I'm not a fan of hamburger for the most part. Well, let me rephrase that, I am not a fan of full sized hamburgers normally. They are too big and I can never finish the whole thing so usually when we do burgers its sliders on kings Hawaiian rolls. But my daughter wanted real burgers for a change so we made it happen.. Complete with homemade pickles.. "HOME" made... Not "ho" made there is a difference, be sure to stress the "M" sound cuz "ho" ain't made nothing but a buck fifty laying on her back...

Anywho... The burger was a mix of ground beef, ground sirloin, ground pork, and a tiny bit of ground onion sausage about 1/3 a pound of the sirloin and pork about a pound of ground beef and just a small handful of the sausage to that we added a package of dry ranch dressing mix, some smoked paprika, salt, pepper, and about 1 tbsp of water. (by tbsp I mean as much as I could carry in the palm of my hand from tap to bowl twice... I have small hands..

we fried these in a cast iron skillet (cast iron is the only way to go.. don't let anyone tell you different) cooked about 8 minutes per side on medium heat and right before they were done we flipped them and put sliced cheddar from a block of extra sharp Cheddar we had.  Once the burgers were ready we toasted the sesame seed buns, and assembled our burgers.. Here is what we put on ours.. mayo, Dijon mustard, ketchup, coleslaw, lettuce, tomato, onion, and home made pickles. (home made pickle recipe below.. But before we do that, just let me say these were the most moist, delicious tasty, flavorful burgers ever. I actually eat the entire thing and I never do that..

Now for the quick pickle recipe...

in a sauce pan add 1 1/2 cups vinegar, 1/2 cup sugar, teaspoon pickling spice, 1 bay leaf, salt to taste.. Bring these ingredients to a boil slowly over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

while you wait for this to boil slice cucumbers thinly, as thick as you like your burger pickles, add just a few pieces of onion for flavor put in a bowl and add dill weed stir this around to coat cucumbers in dill and add to a mason jar. set aside until your mixture boils.

once your mixture reaches a good rolling boil pour over cucumbers in mason jar. (it is always good to add a metal spoon of knife to the jar to absorb some of the heat just to make sure your jar doesn't shatter when you pour in the hot liquid)

remove the bay leaf and pour mixture over cucumber put on the lid and sit aside or place in fridge until they are cooled.

we made the pickles and set them aside until our burgers were done, by this time they had cooled to room temperature. our family is big so by the time all the burgers were done the pickles had cooled and they were awesome on the burgers.. They pack a bit of a punch spice wise when you eat them alone, but on the burger they were amazing, a nice mix of sweet and savory. We will do this again. Do you have a great quick pickle recipe? Id love to hear about it in comments...