#MEwx cooler, less humid and a perfect Bacon Cheeseburger recipe

Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox beat the San Diego Padres last night 5-4. We’re 70 and 60.

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

This morning we have mostly sunny skies with highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds around 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with lows in the upper 40s. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 57.0°F, the humidity is 79% and the Dew Point is 56.5°F.

The wind direction is Southeast between 2.0 MPH and 4.9 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 30.34, the Absolute pressure is 30.14 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:53 AM, Sunset is 7:28 PM, Moonrise is 12:19 AM,  Moonset is 3:53 PM  and the moon phase is Waning crescent.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 251053Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP293 T01110106

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

Yesterday I posted a recipe for a bacon cheeseburger pizza, so today let’s get a bit more traditional with that bacon and cheese.

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!)