Golden Diner has Hot Hamburger. On Carlton St near Jarvis in Toronto. We stopped there for breakfast before heading back to Ottawa. Nice greasy spoon .
From their online menu: “Hot Hamburger Hot hamburger sever with mashed potatoes or rostered potatoes or fries or rice and choice of Greek or chef salad”
I used to take my kids to Zeller's for this when they were younger. They're 19 and 16 now, and I mentioned this to them and they literally teared up. They thought it was something that you can only get at Zeller's. My mum made them for us one day, after Zeller's closed (she used to sell these at her cafeteria), and it was amazing. Memories.
Of all the foods I’ve seen Jules eat and how happy she is with certain ones and you can tell she thoroughly enjoys; I’ve never heard her giggle so gleefully while eating one of Glen’s dishes.
Yes! Can’t say I’ve watched *all* of their videos, but certainly 80%-90%. Can’t remember seeing Jules so giggly-happy 😅 Food is such a memory-holder. You taste something you had as a kid, or when you were dating your first girl/boyfriend, or whatever, … And it’s got such power. It’s like gravity. It pulls you in.
Jules and Glen are always co cute together, but in this video, they are just ridiculously adorable! I love how they enjoy each other’s company as much as the food. And the sandwich looks pretty good, too.
My dad owned diners for many years in the 50's and 60's, and this was one of his favorite meals to serve, and one he would order when he went out to eat after he sold his businesses. In Maryland and Virginia, this was called an open-faced hamburger steak sandwich with gravy. Great video, that brought back a lot of memories.
This reminds me of the "fast hamburg" dish my grandmother made us in my past. Only, rather than forming patties she'd leave the ground beef loose, and have it running through the gravy. Thank you Glen, I get the same feeling watching your videos that I got standing at her hip as she worked over the stove. Money can't buy that.
The version I learned to make is called "hamburger steak". It's served on a bed of mashed potatoes instead of bread, w/ limas or peas on the side. Always a good call for a warming, satisfying dinner.
Yes me too and what you have described is as about as close to the definition of comfort food that I can dream up. Brown gravy smothering the hamburger steak and potatoes. Reminds me of home and being a child. All sorts of good cozy memories.
we can get them in the upper peninsula of Michigan. they call them a hot hamburger sandwich but it's fairly identical to the hot beef or hot turkey which is the meat on top of white bread with a gravy and mashed potatoes on the side. And being US Americans we don't need no stinking vegetables!
This takes me back to the the truck stop diners of the 1960's and 70's on highway 69 like the one at Waubaushene, and the Woodsman further north, The Deerhorn north of Britt . It does not take much of a thought to conjure up memories, thank you.
I was born and raised in Texas in 1948 and I clearly remember my Mother making the exact same dish except using mashed or sweet potatoes in place of fries. Along with homemade fresh bread slices. Brought back some wonderful memories, thanks.
Thank you for being honest about getting onions to that really caramelized state. Most cooking shows act like it takes minutes. It takes a good 45 minutes to an hour.
One of my favourite memories is eating at the Kresqe's lunch counter with my mom. the hamburgers were divine but what fascinated me was watching the one cook who ran the whole show. She was simply amazing. From then, I always had a secret love of diners and diner food. Now I can try this recipe, which looks so delicious. Thank you for this!
Diners have a sort of magic to them, don’t they? And always either really, really good coffee or really bad coffee that somehow makes you love them more. Either way, diners deserve recognition for their awesomeness!
Oh my... memories now abound of eating at S. S. Kresge's lunch counter here in Ohio with my mom. Thank you so much Glen and Jules - this video is pure "mental umami" for me! If I find a way to rebuild a C172 with a flux capacitor, hop in the left seat, get it up to 77knots and poof! go back to 1960 to eat this very dish at a Kresge's, I'm going to do it! (Well, maybe not... since I will have to fly through a thunderstorm to snag a lightning bolt 😦).
This is an impressive take on an old fashioned restaurant comfort food. Good on you. Probably the only ”TV chef” ever to tackle this. This is such a great TH-cam channel.
Wow. This is exactly how my Irish grandmother made hamburgers. Open faced sandwich on toast with the gravy all on top. I had no idea it was a Canadian thing, she probably didn’t either.
Any time mushrooms and onions get cooked up together my mouth begins to water, I absolutely love that combo. When I wan't to 'treat' myself to a nice meal for instance I'll make a steak and do mushrooms and onions as a topper.
In the Southern United States we call something very similar to that a hamburger steak. It is always served with brown gravy with onions and/or mushrooms.
Yep, hamburger steak; and I've eaten as many or more with rice (another artifact of the Southern US) and gravy as with any other starch, and probably greens of some kind more than any other veg, and of course the requisite dinner roll or cornbread muffin and a tall glass of sweet ice tea!
I'm from SD, and growing up the hot hamburger was the big comfort food. Big fat hamburger patty on a texas toast. Topped with lots of onions and mushrooms, and with a mountain of mashed potatoes which I mixed with corn and lots of brown gravy. Just the thought of it will make you hungry.
I feel like something in this vein is popular everywhere you can find ground meat. In Japan, the hamburg steak is probably more popular than the hamburger as a sandwich. And the difference between one or the other is just the final vowel. A hambaagaa is a hamburger on a bun. A hambaagu is a hamburg steak, usually with a demiglace sauce.
I loved these as a kid. I would always get this when shopping with my parents at the Woolco lunch counter. This was back in the day when you dressed up to go to the mall!
