Sliders, mini burgers...who cares, they were good!

Actually, I had never heard of sliders until a restaurant commercial in the last year or so. Any little burger to me was a Krystal burger. Even then, for it to be a good "little burger" it actually needed to be a Krystal. White Castle?? Umm, no. It was always Krystal's. Anyway...

My all time favorite food man, Alton Brown, did a show on "mini man burgers". It seemed easy enough and I had the required equipment (a griddle, plastic wrap, freezer paper and a cookie sheet). Tonight, on a whim, at 8:30 no less, I decided to try these mini burgers. We went to the grocery store for a pound of ground meat and a couple packs of dinner rolls. It took all of 5 minutes to roll out the meat and sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder over it. Alton the folds the meat in half and cuts 8 equal squares. Well I had 6 people to feed so I did not do this step but I will next time. He does this so all the seasonings are in the middle of the burger. I do believe by me not doing this step I left something to be desired for seasoning. BUT, I made 20 little burgers and they were soooooooo good. On my second one I added a pickle and a squirt of mustard. Yum yum yum, it was the closet thing to a Krystal burger.

Maybe Billy Mays' slider maker is a neat little deal but doing it Alton's way = free. It went quick and they tasted great. Plus Alton's are square. A perfect shape for walking down memory lane about the dozens upon dozens of Krystal burgers I have eaten since I can remember.