what's for dinner?

just in time for memorial day, a new turkey burger recipe.  i made it up last night.  makes 2 burgers.

1 egg
8-10oz 93/7 ground turkey (depending if you want quarter pound burgers or 5oz burgers.  if you use 10oz, up the following spices slightly)
1/2 t kosher salt
1 t fresh ground black pepper
3 springs fresh parsley, chopped
1 t extra virgin olive oil

1.  beat the egg until all the white is incorporated into the yolk.

2.  mash the egg and ground turkey together until you have uniform consistency.  use your hands if you're not squeamish about raw meat like me.

3.  add the salt and pepper.  the kosher salt will start to dissolve almost immediately, so mix well and uniformly.

4.  mix in the parsley.

5.  mix in the olive oil  (this increases the fat content and keeps the burgers moist, but in a healthy way).

6.  divide the meat mixture into two portions and form into patties.  i suppose you could also divide it into 4 portions and make sliders.

7.  grill/broil/fry.  

eat.  yay!  they were yummy last night.  i ended up with little fat burgers because the potato rolls i bought were smallish in diameter.  these would probably be good with a white beer or a not-crazy-hoppy ipa.  the burgers are lighter in flavour than either roast turkey or burgers made with beef, so probably a lightish red wine, like a pinot noir would work too.  a sharp cheese would give you room to use a more robust wine, but i don't like cheeseburgers.

finally.

so, 11 years after i graduated with my bachelor's, the framed diploma is finally up on my wall. cream paper, all in latin, with a real red wax seal. i know it's silly, but i do feel proud looking at it. and it motivates me to stick it out and finish up my master's next year. hopefully that diploma won't have to wait 11 years to go up. and after that... well, still hoping for a ph.d. somewhere, somehow.