Wow, you guys hit the jackpot, Glenn & Jules. I found your channel during lockdown (like many others, I imagine), and have loved you ever since. But the response on this video is something else! Nostalgia, that’s what it is. Our tastebuds and our nose are the repositories of so much joy. And see, we didn’t even need to taste anything. Simply seeing you prepare it, reminiscing, seeing Jules’s giddy giggling, it just brings back all these warm, fuzzy, tasty, happy olfactory and emotional “hits” ❤
When the cook is that uncharacteristically excited about his own food, you know you have a winner. This is even better than usual for a Glen video, and that's saying something. We got places here in Dallas that are essentially the home grown food diner experiences Glen describes but their menu is too varied so they can't focus on getting one thing perfect. "Jack of all trades master of none." Simple elegant breakfast and lunch dishes like this. Maybe vary spices and sides a little bit but a "hot hamburger plate" is really all you need to open for business. You can't throw a stone in Dallas without hitting a tacqueria or a mama's diner, but just a good solid hot hamburger plate? THAT would stand out.
You made me think of Maple Leaf Diner on Preston Road. That menu is overwhelming, but I wonder if their Salisbury Steak plate is more like a hot hamburger plate.
There was a place in downtown Ft. Worth back in the late 50's early 60's that was only open for lunch. They served 2 sandwich on a bun choices...Huge rump roast of beef or of ham. Then several flavors of tarts for a dessert. The place was always packed. Best lunch ever.
Oh my I forgot about these. My first restaurant job served these--as well as hot beef, hot roast pork, and hot turkey sandwiches. They were a big sell during deer season especially
When I moved to St John's for a while two years ago, I went to a Chinese-Canadian takeaway with some friends and noticed there was 'hamburger' and 'hot hamburger sandwich.' I asked a bunch of people and none of them knew what it was. Thanks for getting me to finally figure it out.
Hamburger Gravy! That's basically what my mom would make when growing up. The only real difference is instead of making the hamburger patties, she'd just brown up all the hamburger. Then served over mashed potatoes or bread. Big comfort food here. This video made me so happy to see!
OMG my mom made that all the time and I did as well for my children. I loved it. I didn't think it was a popular recipe. I always thought of it as deconstructed shepherd's pie which she never made, even once.
That looks absolutely delicious! Want the best, no fuss caramelized onions? Fill your slow cooker with sliced onions a little salt and pepper and cook for 10-15 hours stirring occasionally. Been doing it this way for years.
i'm going to have to try that. thanks amigo! old dogs *_can_* learn new tricks. but here's one for you. try adding a 1/4 teaspoon of sugar (per onion) to the mix and enjoy.
@@brucetidwell7715 They never stick around long enough to find out! But it would depend on how much salt you use. A couple weeks at least in the fridge and months in the freezer.
What a great idea! *What setting please?* I got a bargain 10kg bag of onions recently and this will be great for using them up before they all go off. Also, do you think you could fry them off a bit first to shrink them down - I'm thinking of using my tiny slow cooker and would like it pretty full when done.
I don't normally comment but the noise Julie makes when she takes the first bite is the cutest, most accurate sign of a perfect nostalgia food that I think I have ever seen. As someone who cooks for the people I love, if I got that reaction, it would be a mic drop.
I'm from southern Ohio. My dad and his parents called this a Hot Shot and it was always served with smashed potatoes. Apparently my grandparents served it thier restaurants.
I tried making a version of this yesterday with what I had. Leftover onion, a few mushrooms, ground chicken, marmite, and beef broth. I also did a cornstarch slurry to thicken the gravy. It still turned out tasty and it was fun to make it my own!
Yeah, it's in my French cookbooks. I can't recall if it's in like Betty Crocker or Joy of Cooking. It might be but it might be called something else. I never do this method though. I just take cornstarch or flour and some warm water and make a smooth paste and add that to the mix and stir.
The Butter and Flour adds a nice richness to the gravy or sauce. Just give it about 2 to 5 minutes of simmering after adding it to cook out the flour flavor.
Another TH-cam Influencer, Early American, uses this often as a thickener. She is cooking early 1800 'receipts' over a kitchen fire. But it's another example of butter and flour mashed together. I'm so hungry for hamburger steak sandwich!
Oh man, beurre manié was a nostalgia for me because I remember the time that I had to make one in the last minute because my sauce went slightly loose at the end during our culinary lab finals and was able to pass it thanks to that😂
It's an easy recipe and all of us know it, but one has to be reminded of the simple and good things in life every now and then. So, thank you, Glen for reminding me to make a hamburger at home. I surely will try this sauce!
Growing up in Detroit during the 50s and 60s we enjoyed these along with Hot Roast Beef and Hot Turkey Sandwiches however ,you must have lots and lots of gravy on your French fries. I still eat French fries with gravy. YUM.
I just had this for the first time as an adult at gingerman restaurant in scarborough. It was amazing and it actually reminded me of a few times i had it as a kid with my parents. Its a perfect winter meal.
I travelled ALL OVER Ontario back in the 1970s, servicing bank alarm systems. The Hot Hamburger Sandwich was my regular fare! And I cannot recall ever having a bad one... I will be copying your recipe and trying it out very soon! Like you said, not many restaurants offer this delightful dish anymore. Pity. Oh - and I recently heard that it's pronounced: (wait for it) "Wash Your Sister Sauce." You're welcome. I'm here until Thursday. Try the Hot Hamburger Sandwich!! Thanks, Glen!!!
