Hamburger

 Well, I decided to continue to conquer my fear of cooking meat and take the skills I learned from cooking with Rachelle to make a hamburger. It was surprisingly easy. There wasn't much to it. I put the patty in the pan and cut up some onions and put them in the pan along side the patty.

I didn't mention this earlier, but Rachelle taught me how to cut and use knife properly. I was definitively using the knife incorrectly and quite frankly, I'm surprised at how I managed not to hurt myself. The first thing she taught me was that a sharp knife was safer than a dull knife. Luckily for me, my father loves knives and even has a knife sharpener, so that base was covered. Secondly, she taught me where to put my fingers on the thing that I was cutting. It never occurred to me to curl my fingers over the produce so I wouldn't cut my finger.

So I put the hamburger buns in the toaster while I waited for the patty to cook. I guess the most difficult part of this was knowing when the patty was finished cooking . I didn't want to take it out of the pan and have it not cooked, but I also didn't want it over cooked. After a while, I finally decided that it was most likely done. I put the buns on a plate and stacked the patty, lettuce, and the onions together. I dabbed some ketchup and mustard on the buns and the hamburger was ready to go.

I have to say, it was a pretty quick and easy meal. I'm glad to know that I can make one of America's most popular foods now.