Jackie RobinsonI know it's late, but we've all been sick the past week so I've fallen behind on writing. On Thursday, April 15 we celebrated Jackie Robinson Day along with all of Major League Baseball. I must say, this is the kind of day that celebrates everything great about America, notably baseball and racial equality. I know, I know, we've still got a way to go to real equality, but I think we've still come a long way since Jackie first took the field in a Dodgers uniform back in 1947.
Patties baking in the oven
So what could be more American than to celebrate by eating hamburgers? We used a version of a recipe from Jessica Seinfeld's book Deceptively Delicious. Most of her recipes involve sneaking vegetable purees into regular dishes. I can't reprint the recipe here (for copyright reasons, obviously), but I can say we deviated from her recipe by using about 50% ground beef and 50% sweet potato puree. It is very delicious. I really recommend for everyone, but especially people who aren't really big fans of hamburgers and beef. We made this recipe with some friends a few months back who don't eat a lot of beef and they loved it.
Jalapeño Humor
You'll also notice that we put cucumbers on the burgers. This is something they do back in Hungary. I'm still a fan of pickles, but I got to admit, cucumbers are very good on a burger. We also had onion rings on the side, which we just bought frozen in a bag.
Just missing some Cracker Jacks
We tried to catch some baseball, but you know it's hard since we're about 10 hours ahead of the US. We followed some of the Red Sox game online (pity, they lost) and then the next day got to watch the Angels on a replay. It was neat to see all the players wearing the number 42 in honor of Jackie, but it still would have been better had they shown a Dodgers game.
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