Foggy, rainy and a pork potsticker recipe

Good Morning Augusta

Today we have scattered thunderstorms during morning hours. We’ll have partly cloudy skies late with a high of 71 ºF. Winds will be from the S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a low of 49 ºF. Winds will be from the W at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 99%, the dew point is 51ºF and outside it’s 51.1ºF.

The wind direction is South between 0.0 MPH and 0.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 51.1ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.80 / HPA 1014.2 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:34 a.m. Sunset is 7:39 P.M. Moon rise is at 7:27 a.m., Moon set is 10:21 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 281053Z AUTO 18003KT 1/4SM FG VV002 09/09 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP144 T00940089

Visibility is 0.2 miles / 0.2 Kilometers with fog and a few clouds up there somewhere.

We received 0.01 inches of rain over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 84, the solar wind speed is 425  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

No late spring regiment of meals is complete without bergers, right? So here is one that I pulled off of a popular TV cooking show, it’s not good for you, doctors and nutritionists will scowl as they shake their head “no” and in general, they’re right.  So make yourself a few.  Hey, you only live once.

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.

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

(And a darn good recipe it is!)