When I was a kid in 60s-70s Melbourne, these were called rissoles. All fried patties of minced beef were rissoles. Any variations in gravy and serving method were just rissoles with mash, or whatever.
Kresge's ... what a blast from the past. It's hard to believe you can't get a hot hamburg sandwich in downtown Toronto. Maybe Fran's? I know they have it on the menu at The Grille in Etobicoke. (Queensway near The East Mall) Traditional diner food is getting harder to come by these days.
I am geeking out!!! My Mom took me at the end of every school year in public school, late June, in the late 1960's to early 1970's to get a hot hamburger lunch at the Nortown restaurant at Lawrence Plaza in Toronto. Sounds a lot like what you had at Kresge's lunch counter. Ours came with white bread open-faced, with peas, and mashed potatoes. It felt like I was in heaven! Oh the memories!!!! Hot days, and cold air-conditioning in the restaurant. My Mom made those days (and everything) so special for me. She has passed, and I miss her every day!! Thanks for the memories.
Wow, this brought me back to my childhood... and then you went ahead and mentioned the Kresge's lunch counter! What a treat that was! Now I want to make this! Thanks so much, Glen!
I served this as recently as 2016 in my restaurant, Big Mama's Kitchen, here in Cambridge. I'm closed now, sadly. I still make it from time to time for the fam jam. Bulgogi would be marvelous!
I love looking into these old fashion dishes. My family is from Canada and heard about these but never knew what these dishes were since they are unavailable in Los Angeles where I now live
Growing up, on the few occasions my father had to make dinner by himself, it was always the same: pan fried hamburgers with with onion gravy, mashed potatoes, cream corn, and "gravy bread". The four of us got full without objecting to any of it, which I think was the point.
My dad loved to cook, grilled was his favorite but his mashed potatoes and potato salad were legendary no one did it the same. When he was a teen my grandma went back to school and all the kids had to pick a night to make dinner, his constant dinner he would make every week was Tuna and Tea, tuna sandwiches with iced tea. I guess his siblings were sick of it but as a kid I loved it. I'm 36 now dad is gone passed away at 52 10 years ago miss his cooking and advice so much.
This looks like delicious comfort food. Have you reverse engineered Branston Pickle? It's so good but there is nothing else like it and it's getting very pricey here in the US so homemade might be timely. Thanks to you and Julie for all you do.
I hate this channel because it makes me so hungry every time I watch an episode. And I love this channel because everything is so genuinely interesting!
Growing up in Buffalo NY, in my local lunch counter that was called a Brown Burger Plate. It was served with mashed potatoes for more gravy, and your choice of either peas or corn. Thank you for the memories, now I need to make some. 😊
For years we came up to Clarendon Station from Ohio for an annual fishing trip, and we always stopped in Peterborough for supper. It was nice to hear you mention it...brought back a lot of good memories.
Comfort food in its purest form! I've decided to give it a twist by putting it onto mashed potatoes,(potatoes+butter+cremè fraîche+nfc tomato juice=extra umami) and sprinkle a spoon of fresh parsley over the patty and the gravy. Thank you for the inspiration, Glen and Juliet! ♡ Greetings from Poland
Me, my Mum and my Nan still love these - its such good wholesome food. Its wonderful for when it gets cold outside. Hot Hamburgers and a side of Poutine and I'm a happy gal! Thanks Glen~
I do remember my father ordering this when we would go out to dinner which was a rarity in the 70s. Mostly we ate at home in those days. This must have been a treat for Dad when we went out. I haven't thought of this meal for years.
First time I tried a "hot hamburger" was back in the mid 80's at a small diner named Gail's Snack Bar on Eastern Ave.and Carlaw in Toronto. I loved it. I worked close by and used to have it for lunch at least twice a week. I don't remember ever ordering or seeing it on a menu since I left job a couple years later.
In the American South we call that Hamburger Steak. It's generally served with mashed potatoes and green peas or carrots. Instead of loaf bread, it's served with biscuits or cornbread. Diners everywhere serve in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Everywhere else. It's filling comfort food that is delicious and nostalgic. We love Meatlof down here also with your standard mashed potatoes and Mac&Cheese.
I remember my mom making these all the time in Laval West, Quebec. It was one of my dad's favourie so we had it once every two weeks or so. I love them and still make them to this day. :)
The Dundas Street Grille in Etobicoke (across from Kipling Station) still does Hot Hamburger Sandwich on their menu. Outside of that it's still pretty common on the east coast of Canada.
Saw the video yesterday morning. Had to go to the Whole Foods for the Marmite, who knows where else in Virginia you can you get it.... Made the bread in the bread machine last night. Then had the Hot Hamburger Plate for dinner tonight. Green beans and mashed potatoes on the side. Two thumbs up from everyone in the family!!!
😋oh that looks so comforting, I really need to watch Glen and Friends after I've had a meal and not before !!😉 Glen's idea of a restaurant is great don't forget some pan cake and or pie ♥ make chocolate cookies.
Similarly to this, I will never forget my initial confusion when confronted with a "hot chicken sandwich". 1998, freshly arrived from Southern California, my future Mother-in-law took me out to lunch. Not sure what to order from the tiny diner in their village, I ordered what I thought would be a sandwich with a hot chicken patty. Imagine my surprise when I got an open faced, gravy laden, sliced chicken served on white bread platter with ubiquitous steamed veggies and fries. I was perplexed, but sated by the end of the meal. Thus I learned what "Hot" sandwiches were likely to mean in Canada. LOL This takes me back to the good ol' days.
