Stretched Pattie Hamburgers [barbecue]
Comments:	Prepared this way [1] pound [454 g] ground beef s enough for 8 hamburger patties.
Servings:	8

1 pound [454 g] ground beef 2 carrots, grated 2 stalks celery, finely chopped 1 sprig parsley, finely chopped 1 sweet green pepper, membranes removed and seeded, finely chopped 1 onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 1 tablespoon [15 mL] steak sauce 1 egg Dash salt Dash pepper 2 tablespoons [30 mL] cooking oil 8 hamburgers buns 1/2 cup [115 g] melted butter or margarine 8 large tomato slices Unpeeled cucumber slices Prepared mustard [optional]

Preheat barbecue until charcoals become gray, almost white. Into a glass bowl, mix together ground beef, grated carrots, finely chopped celery, parsley, sweet green pepper, onion and garlic, steak sauce, egg, salt, pepper and oil. Shape mixture into 8 patties, preferably the size of the hamburger buns. Grill patties onto hot barbecue rack until done to taste. Split hamburger buns into halves and toast cut sides onto barbecue rack; brush toasted sides with melted butter or margarine. Top bottom halves of hamburger buns with a ground beef pattie. Top each with a slice of tomato, then with quite a few fresh crisp unpeeled cucumber slices. If desired, top each with a little prepared mustard, then with top hamburger bun halves.