#MEwx Above freezing, expect melting and Perfect Bacon Cheesebergers

Good morning Augusta

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This morning its mostly sunny with Highs in the lower 40s. Winds will be light and variable.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies during evening hours, becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s with light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 34.2°F, the humidity is 41%, the Dew Point is 11.1°F and our wind chill is 32.2     °F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.3 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.06, the Absolute pressure is 29.86 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles with

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:27 A.M., Sunset is 5:18 P.M., today we’ll have 10 hours, 51 Minutes of daylight, Moonrise is 6:51 A.M., Moonset is 5:19 P.M. The moon is waxing crescent and is 0.1% illuminated.

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

Time to shift away from desserts back to nutritious food for your loved ones.

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!)