Schalk-e Burger

England vs South Africa this Sunday. I'm not too concerned though, except for England's seemingly weird way to defend their title. Reminds me of Brazil in the 2002 World Cup, where they got panned all the way to the final and managed to show who's boss. Due to the fact that there's Old Firm this week, I guess I'll be using my rare time to blog to talk about a burger recipe...designed to be gobbled down within 80-90 minutes and to go with pilsner, particularly Veltins, while watching matches...see the pun? (I mean bun)

Schalke Burger (for 1)

ingredients
242g beef
1 cup breadcrumbs(from the same country loaf, or biscuit crumbs)
1 onion, finely chopped
1 egg
grated parmigiano reggiano
1 tsp mustard powder(optional binding agent)
pat of butter, straight from the fridge

veggies
copious amounts of sliced cucumbers,cabbage
mushrooms and more onions
pickles

condiments
tomato ketchup,beer mustard
panfried bacon
cheddar cheese

Mix all the ingredients together. Do be sure to test its resilience by scrumming 2 smaller balls of the patty together before forming. put the pat of butter in the middle, wrap up and shape to a rugby ball shaped patty. flatten and pan fry or chargrill until done

Serve on a rugby ball shaped country loaf(failing which a dome shape one will do) and Veltins by the bottle (or any other beer). Just don't choke on the seemingly apparent victory