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Daisy-Head Mayzie Burgers
From Georgeanne Brennan
October 27, 2006

If you've ever wondered what green eggs and ham really taste like, there's a new book that will let you find out.

Georgeanne Brennan has written the "Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook," and it's filled with simple, scrumptious, wacky recipes for such foods as Cat in the Hat Pudding and Moose Juice and Schlopp.

Each recipe is accompanied by the original Dr. Suess verse that inspired it, and the pages are laminated to protect against splatters of Sneetch Salad, Oobleck, and Solla Sollew Stew.

Make these big, juicy hamburgers the Daisy-Head way -- that is, with a gingerbread-daisy dessert stuck right on top. You can make the cookies a day ahead if you want.

Ingredients

12 lean ground-beef patties

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

6 sesame hamburger buns plus 6 more bun bottoms

Mayonnaise (optional)

Mustard (optional)

Ketchup (optional)

Relish (optional)

24 slices of American or Swiss cheese

12 large lettuce leaves

2 large tomatoes, sliced (optional)

1 large onion, thinly sliced (optional)

Sliced sweet or dill pickles (optional)

6 Daisy-Head Cookies

Directions

1. Sprinkle each patty with a little of the salt and pepper.

2. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

3. Put the buns on a baking sheet cut side down, and heat until warm, about 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.

4. Preheat broiler.

5. Put the patties on a broiler pan and set about 4 inches from the heat source. Broil until brown, about 4 minutes. Turn and broil the other side until brown, about 4 minutes.

6. Spread the 12 bun bottoms with whatever you like -- mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, relish -- or leave them plain if you prefer.

7. Put a patty on each bun bottom, then 2 pieces of cheese, 1 piece of lettuce, and, if you want, a slice of tomato, a slice of onion, and even pickles.

8. Stack one of these creations on top of another. Repeat until you have 6 double-stacked hamburgers. Now spread whatever you want on the inside of the 6 top buns and place on the stacked hamburgers.

9. Stick a Daisy-Head Cookie onto the top of each hamburger.

Makes 6 hamburgers

Recipe copyright 2006, Georgeanne Brennan, "Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook"