Clear, sunny, slightly warmer and a fantastic berger recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have a few afternoon clouds, and mainly sunny today. High will be 34ºF. Winds are from the SW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with a low of 22ºF. Winds will be light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments in the North field are:

Humidity is 70%, the dew point is 2ºF, outside it’s 11.7ºC and 11ºF.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 3.0 MPH and  4.0 MPH, generating a wind chill of 11ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.42 / HPA 1030.1 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:10 a.m. Sunset is 4:27 P.M. Moon rise is at 9:24 p.m., Moon set is 9:36 a.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous.   

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine is:

METAR KAUG 161153Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR M12/M17 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP299 T11221167 11094 21128 55004

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies today.

 We didn’t receive any rain or snow here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 77, the solar wind speed is 315 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Yesterday’s VEGETABLE TOFU KEBOBS was just too much for me.  So let’s get back to basics and rejoin humanity with:

Perfect Bacon Cheeseburgers

3 pounds 80/20 ground beef

1/3 cup heavy cream

6 to 8 dashes hot sauce, such as Tabasco

4 dashes Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

6 kaiser rolls

Softened butter, for spreading, plus 2 tablespoons

6 slices Cheddar

6 slices cooked bacon, halved

Directions

Place the beef into a medium mixing bowl. Add the cream, hot sauce, Worcestershire, salt and pepper. With clean hands, mix the meat well. Set aside.

Next, slice the rolls in half and spread each half with some softened butter. Place the rolls face-down on a skillet over medium heat. Lightly grill the rolls so they're nice and golden. Let the rolls cool on a plate until you need them.

Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and add the butter. Form the beef mixture into 6 patties and place in the skillet, in batches if needed. Allow each to cook about 4 minutes on the first side, flip them and place a slice of Cheddar on to melt.

When the patties are done in the middle, place them on the base of the halved buns. Top each with 2 pieces of the bacon and top with the other half of the rolls.

Don’t forget the ale.

This recipe is by (2012) Ree Drummond, All Rights Reserved “Pioneer Woman” cooking TV show

(And a darn good recipe it is!)