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Yay! Home Movies! I similarly only like mustard, cheese and pickles on my burger. And thick burgers can take a sloppy hike. :)

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Thanks for making burgers, and simple, and good. So tired of cheffy things. So happy, as a tired cook, to have good eats. Thanks, Alison. Oh, and Thrifty cones are still a thing in CA? Bet they're not 15 cents per perfect little cylindrical scoop, as this enthralled Brit discovered them as a teen in Sacramento, so many years ago. Thanks for the memory, too. ❤️

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100% agree: smash burgers are the best. Beware, I started making them a couple months ago and now my family complains everytime I’d rather not cook and go out for burgers, because “your burgers are better!” So glad Home Movies is back!

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The chaotic energy is endearing. I missed it!

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Cheeseburger freak here. Prefer smash burgers but will take any thickness burger. Only American cheese. No lettuce. 😉. Ciabatta rolls are rolls of choice. Pickled onions, sliced Serrano peppers, and a little mayo and I am good to go. Roll has to be toasted until very crispy. If I ever end up on death row smash burgers will be my last meal. Thanks for the entertaining video. ❤️. P.S. Death Row will be highly unlikely for those who had that questioning flash.

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You literally read my mind, I was actually going to email to request a smash burger recipe! All hail summer!

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Oh man. This one was hysterical. Just SO. MUCH. YELLING. ... And it was like the Maoist Communist Totalitarian Regime of burger stances. I found myself frightened to whisper even to myself that I love a wonderfully cool, nicely-salted late-summer tomato slice on my burger. Worried I might end up in Gitmo if I admitted to enjoying a nice bread&butter pickle or 2 on the side. And red onions! Is red okay or do they have to be yellow? Gimme some red onions on my burger, people! Oh and God I love me just a small smear of mayo DAMNIT ALISON'S GONNA HAVE ME WHACKED

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Sorry Alison but really love cheddar. !!

The sharpness awesome Totally agree pickle must be dill!

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Burger Passion is always encouraged! Glad you’re baaack! Everything in your process makes perfect sense. You are the lighthouse in a world of floundering foodies. More please, and thank you.

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Stupid question – do you add any oil or butter to the skillet before adding the patty? I’m trying this recipe tonight!! Can’t wait :)

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not a stupid question! but no- none needed!

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Thank you!! You’re the best!

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Hey there! So - not a Smashburger question - but I'm a little confused about how to ask your advice about Recipes you published pre-HM... say a video from back w/ the NYT? I want to respect any copyright or other legal boundaries you need to honor, but I made the "Olive-Oil Roasted Chicken" - (chicken thighs, whole carrots, submerged in olive oil? Why am I describing it to you, you already remember). Anyway... if I have a question about that recipe... should I ask it... here? Thanks my friend. You're helping me get over my fear of being an inherently sh*tty cook who ruins everything. :)

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Yeah, I will be trying this and serving with the Summer Wedge Salad!!!!!

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I want that recipe for the pasta scallop salad! Where is it?

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Okay, game on. This recipe was a winner! And that is saying a LOT. I have a tough crew here - hard to please all of them at once. Thank you for creating the world’s easiest burger - love how you can literally just go from package to pan with no fuss, just a sprinkle of salt. Revelatory. More importantly thanks for providing the roadmap on how to build it properly - the sheets of iceberg, the positioning of the pickles, the potato roll, separate platters for buns and burgers and let people build their own I’m not their mother! (Actually I am their mother, but they are college aged). Folks, follow this recipe to the letter for best results.

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