Don't think I've ever had a Hot Hamburger Sandwich, but I've had plenty of Hot Turkey Sandwiches in my time. Nowadays my hamburger meat, onions and gravy usually goes over a pile of fries.
Love these - I’m in Detroit and I know it as Salisbury steak. And that’s a definite yes on the Lipton onion soup mix. Love the idea of making it with lamb!
I grew up in Canada (Hamilton, Ont.) and this was served in most any restaurant. It was my favorite meal and no place here in the US have I found it. I do make it often although ours never had mushrooms growing up, and I am not fond of them, I fix it without. Thanks for the wonderful memory. Hot roast beef and hot roast turkey were also on those menus and I still have them. As a family of one now, sometimes I just go to the deli and by a few slices of roast beef (or turkey) and make the hot sandwich. Y'all have a Blessed day.
I love this dish I make it a lot. I was at a dinner not to long ago and they asked me did I want a slice of pepper Jack on the patty. I thought about and said “Yes, yes I do!” 😂 Now every-time I make it at home I have to put some pepper Jack on before I put the gravy.
So 1) channel first - Jules happy dance. 2) the excitement for this recipe is contagious. This is the happiest I have seen them in a while and I am here for it.
Reminds me when my mother and I would eat at the restaurant in the basement of Eatons in Winnipeg during the late 1970's. I now make mine the same, but season the beef wirh Dijon, mayo, knorrs onion soup mix and cracked pepper. Great job and great memories.
this is something that my folks love to have, they grew up in the 60's-70's here in Toronto and GTA. they would make it at home but I wasnt too much a fan of it since in the end you just have soggy white bread
I would add this recipe to a short list of recipes, along with a roast chicken, one ought to know and make to get through school, bachelorhood, tough times, and then come back to regularly for the love of it. It is a meal to share with loved ones and a go to for busy parents. Thanks!
Golden Diner has Hot Hamburger. On Carlton St near Jarvis in Toronto. We stopped there for breakfast before heading back to Ottawa. Nice greasy spoon .
not on their menu
@@torontoguys Actually, it is (just happened to get back from there, they also have a great BLT). IIRC, they call it chopped steak with onions.
From their online menu:
“Hot Hamburger
Hot hamburger sever with mashed potatoes or rostered potatoes or fries or rice and choice of Greek or chef salad”
I love how Glen thinned the gravy to then show how to thicken it again. Truly good helpful cooking instruction!!
I love the "ahhh I should show you." "oh no - my gravy's too thin!".
You can see the realization .. earned my sub w/ that moment right there.
Yes, now I'll know what to do when it happens
I used to take my kids to Zeller's for this when they were younger. They're 19 and 16 now, and I mentioned this to them and they literally teared up. They thought it was something that you can only get at Zeller's. My mum made them for us one day, after Zeller's closed (she used to sell these at her cafeteria), and it was amazing. Memories.
It was the best
Amazing. Sweet memories.
Of all the foods I’ve seen Jules eat and how happy she is with certain ones and you can tell she thoroughly enjoys; I’ve never heard her giggle so gleefully while eating one of Glen’s dishes.
Yes! Can’t say I’ve watched *all* of their videos, but certainly 80%-90%. Can’t remember seeing Jules so giggly-happy 😅
Food is such a memory-holder. You taste something you had as a kid, or when you were dating your first girl/boyfriend, or whatever, … And it’s got such power. It’s like gravity. It pulls you in.
Jules and Glen are always co cute together, but in this video, they are just ridiculously adorable! I love how they enjoy each other’s company as much as the food.
And the sandwich looks pretty good, too.
I love these episodes... But mostly I watch them to see Jules make her entrance.🙂 She brightens up the room just by walking in.
Every home cook I have know have used the " thats good enough" standard. Lots of very fine meals using that!
That's why only good cooks have "the touch"
Lol…yes but we say it with conviction!
@@lin1038 😂😂😂 so true!
My dad owned diners for many years in the 50's and 60's, and this was one of his favorite meals to serve, and one he would order when he went out to eat after he sold his businesses. In Maryland and Virginia, this was called an open-faced hamburger steak sandwich with gravy. Great video, that brought back a lot of memories.
It's great made with left over chicken or roast beef or roast turkey too.
Any suggestions on where to try something like this around DC or Annapolis?
@@dneid29 Unfortunately not. I haven't even been able to find it now for several years here in VA. The places that used to serve it has all closed.
I'm Canadian and have been for long enough to get grey hairs and I have always called them open faced sandwiches.
@@dneid29 the DoubleD Diner. Severn’s Park.
Loved this I don't think I've seen Julie this excited about one of Glen's meals. Real comfort food.
her little giggle was so charming!
I don't think I've seen Glen this excited and he's the one making it :D
That looks fantastic. I would love to see more diner inspired meals.
When you're coming off a binger of older Glen and Friends videos and he uploads a new one. 😎
This reminds me of the "fast hamburg" dish my grandmother made us in my past. Only, rather than forming patties she'd leave the ground beef loose, and have it running through the gravy.
Thank you Glen, I get the same feeling watching your videos that I got standing at her hip as she worked over the stove. Money can't buy that.
