{"id":18275,"date":"2025-04-17T15:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=18275"},"modified":"2025-04-17T15:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:15:46","slug":"i-grew-up-in-iowa-and-my-dad-used-to-take-me-to-get-these-all-the-time-ive-missed-them-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=18275","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI grew up in Iowa and my dad used to take me to get these all the time! I\u2019ve missed them so!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe elevates the classic patty melt with a flavorful secret sauce featuring bacon and relish. The combination of juicy seasoned beef, melty cheeses, and tangy sauce on toasted rye bread makes for a truly satisfying sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>Instructions:<\/p>\n<p>Form the patties: Divide the ground beef into 3 equal portions. Gently form each portion into a flattened patty, roughly the same shape and size as your rye bread slices.<br \/>\nSeason the patties: Season both sides of each patty generously with onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper to taste.<br \/>\nCook the patties: Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the patties until they are cooked through and no longer pink in the center. Remove the cooked patties from the skillet and set aside.<br \/>\nPrepare the secret sauce: While the meat is cooking, in a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, chopped bacon pieces, ketchup, sugar, and relish until all the ingredients are well incorporated. Set the sauce aside.<br \/>\nWipe and heat skillet: Wipe the skillet used to cook the meat clean with a paper towel. Reduce the heat to medium.<br \/>\nButter the bread: Butter one side of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe elevates the classic patty melt with a flavorful secret sauce featuring bacon and relish. The combination of juicy seasoned beef, melty cheeses, and tangy sauce&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18277,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275\/revisions\/18277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}