Yields: 8 servings.
2 pounds ground chuck
4 tablespoons onion, chopped
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon Texas Pete
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons brown sugar
2 cups ketchup
8 hamburger buns (or spaghetti or rice)
Brown ground chuck, and drain off fat. Add onions, peppers, Worcestershire sauce, Texas Pete, chili powder, brown sugar, and ketchup. Simmer for 10 minutes or longer if desired. Serve on buns, spaghetti, or rice.
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In North Carolina, spring brings the scent of fresh-cut grass and memories of helping Dad mow the lawn.
Nostalgic burger joints are like time machines, delivering something extra special that keeps us coming back.
This tiny city block in downtown Greensboro once had a gigantic reputation. Not so much for its charbroiled beef patties — though they, too, were plentiful — but for its colorful characters and their wild shenanigans.
In the 1950s, as Americans hit freshly paved roads in shiny new cars during the postwar boom, a new kind of restaurant took shape: the drive-in. From those first thin patties to the elaborate gourmet hamburgers of today, North Carolina has spent the past 80 years making burger history.