The version I learned to make is called "hamburger steak". It's served on a bed of mashed potatoes instead of bread, w/ limas or peas on the side. Always a good call for a warming, satisfying dinner.
That's what I call it "hamburger steak" always with mashed potatoes 😀
Yes me too and what you have described is as about as close to the definition of comfort food that I can dream up. Brown gravy smothering the hamburger steak and potatoes. Reminds me of home and being a child. All sorts of good cozy memories.
My Mom calls it "swiss steak" but obviously this is not Swiss Steak. But I love it when she cooks it.
we can get them in the upper peninsula of Michigan. they call them a hot hamburger sandwich but it's fairly identical to the hot beef or hot turkey which is the meat on top of white bread with a gravy and mashed potatoes on the side. And being US Americans we don't need no stinking vegetables!
which may explain our intellectual incapacity...
This takes me back to the the truck stop diners of the 1960's and 70's on highway 69 like the one at Waubaushene, and the Woodsman further north, The Deerhorn north of Britt . It does not take much of a thought to conjure up memories, thank you.
I was born and raised in Texas in 1948 and I clearly remember my Mother making the exact same dish except using mashed or sweet potatoes in place of fries. Along with homemade fresh bread slices. Brought back some wonderful memories, thanks.
Or hamburger steak, without the bread underneath. I still make it for a nice weekday meal.
Her little giggle after that first bite is everything.
Extra gravy - never a bad thing. I’m making this for sure!
I was 10 yrs. old before I realized gravy wasn't a beverage.
Thank you for being honest about getting onions to that really caramelized state. Most cooking shows act like it takes minutes. It takes a good 45 minutes to an hour.
One of my favourite memories is eating at the Kresqe's lunch counter with my mom. the hamburgers were divine but what fascinated me was watching the one cook who ran the whole show. She was simply amazing. From then, I always had a secret love of diners and diner food. Now I can try this recipe, which looks so delicious. Thank you for this!
Diners have a sort of magic to them, don’t they? And always either really, really good coffee or really bad coffee that somehow makes you love them more. Either way, diners deserve recognition for their awesomeness!
Oh my... memories now abound of eating at S. S. Kresge's lunch counter here in Ohio with my mom. Thank you so much Glen and Jules - this video is pure "mental umami" for me!
If I find a way to rebuild a C172 with a flux capacitor, hop in the left seat, get it up to 77knots and poof! go back to 1960 to eat this very dish at a Kresge's, I'm going to do it! (Well, maybe not... since I will have to fly through a thunderstorm to snag a lightning bolt 😦).
This is an impressive take on an old fashioned restaurant comfort food. Good on you. Probably the only ”TV chef” ever to tackle this. This is such a great TH-cam channel.
Wow. This is exactly how my Irish grandmother made hamburgers. Open faced sandwich on toast with the gravy all on top. I had no idea it was a Canadian thing, she probably didn’t either.
Toast would be nice! I was thinking that I wouldn't care for the soggy bread.
From the comments I'm seeing on here, it's a much wider known dish that most though.
And I think of this as an American dish. It must be an international meal.
Any time mushrooms and onions get cooked up together my mouth begins to water, I absolutely love that combo. When I wan't to 'treat' myself to a nice meal for instance I'll make a steak and do mushrooms and onions as a topper.
In the Southern United States we call something very similar to that a hamburger steak. It is always served with brown gravy with onions and/or mushrooms.
Yep, hamburger steak; and I've eaten as many or more with rice (another artifact of the Southern US) and gravy as with any other starch, and probably greens of some kind more than any other veg, and of course the requisite dinner roll or cornbread muffin and a tall glass of sweet ice tea!
@@laboulesdebleu8335 Now that sounds fabulous!
I'm from SD, and growing up the hot hamburger was the big comfort food. Big fat hamburger patty on a texas toast. Topped with lots of onions and mushrooms, and with a mountain of mashed potatoes which I mixed with corn and lots of brown gravy. Just the thought of it will make you hungry.
I feel like something in this vein is popular everywhere you can find ground meat. In Japan, the hamburg steak is probably more popular than the hamburger as a sandwich. And the difference between one or the other is just the final vowel. A hambaagaa is a hamburger on a bun. A hambaagu is a hamburg steak, usually with a demiglace sauce.
@@laboulesdebleu8335 Hamburger steak with brown gravy over rice is like heaven on a plate.
I love when glen gets so excited after tasting
I loved these as a kid. I would always get this when shopping with my parents at the Woolco lunch counter. This was back in the day when you dressed up to go to the mall!
And that Woolco fluffy, no-bake cheesecake………..yummy.
Was Woolco like Woolworths?
@@cremebrulee4759 Yes, Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, by the F. W. Woolworth Company.
@@cremebrulee4759 Same company. Woolco was the "big box store" version of Woolworth in Canada.
I remember those days when “going to town” meant getting dressed, doing your shopping, and eating at Woolworth’s.
Wow, you guys hit the jackpot, Glenn & Jules.
I found your channel during lockdown (like many others, I imagine), and have loved you ever since.
But the response on this video is something else!
Nostalgia, that’s what it is. Our tastebuds and our nose are the repositories of so much joy.
