spoonburgers?

My grandmother used to cook a very simple "spoonburger".  She browned ground beef until very well cooked, added a touch of worstherchire (sp?) sauce, a few green onion tops, black & cayenne pepper, and possibly other seasonings.  We ate it on cheap hamburger buns with mustard and pickles and thought it was great. 
 
Has anyone ever eaten these (I know they're similar to a Tavern sandwich, but they really tasted differently!)
 
cy

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My grandmother used to cook a very simple "spoonburger".  She browned ground beef until very well cooked, added a touch of worstherchire (sp?) sauce, a few green onion tops, black & cayenne pepper, and possibly other seasonings.  We ate it on cheap hamburger buns with mustard and pickles and thought it was great. 
 
Has anyone ever eaten these (I know they're similar to a Tavern sandwich, but they really tasted differently!)
 
cy

Sounds like a sloppy joe, or a Maid Rite.

Yes it does.

I wonder, however, how the idea came to south Louisiana.  While there is a history of beef here, the most important meats are, traditionally, game (including seafood), pork and chicken.  My grandfather raised his own cattle, so we had access to fresh beef.  But the seasonings, especially mustard, are not typical.

I have never asked her, but I wonder if my grandmother learned this recipe from somewhere else.  Her mother made the same thing, except with ground pork & beef, sans worchesterchire.

thanks for the comment

cy

Cy, just next door in Texas I grew up eating burgers w/ mustard and pickles. Oh, and that "worst" sauce was used often for all kinds of stuff. All sounds great to me!
Joe

browned until well cooked does not sound appetizing under any circumstances.
even on a budget.

The key words here are "other seasonings"...grandmothers were famous for these.

Sounds like a loosemeat sandwich!

It does sound like a loosemeat sandwich.  Which of course, have endless deviations due to family and regional tweeking.

It IS just like the loosemeats? sandwiches I've seen discussed, but I wonder how this migrated to south LA.  My grandmother says her mother made it, and that would be in the 1930's-early 40's.  No tv yet, nor much print media in the area I live in.
 
cy