Re: The Great Hamburger
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Originally Posted by hammondc
Why do folk use an egg? I have heard of people doing it, but IMHO, if you have good ground beef to start with, it is not necessary. I think people play with the meat to much---breaking it off, forming it into balls and then mashing it out. This breaks it down and makes it dense.
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Good Point  just form patties. No need to do anything else
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Originally Posted by blugill
Egg is used for moisture to keep the burgers from drying out on the grill. It really only needs to be used on leaner blends of meat, an 80-20 doesn't need egg at all.
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My family typically uses sirloin 96/4 so the egg helps out a lot
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