And see, we didn’t even need to taste anything. Simply seeing you prepare it, reminiscing, seeing Jules’s giddy giggling, it just brings back all these warm, fuzzy, tasty, happy olfactory and emotional “hits” ❤
When the cook is that uncharacteristically excited about his own food, you know you have a winner. This is even better than usual for a Glen video, and that's saying something. We got places here in Dallas that are essentially the home grown food diner experiences Glen describes but their menu is too varied so they can't focus on getting one thing perfect. "Jack of all trades master of none." Simple elegant breakfast and lunch dishes like this. Maybe vary spices and sides a little bit but a "hot hamburger plate" is really all you need to open for business. You can't throw a stone in Dallas without hitting a tacqueria or a mama's diner, but just a good solid hot hamburger plate? THAT would stand out.
You made me think of Maple Leaf Diner on Preston Road. That menu is overwhelming, but I wonder if their Salisbury Steak plate is more like a hot hamburger plate.
There was a place in downtown Ft. Worth back in the late 50's early 60's that was only open for lunch. They served 2 sandwich on a bun choices...Huge rump roast of beef or of ham. Then several flavors of tarts for a dessert. The place was always packed. Best lunch ever.
The BEST way to explain a hot hamburger sandwich to anyone, is to make one for them. You'll have a friend for life.
Oh my I forgot about these. My first restaurant job served these--as well as hot beef, hot roast pork, and hot turkey sandwiches. They were a big sell during deer season especially
When I moved to St John's for a while two years ago, I went to a Chinese-Canadian takeaway with some friends and noticed there was 'hamburger' and 'hot hamburger sandwich.' I asked a bunch of people and none of them knew what it was. Thanks for getting me to finally figure it out.
Hamburger Gravy! That's basically what my mom would make when growing up. The only real difference is instead of making the hamburger patties, she'd just brown up all the hamburger. Then served over mashed potatoes or bread. Big comfort food here. This video made me so happy to see!
Yes - I make hamburger gravy as a regular feature. Different additions, depending on what we feel like or what’s available, but always enjoyed.
I make hamburger gravy all the time, especially in the Fall and Winter. Wonderful comfort food!
OMG my mom made that all the time and I did as well for my children. I loved it. I didn't think it was a popular recipe. I always thought of it as deconstructed shepherd's pie which she never made, even once.
It's a good recipe when both Glen and Julie do their 'happy dance'. 😁
That looks absolutely delicious! Want the best, no fuss caramelized onions? Fill your slow cooker with sliced onions a little salt and pepper and cook for 10-15 hours stirring occasionally. Been doing it this way for years.
i'm going to have to try that. thanks amigo! old dogs *_can_* learn new tricks. but here's one for you. try adding a 1/4 teaspoon of sugar (per onion) to the mix and enjoy.
How long do those keep? Fridge or freezer?
@@brucetidwell7715 They never stick around long enough to find out! But it would depend on how much salt you use. A couple weeks at least in the fridge and months in the freezer.
What a great idea! *What setting please?* I got a bargain 10kg bag of onions recently and this will be great for using them up before they all go off. Also, do you think you could fry them off a bit first to shrink them down - I'm thinking of using my tiny slow cooker and would like it pretty full when done.
Or sprinkle a pinch or two of baking soda...speeds up the process.
I don't normally comment but the noise Julie makes when she takes the first bite is the cutest, most accurate sign of a perfect nostalgia food that I think I have ever seen. As someone who cooks for the people I love, if I got that reaction, it would be a mic drop.
I'm from southern Ohio. My dad and his parents called this a Hot Shot and it was always served with smashed potatoes. Apparently my grandparents served it thier restaurants.
KY that's pretty close to a hot brown.
I tried making a version of this yesterday with what I had. Leftover onion, a few mushrooms, ground chicken, marmite, and beef broth. I also did a cornstarch slurry to thicken the gravy. It still turned out tasty and it was fun to make it my own!
Never knew about the butter and flour mashed together. You learn something new everyday. Thanks for that.
Yeah, it's in my French cookbooks. I can't recall if it's in like Betty Crocker or Joy of Cooking. It might be but it might be called something else. I never do this method though. I just take cornstarch or flour and some warm water and make a smooth paste and add that to the mix and stir.
The Butter and Flour adds a nice richness to the gravy or sauce. Just give it about 2 to 5 minutes of simmering after adding it to cook out the flour flavor.
Another TH-cam Influencer, Early American, uses this often as a thickener. She is cooking early 1800 'receipts' over a kitchen fire.
But it's another example of butter and flour mashed together.
I'm so hungry for hamburger steak sandwich!
I learned the beurre manie trick from Glen and I use it all the time.
Oh man, beurre manié was a nostalgia for me because I remember the time that I had to make one in the last minute because my sauce went slightly loose at the end during our culinary lab finals and was able to pass it thanks to that😂
Beure meunier. Butter from the flower Miller. Not beure manié that would be butter that has been roughly handed.
It's an easy recipe and all of us know it, but one has to be reminded of the simple and good things in life every now and then. So, thank you, Glen for reminding me to make a hamburger at home. I surely will try this sauce!
I'm from Edmonton and can remember going with my grandfather to the counter in the Woolworths back in the early 60s
If you have a good gravy and just about anything else, you have a delicious meal!🤤
Good gravy is kind of like cake frosting,the dish it's on is really just a vehicle for getting the gravy into your mouth.
wow I forgot about this great sandwich. I used to make it a lot when my kids were small.thank you for doing this.
Bonus Glen content! Plus Julie's little delighted giggle. I love the comments with people are saying where to find it.
This channel's love of vernacular cooking is why I'm here.
