Turtle Burgers

[SkunkedAgain]

I just got this in an email... I wonder if PETA would get upset about eating these little guys?

Handmade ground beef patties, topped with sharp cheddar cheese, wrapped in a bacon weave, then the next step, add hotdogs as the heads, legs and tail. Next step?

Place on an oven rack, covered loosely with foil and baked for 20-30 minutes at 400 degrees. A little crispy, not too crunchy...just how a turtle should be, no?

I can feel my arteries closing in just looking at these things...

[2thepointsetters]

Haha. Thats awesome. I would never waste my time to make them but they sure look cool.

[reinhard1]

i think andrew zimmerman from bizzare foods is knocking on your door lol. i do all the cooking in my house. i'm doing ribs and more for 30 friends and family. i might make a few as part of the more. great post.good luck.

[SkunkedAgain]

Yeah, at this point I don't know why one wouldn't just toss one of those into a bun and chow down?

[toughguy]

The greatest thing I have ever seen. Hands down. I must make these soon.

[Redlantern]

Everything's better with bacon.

[prov1900]

Super cool. Might kill off the guy on Man vs. Food.

[Palerider77]

looks like a good way to scare the kids.

[McGurk]

Gentlemen, Let me present to you; the Bacon Explosion:

A bacon weave on the bottom, with a layer of pork sausage rolled out next, and filled with fried bacon. Layer, roll, and make sure the bacon weave is covering on the outside. Smoke or grill slowly for porky goodness!

Other fillings may apply, specifically cheese and jalapeno peppers.

[dewey1]

FREE ANGIOPLASY IF YOU CAN EAT THE WHOLE THING! LOOKS TASTY, THOUGH.

[Bear55]

I think I just had a mild heart attack looking at those photos McGurk. Looks good though!

[Jim Almquist]

Mmmmm Bacon

You can never go wrong with bacon

[DTro]

Grandpa: What the... what the he77 is this?

John: That's lite beer.

Grandpa: Gee, I weigh ninety goddang pounds, and you bring me this sloppin' foam?

John: Ariel's got me on a diet because the doc said my cholestorol's a little too high.

Grandpa: Well let me tell you something now, Johnny. Last Thursday, I turned 95 years old. And I never exercised a day in my life. Every morning, I wake up, and I smoke a cigarette. And then I eat five strips of bacon. And for lunch, I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack?

John: Bacon.

Grandpa: Bacon! A whole darn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. Now according to all of them flat-belly experts, I should've took a dirt nap like thirty years ago. But each year comes and goes, and I'm still here. Ha! And they keep dyin'. You know? Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me. Just goes to show you, huh?

John: What?

Grandpa: Huh?

John: Goes to show you what?

Grandpa: Well it just goes... what the he77 are you talkin' about?

John: Well you said you drink beer, you eat bacon and you smoke cigarettes, and you outlive most of the experts.

Grandpa: Yeah?

John: I thought maybe there was a moral.

Grandpa: No, there ain't no moral. I just like that story. That's all. Like that story.

[reinhard1]

great story!LOL. mcgurk you never cease to amaze me. good luck.

[swamptiger]

That reminds me of a George Burns joke he told when he was in his eighties...

(George takes a puff of his cigar.)

Bystander: "See you're still smoking those cigars."

George: (takes another puff) "Yep, my doctors told me to quit 30 years ago."

Bystander: "What do they say now?"

George: "Not much, they're all dead."

[LABS4ME]

We make bacon explosions all the time now... we changed the name to 'Bacon stuffed Bacon'. It makes it sound more like a slice of heaven!

I now have it down to Italian sausage vs. regular pork sausage. Sautee'd onion and red peppers with sharp cheddar cheese and fresh herbs for the filling and before you roll it up a decent coating of smoked Chipolte Tobassco and Jim Dandys Hickory BBQ sauce. Smoke for 4-6 hours in smoker and 20 minutes indirect on grill for final basting of another coat of BBQ sauce.

You'd think you died and went to heaven! Well actually eating it gives you superior odds that will happen, but dang! it's worth it!

Try taking a slice of leftovers and making a breakfast sandwich on a tuscan herb bagel with egg and another slab o' cheddar! mmmm mmmm

Good Luck!

Ken

ps the turtle burgers will be made over labor day! Along with .... bacon stuffed bacon!

[McGurk]

See? I'm not totally insane; there are others that are into bacon-graphy too! I've skipped the bacon stuffing part, but have made a bacon-wrapeed "Fatty" for the smoker. Get a Jimmy Dean pork sausage chub, unwrap it, and put it on the grill with indirect heat for a few hours. You will be amazed, even moreso if you add some smoke to it! The bacon weave just makes it better (and better for you!). Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

[Jim Almquist]

You'd think you died and went to heaven! Well actually eating it gives you superior odds that will happen, but dang! it's worth it!

Absolutely

[reinhard1]

it's the andrew zimmerman in me. i will try anything once. there is a thin line between genius and insane. good luck.

[Windy City Walleye Hunter]

I think Dtro's lines are from Grumpy Old Men, or maybe Grumpier Old Men?

As for the bacon-gasm photos all I can say is....

Paddles, Charging to 300, Clear!

[ItsaCrappieLife]

Has anyone been up to the turtle races in Longville near Leech Lake. I bet these would be a huge hit there! I could just see the look on peoples faces at the turtle race when you sit down next to them with a Turtle Burger.