Hey, my mom used to make that!

These retro hamburgers don't crumble

When I was a kid, Carnation ran TV commercials where they suggested one add evaporated milk to meat loaf. This  hamburger recipe promotes the same principle.

Here's the retro recipe for Carnation Bar-B-Burgers.

1/3 cup (small can) undiluted Carnation Evaporated Milk
1 egg
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/2 cup fine cracker crumbs
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup finely shopped green pepper

Blend all ingredients until well mixed. Form into 6 patties and broil 5 - 7 minutes on each side (or to your family's taste).

Click here for a retro recipe for veggie burgers. 

Retro veggie burgers

"Peaburgers" is such a terrible name. Think of these as falafel-like patties.

Here's the retro recipe for Peaburgers as seen in the above Batchelors ad.

1 can Batchelors peas
2 teacups brimful stale breadcrumbs
2 level teaspoons salt
1 level teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon ketchup or piquant sauce
1 level teaspoon mustard
3 tablespoons thick brown gravy
Pinch herbs
1 egg (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped onions

 Chop and fry onions in a little fat and water until soft. Mash peas and mix all ingredients together including onions. With floured hands form into eight shapes. Fry in shallow fat for 10 minutes. Serve with potatoes and gravy.

Serves 4.

 For a burger recipe made with ground beef, click here.

Via Shelf Life Taste Test

A condiment to add to your hamburgers before grilling

This 1999 ad for Kikkoman soy sauce suggests that, instead of using condiments on your burger, you add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce to one pound of ground beef before cooking as usual.

The add also suggests that, for your fries, you add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce to 1/3 cup of ketchup.

Click here to find another retro recipe for hamburgers.

Retro hamburger recipe from Quaker Oats

This recipe comes from a 1959 issue of Co-ed magazine, which billed itself as the magazine "for girls and homemakers of tomorrow."

So it's not surprising that the ad the recipe comes from claims it's "for girls who know what boys like to eat."

What is surprising is that Quaker Oats claims adding uncooked oatmeal will make hamburgers "the juiciest."

Here's the 1959 ad with the recipe for the "burgers that make men think you're great":

 

Click here to see a 1967 recipe, from Hunt's, for Stuffed Burger Cups.