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Old 06-05-2011, 11:45 AM   #13
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Default Re: The Great Hamburger

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Originally Posted by hammondc View Post
Why do folk use an egg? I have heard of people doing it, but IMHO, if you have good ground beef to start with, it is not necessary. I think people play with the meat to much---breaking it off, forming it into balls and then mashing it out. This breaks it down and makes it dense.
Egg is used for moisture to keep the burgers from drying out on the grill. It really only needs to be used on leaner blends of meat, an 80-20 doesn't need egg at all.
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