Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
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I’m moving out soon and had 3.5 pounds of ground beef in the freezer. So naturally, I turned to a vintage cookbook from the 1950s called 365 Ways to Cook Hamburger by Doyne Nickerson into an epic masterful culinary journey the likes of which we've never seen before.
On the menu:
🍌 Banana Meat Loaf
🌭 Burger Dogs
🍋 Lemon Meat Balls
🥧 Tamale Pie
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Ingredients:
BURGER DOGS
(Makes 10 to 12) **I made halved this in the video**
Mix
1 ½ lbs hamburger
½ cup finely chopped onion
2 tsp prepared mustard
1½ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
Roll into patties the shape of hot dogs and wrap a slice of bacon around each, spiral fashion. Broil 3 inches from heat source until cooked to taste. Serve in hot dog buns with your favorite relish. Makes 10 to 12.
TAMALE PIE
(serves 10 to 12) **I halved this!**
For the Meat Mixture:
4 tablespoons cooking fat (e.g., oil, lard, or butter)
2 cups chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 pounds ground beef (hamburger)
1½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
For the Cornmeal Mixture:
1½ cups yellow cornmeal
1½ cups milk
1 can (No. 2½) tomatoes (about 28–29 oz)
1½ teaspoons salt
1 can (No. 303) yellow cream-style corn (about 15 oz)
1 cup sliced ripe olives
2 tablespoons chili powder
BANANA MEAT LOAF 2
(serves 8) **I halved this!**
Mix
2½ Ibs hamburger
2 tsp prepared mustard
2 cups soft bread crumbs
2 tsp salt
4 mashed bananas
½ tsp pepper
¼ cup onion, chopped very
½ tsp monosodium glutamate
Shape into a loaf, top with strips of bacon, and bake at 350° for 1 hour. Ten minutes before loaf is done, place thick slices of banana on top of bacon. Serves 8.
LEMON MEAT BALLS IN CREAM SAUCE
(serves 6) **I halved this!*
Mix
1½ Ibs hamburger
1 cup bread crumbs
2 tsp grated lemon rind
2 eggs, slightly beaten
¾ cup milk
2 tbsp chopped onion
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
½ tsp monosodium glutamate
1 crushed clove garlic
Form into 18 balls and brown on all sides in 3 tbsp butter.
1 cup chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons flour
1½ cans (8 oz each) tomato sauce → 12 oz total
½ can water → 4 oz water
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
Remove from skillet and set aside. Simmer 1 cup chopped green pepper in skillet for 10 minutes. Stir in 2 tbsp flour and brown for about 3 minutes. Slowly add 1½ 8-oz cans tomato sauce, ½ can water, and ¼ tsp salt, stirring constantly. Add 1 cup sour cream. Pour sauce over meat balls and bake at 300° for 30 minutes.
Serves 6.
Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit wildgrain.com/antichef and use code ANTICHEF at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life!
I’m moving out soon and had 3.5 pounds of ground beef in the freezer. So naturally, I turned to a vintage cookbook from the 1950s called 365 Ways to Cook Hamburger by Doyne Nickerson into an epic masterful culinary journey the likes of which we've never seen before.
On the menu:
🍌 Banana Meat Loaf
🌭 Burger Dogs
🍋 Lemon Meat Balls
🥧 Tamale Pie
Support the Channel
Patreon → patreon.com/antichef
Follow Me On
Instagram → instagram.com/antichefjamie
#vintagecooking #hamburgerrecipes #antichef
Ingredients:
BURGER DOGS
(Makes 10 to 12) **I made halved this in the video**
Mix
1 ½ lbs hamburger
½ cup finely chopped onion
2 tsp prepared mustard
1½ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
Roll into patties the shape of hot dogs and wrap a slice of bacon around each, spiral fashion. Broil 3 inches from heat source until cooked to taste. Serve in hot dog buns with your favorite relish. Makes 10 to 12.
TAMALE PIE
(serves 10 to 12) **I halved this!**
For the Meat Mixture:
4 tablespoons cooking fat (e.g., oil, lard, or butter)
2 cups chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 pounds ground beef (hamburger)
1½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
For the Cornmeal Mixture:
1½ cups yellow cornmeal
1½ cups milk
1 can (No. 2½) tomatoes (about 28–29 oz)
1½ teaspoons salt
1 can (No. 303) yellow cream-style corn (about 15 oz)
1 cup sliced ripe olives
2 tablespoons chili powder
BANANA MEAT LOAF 2
(serves 8) **I halved this!**
Mix
2½ Ibs hamburger
2 tsp prepared mustard
2 cups soft bread crumbs
2 tsp salt
4 mashed bananas
½ tsp pepper
¼ cup onion, chopped very
½ tsp monosodium glutamate
Shape into a loaf, top with strips of bacon, and bake at 350° for 1 hour. Ten minutes before loaf is done, place thick slices of banana on top of bacon. Serves 8.
LEMON MEAT BALLS IN CREAM SAUCE
(serves 6) **I halved this!*
Mix
1½ Ibs hamburger
1 cup bread crumbs
2 tsp grated lemon rind
2 eggs, slightly beaten
¾ cup milk
2 tbsp chopped onion
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
½ tsp monosodium glutamate
1 crushed clove garlic
Form into 18 balls and brown on all sides in 3 tbsp butter.
1 cup chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons flour
1½ cans (8 oz each) tomato sauce → 12 oz total
½ can water → 4 oz water
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
Remove from skillet and set aside. Simmer 1 cup chopped green pepper in skillet for 10 minutes. Stir in 2 tbsp flour and brown for about 3 minutes. Slowly add 1½ 8-oz cans tomato sauce, ½ can water, and ¼ tsp salt, stirring constantly. Add 1 cup sour cream. Pour sauce over meat balls and bake at 300° for 30 minutes.
Serves 6.