Growing up in Detroit during the 50s and 60s we enjoyed these along with Hot Roast Beef and Hot Turkey Sandwiches however ,you must have lots and lots of gravy on your French fries. I still eat French fries with gravy. YUM.
I just had this for the first time as an adult at gingerman restaurant in scarborough. It was amazing and it actually reminded me of a few times i had it as a kid with my parents. Its a perfect winter meal.
I travelled ALL OVER Ontario back in the 1970s, servicing bank alarm systems. The Hot Hamburger Sandwich was my regular fare! And I cannot recall ever having a bad one... I will be copying your recipe and trying it out very soon! Like you said, not many restaurants offer this delightful dish anymore. Pity. Oh - and I recently heard that it's pronounced:
(wait for it)
"Wash Your Sister Sauce."
You're welcome. I'm here until Thursday.
Try the Hot Hamburger Sandwich!!
Thanks, Glen!!!
When I was a kid in 60s-70s Melbourne, these were called rissoles. All fried patties of minced beef were rissoles. Any variations in gravy and serving method were just rissoles with mash, or whatever.
Yep and of course we would use vegemite cos marmite is awful!😅
Kresge's ... what a blast from the past. It's hard to believe you can't get a hot hamburg sandwich in downtown Toronto. Maybe Fran's? I know they have it on the menu at The Grille in Etobicoke. (Queensway near The East Mall) Traditional diner food is getting harder to come by these days.
I am geeking out!!! My Mom took me at the end of every school year in public school, late June, in the late 1960's to early 1970's to get a hot hamburger lunch at the Nortown restaurant at Lawrence Plaza in Toronto. Sounds a lot like what you had at Kresge's lunch counter. Ours came with white bread open-faced, with peas, and mashed potatoes. It felt like I was in heaven! Oh the memories!!!! Hot days, and cold air-conditioning in the restaurant. My Mom made those days (and everything) so special for me. She has passed, and I miss her every day!! Thanks for the memories.
We have the exact same position when it comes to carmelizing onions.
Wow, this brought me back to my childhood... and then you went ahead and mentioned the Kresge's lunch counter! What a treat that was! Now I want to make this! Thanks so much, Glen!
I served this as recently as 2016 in my restaurant, Big Mama's Kitchen, here in Cambridge. I'm closed now, sadly. I still make it from time to time for the fam jam. Bulgogi would be marvelous!
I really enjoyed this one, it's nice to see Glen so happy and energetic!
I love looking into these old fashion dishes. My family is from Canada and heard about these but never knew what these dishes were since they are unavailable in Los Angeles where I now live
This looks and sounds amazing!
Your joy shines through your facial expressions and body language.
I love the joy in your face as you made and bit into this recipe! It shows the nostalgia and love you have for food. 💚
Oh, the timing was perfect. Had every ingredient in fridge, cooked it for Saturday dinner…so good, so comforting. ❤️🥰
Growing up, on the few occasions my father had to make dinner by himself, it was always the same: pan fried hamburgers with with onion gravy, mashed potatoes, cream corn, and "gravy bread". The four of us got full without objecting to any of it, which I think was the point.
My dad was a breakfast cook. Bacon-n-eggs any time day or night.
My dad loved to cook, grilled was his favorite but his mashed potatoes and potato salad were legendary no one did it the same. When he was a teen my grandma went back to school and all the kids had to pick a night to make dinner, his constant dinner he would make every week was Tuna and Tea, tuna sandwiches with iced tea. I guess his siblings were sick of it but as a kid I loved it. I'm 36 now dad is gone passed away at 52 10 years ago miss his cooking and advice so much.
My Dad made this when we were kids he called it hamburger steak with gravy....thanks so much for this memory
This looks like delicious comfort food. Have you reverse engineered Branston Pickle? It's so good but there is nothing else like it and it's getting very pricey here in the US so homemade might be timely. Thanks to you and Julie for all you do.
I hate this channel because it makes me so hungry every time I watch an episode. And I love this channel because everything is so genuinely interesting!
Growing up in Buffalo NY, in my local lunch counter that was called a Brown Burger Plate. It was served with mashed potatoes for more gravy, and your choice of either peas or corn.
Thank you for the memories, now I need to make some. 😊
For years we came up to Clarendon Station from Ohio for an annual fishing trip, and we always stopped in Peterborough for supper. It was nice to hear you mention it...brought back a lot of good memories.
Comfort food in its purest form! I've decided to give it a twist by putting it onto mashed potatoes,(potatoes+butter+cremè fraîche+nfc tomato juice=extra umami) and sprinkle a spoon of fresh parsley over the patty and the gravy. Thank you for the inspiration, Glen and Juliet! ♡ Greetings from Poland
Me, my Mum and my Nan still love these - its such good wholesome food. Its wonderful for when it gets cold outside. Hot Hamburgers and a side of Poutine and I'm a happy gal! Thanks Glen~
In Vermont these are called open face chopped steak sandwiches. A lot of menu's at dinners have an open face sandwich section
...and in my travels, I found that most diners also put a slice of bread on top, and drowned it with gravy. *HEAVEN!*
Here in Ohio we would call that a Salisbury steak sandwich, and it looks delicuous!
I am from New Jersey and I remember having this meal many times. I have made it for my kids too.
That gravy looks so tasty! I've always liked gravy more than the meat it is made from.
I do remember my father ordering this when we would go out to dinner which was a rarity in the 70s. Mostly we ate at home in those days. This must have been a treat for Dad when we went out. I haven't thought of this meal for years.
