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MIButterfly

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10. LOL! Thank you, FullySupportDems! That was funny.

Reply to FullySupportDems (Reply #7)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 03:31 PM

16 hrs ago

My mother would never eat at McDonald's, so I never had any McDonald's growing up. After I moved out, I starting eating there. Haven't been back in decades, though.

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My grandmother, God rest her soul, made the worst hamburgers in the world [View all] MIButterfly 16 hrs ago OP

That's how my aunt deRien 16 hrs ago #1

Yes. My grandmother lived through the Great Depression where people had to stretch everything, reuse everything, MIButterfly 16 hrs ago #2

What a sweet story. Thank you MlButterfly. debm55 16 hrs ago #3

My mom made great hamburgers. She put in bran. applegrove 16 hrs ago #4

What a great memory for you, applegrove! MIButterfly 16 hrs ago #5

Ontario. They are real kosher pickles. They are sold in the refridgerated applegrove 16 hrs ago #8

My mother fried hamburgers to hockey puck texture and taste displacedvermoter 16 hrs ago #6

That reminded me of Eddie Murphy FullySupportDems 16 hrs ago #7

LOL! Thank you, FullySupportDems! That was funny. MIButterfly 16 hrs ago #10

I noticed when I watched FullySupportDems 15 hrs ago #12

I thought of this bit when I read the o.p. Marthe48 15 hrs ago #14

I like stretching the meat. Otherwise, its pure meat. Tetrachloride 16 hrs ago #9

Nothing wrong with stretching the meat if it still tastes good. Her hamburgers didn't taste good at all. MIButterfly 16 hrs ago #11

My Mom made burgers that way Marthe48 15 hrs ago #13

I wish your mother could've taught my mother and grandmother MIButterfly 15 hrs ago #15

It's called a panade. Morbius 10 hrs ago #16