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The UnKitchen Diva and Garlic Herb Butter Hamburgers

herb butter hamburger

The UnKitchen Diva finally got around to rolling up her sleeves and moving forward with her quest for the perfect burger. When this woman gets an idea in her head you best watch out! She did not care that it was March, that she knows nothing about grilling or that the winds were gusting up to 30 miles/hr. She’s seen numerous Facebook posts of men bragging about how they grilled in the middle of blizzards this winter. The UnKitchen Diva would not be bested – she had a mission!! Well as all missions go, you tend to learn a thing or two. The UnKitchen Diva actually had one mind blowing revelation. Mind Blowing, I tell you! Hold on… wait for it…. When you cut a 1lb of ground beef into quarters you get 1/4 pounders!!! So simple and yet so

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On A Quest for THE Perfect Burger – 2011 with The UnKitchen Diva

The UnKitchen Diva burger quest

Juicy, thick, medium rare with cheese dripping down the side… hmmmmm. The UnKitchen Diva loves burgers. No I mean, LOVES burgers! She has been on a quest to find the perfect burger for years; only to be disappointed more times than she cares to remember. Out of the huge number of burgers she ate in 2010, she fondly remembers two. The first was in Mercersburg, PA in a local pub/bar – Flannery’s Tavern on the Square. The UnKitchen Diva was working in Mercersburg last spring when she stumbled upon this burger.  It was huge, juicy and the bun wasn’t to bready – everything she dreams a burger should be. In fact, she’s been known to ponder the idea of making a trip to Mercersburg just so she can relive this burger experience. More than one person has heard her say

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The Great Cookie Caper! – Part II

Christmas Cookies

Whew! Did you take a deep breath? Are you ready to move on??  In case you missed it, and I don’t know how you could have, here is a refresher of where we’ve been - The Great Cookie Caper! – Part I! In Part I we we discussed and went over the finer points of Krumkake, Spritz, Ethel’s Sugar Cookies and Snickerdoodles. It’s time now to delve into the final four: 5)    Kringla – Another traditional Norwegian cookie that found The UnKitchen Diva reliving her play dough rolling days… 6)    Berlinerkranzer – Why stick to one Norwegian and play dough rolling type of cookie when you can have two?!? This is also when The UnKitchen Diva realized that most of the traditional cookies are colorless and the tray of cookies may be a little less than festive looking…. 7)    Lemon Whippersnaps – A favorite,

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The Great Cookie Caper! – Part I

Christmas Cookies-1a

Where to start? Where to start? Do we begin with the fact that it’s a Norwegian holiday tradition to serve 7 different types of cookies?  Why 7? No one seems to be able to recall. Or do we go down the road of how The UnKitchen Diva has some how started a new tradition of baking cookies for her friend Mary’s Dad? What started as a joke has now turned into a ‘thing’.  A ‘thing’ of such epic proportions that the man is now receiving his own humongous tray of 8 (an extra type thrown in for the heck of it) types of cookies for Christmas. (No need to worry that The UnKitchen Diva has let the cat out of the bag – he believes that the internet is the death of all society and won’t be reading this at

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So Stinkin’ Addictive – Pumpkin Bread with The UnKitchen Diva

Pumpkin-Bread

Three UnKitchen Diva posts in a row! I know, you ask yourself how can this even be possible, an UnKitchen Diva trifecta!! She blames the Slow Roasted Tomatoes. You see, the tomatoes lead to the Mexican Black Bean Chili, which lead to the perfect side accompaniment  - Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread! This bread is like crack! Both times the UnKitchen Diva made this recipe, she ate one whole loaf in two days, all by HERSELF!! She doesn’t even like pumpkin.  Pumpkin pies, lattes, muffins… you can have them.  She won’t even go near them.  This, this bread is like frozen Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies – one can never have enough. Add to the fact that she got to use her KitchenAid Mixer (the one that she lusted over for years, for no apparent reason and her mother floored her and

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