagine "fried meatloaf slices").

@shannon5933 Жыл бұрын

Smithey burgers are the best! 😁 Thanks Emmy, great video! These are still available just up the mountain at a couple of restaurants in beautiful West Jefferson and in other areas too I imagine. Smithey's department stores and cafes were very popular. After the stores closed many of the cafes remained, some now under different names. My husband drove past the morning of the fire...so sad to lose such a historical place. Thanks again! Appreciate you dear!

@janetlanders8220 Жыл бұрын

We used eggs and bread crumbs in ours. We had plenty of eggs because we has chickens. Plus we got day old bread which you can’t get any more. Plus we had lard from cows.

@splinky99 Жыл бұрын

TVP was the protein in all the school lunches in the 70’s!

@paulherman5822 Жыл бұрын

Still used until at least 2010, as I worked in an institutional kitchen until around then. 😁 And by the taste, the filler for Walmart "beef burger patties." (Not the 100% beef ones.)

@HRHDMKYT Жыл бұрын

I think I’d really enjoy these! Might add some garlic to the patti & caramelized onions to the toppings. Since I never use up an entire package of hamburger buns, this is a great way to use them. Thanks for doing the research for us, Emmy!!

@manthony777 Жыл бұрын

White Castle must get at least 100 burgers from 5 pounds of beef, but they are so delicious 😋

@FnuttisTheCat Жыл бұрын

To fill the bread with breadcrumbs is a regular way to make meatballs or pannbiffar in Sweden since centuries ago. We never feel that we stretch the meat since this is how we always do it here. Great that you're showing this kind of cooking 👌

@JonathanFierro Жыл бұрын

Emmy! Did you get a new editor?! I love the new transitions and style! Keep up the great work ❤️

@laurametheny1008 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Emmy! My late Mom used those veggie crumbles in our hamburger alot. Also powdered mi!k and alot of rice or mashed potatoes to stretch stuff. As kids we hated it but as an adult I don't mind the veggie stuff. I really like the patties made with different things like black beans. However even those types of foods are not necessarily cheap😉🙏🥔🍔

@LynnTaylorProctor Жыл бұрын

The burger recipe is what my mom used for meatloaf. As someone else mentioned an egg was also mixed in which helped everything stick together and added protein. She also added chopped onions. I still use this as a base recipe for meatloaf, stuffed peppers, etc. but I also add oat bran and wheat germ. Spices are added depending on what I'm making. For instance, for stuffed poblanos (I can't eat sweet peppers but poblanos are great. The acids are the same as hot peppers which I have no problem with) I add a touch of garlic powder, sage, Mexican chili powder, salt and pepper, and drained, canned -or fresh, diced tomatoes. And, some shredded cheese. Stuff it into the poblanos and bake. Using this as a base, you can do lots of things. Italian spices do great, melting some mozzarella on top for the last minute or two. Yum. You can also add teriyaki sauce or soy sauce, ginger and chopped zucchini (great in the summer with all of that zucchini from the garden) and serve with rice. This REALLY stretches the meat but I do it now because we love the taste. We absolutely love it.

@Mouzle Жыл бұрын

Bird's-eye beef burger recipe. You will have to judge the scale of meat. Mincemeat obviously Teaspoon of salt Teaspoon of black pepper Good pinch of MSG 2 Tablespoons of sage and onion pork seasoning Two eggs A drizzle of sesame seed oil Whole onions very finely diced. Cornflower Mix it up till it no longer resembles mincemeat. Split into patties and fry in a non-stick pan.