First time I tried a "hot hamburger" was back in the mid 80's at a small diner named Gail's Snack Bar on Eastern Ave.and Carlaw in Toronto. I loved it. I worked close by and used to have it for lunch at least twice a week. I don't remember ever ordering or seeing it on a menu since I left job a couple years later.
Gales still serves it. And charges only $3.50 it includes homemade fries.
@@sheteg1 , $3.50 are you kidding me? Wow!! In the mid 1980"s I'm pretty sure they were charging like $2.50-75.
In the American South we call that Hamburger Steak. It's generally served with mashed potatoes and green peas or carrots. Instead of loaf bread, it's served with biscuits or cornbread. Diners everywhere serve in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Everywhere else. It's filling comfort food that is delicious and nostalgic. We love Meatlof down here also with your standard mashed potatoes and Mac&Cheese.
I love Jules' little "Ooh, beurre manié! So fancy!" sass at 12:24
I remember my mom making these all the time in Laval West, Quebec. It was one of my dad's favourie so we had it once every two weeks or so. I love them and still make them to this day. :)
The Dundas Street Grille in Etobicoke (across from Kipling Station) still does Hot Hamburger Sandwich on their menu. Outside of that it's still pretty common on the east coast of Canada.
Pure nostalgia. Gonna have to make this for supper now.
You guys are so fun to watch! Your chemistry is amazing. Much peace!
Saw the video yesterday morning. Had to go to the Whole Foods for the Marmite, who knows where else in Virginia you can you get it.... Made the bread in the bread machine last night. Then had the Hot Hamburger Plate for dinner tonight. Green beans and mashed potatoes on the side. Two thumbs up from everyone in the family!!!
😋oh that looks so comforting, I really need to watch Glen and Friends after I've had a meal and not before !!😉 Glen's idea of a restaurant is great don't forget some pan cake and or pie ♥ make chocolate cookies.
Love, love love this Dish. Thanks Glen
Similarly to this, I will never forget my initial confusion when confronted with a "hot chicken sandwich". 1998, freshly arrived from Southern California, my future Mother-in-law took me out to lunch. Not sure what to order from the tiny diner in their village, I ordered what I thought would be a sandwich with a hot chicken patty. Imagine my surprise when I got an open faced, gravy laden, sliced chicken served on white bread platter with ubiquitous steamed veggies and fries. I was perplexed, but sated by the end of the meal. Thus I learned what "Hot" sandwiches were likely to mean in Canada. LOL This takes me back to the good ol' days.
The hot chicken variety specifically comes from quebec, one of my childhood favourites
@@ferdtheterd3897 lived in Ottawa a bit and this was pretty common fare at the school I went to there. might have to make this soon for myself!
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Don't think I've ever had a Hot Hamburger Sandwich, but I've had plenty of Hot Turkey Sandwiches in my time. Nowadays my hamburger meat, onions and gravy usually goes over a pile of fries.
Thank you for the memory boost - as soon as I saw the title I knew it was going to be good. First meal my grandfather taught me to cook :)
Love these - I’m in Detroit and I know it as Salisbury steak. And that’s a definite yes on the Lipton onion soup mix.
Love the idea of making it with lamb!
I grew up in Canada (Hamilton, Ont.) and this was served in most any restaurant. It was my favorite meal and no place here in the US have I found it. I do make it often although ours never had mushrooms growing up, and I am not fond of them, I fix it without. Thanks for the wonderful memory. Hot roast beef and hot roast turkey were also on those menus and I still have them. As a family of one now, sometimes I just go to the deli and by a few slices of roast beef (or turkey) and make the hot sandwich. Y'all have a Blessed day.
I'm definitely going to give this a try sometime. It was my first time watching your videos. This was lovely -- I think I'll hang around a while!
My grandmother made these for us. Complete with the canned mixed veggies. I'm going to add this to my rotation. Thank you for sharing.
I love this dish I make it a lot. I was at a dinner not to long ago and they asked me did I want a slice of pepper Jack on the patty. I thought about and said “Yes, yes I do!” 😂 Now every-time I make it at home I have to put some pepper Jack on before I put the gravy.
Looks delicious! Julie's happy little giggle said it all! So cute!
I have that exact frying pan and now I really really really want a hot hamburger sandwich! :D
So 1) channel first - Jules happy dance. 2) the excitement for this recipe is contagious. This is the happiest I have seen them in a while and I am here for it.
That's a budget friendly meal that just about anyone can make?looked lovely!from BIGMICK IN THE UK 🇬🇧
Reminds me when my mother and I would eat at the restaurant in the basement of Eatons in Winnipeg during the late 1970's. I now make mine the same, but season the beef wirh Dijon, mayo, knorrs onion soup mix and cracked pepper. Great job and great memories.
this is something that my folks love to have, they grew up in the 60's-70's here in Toronto and GTA. they would make it at home but I wasnt too much a fan of it since in the end you just have soggy white bread
People in Shelburne NS still love this meal in their local restaurants and pubs. 😎👌🏾🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Where's NS ?
Never had this, but it still reminds me of how my mom cooked growing up!
PS. Walnut ketchup and cider are going into mine!
I would add this recipe to a short list of recipes, along with a roast chicken, one ought to know and make to get through school, bachelorhood, tough times, and then come back to regularly for the love of it. It is a meal to share with loved ones and a go to for busy parents. Thanks!