Blue cheese & onion stuffed burgers-

I just made some burgers tonight using ground venison that was two years old. It was just wrapped in cheap (plasticized on one side) butcher paper, and there was NO freezer burn. It also still tastes great and would have gotten used earlier but got hidden in the bottom of the freezer.

I divided the 1 1/4 pounds into eighths, making each into a thin burger.

I sauteed a diced medium small onion in bacon fat and mixed the onions with about an equal volume of blue cheese. The warm onions softened the cheese and I was worried bout it leaking out so I also added about four tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese.

On the center of four of the eight pattys I put a quarter of the onion/cheese mixture. One of the remaining pattys went over each of these and pinching the edges together created the stuffed pattys.

This step may be omitted but I made up some seasoned bread crumbs and as I was handling the burgers to seal the edges I patted the crumbs into both sides. I seasoned the crumbs with a good amount of granulated garlic, pepper, thyme, basil, and good old seasoned salt.

They were fairly thick and so I fried them on one side, flipped them and when browned on the second side, then flipped then briefly back on the first side.

The burgers did open a bit while frying and I pinched them back together while they were still raw. Once they started to firm up I didn't worry about it. Not much leaked out and between the onions, bacon grease, and melted cheese the burgers were good and moist.

My wife and I just put one burger on a slice of bread, topped it with a bit of ketchup and mustard and ate it with a fork. My boy put one between two slices of bread and ate his as a sandwich. There is one left over for later but I expect I will never see it again.