Instructions: Lightly brown both halves of the hamburger bun, face down, in a hot pan.

Set aside; keep the pan hot. Build the cool side of the sandwich in the following stacking order from the bottom up: bottom bun, mustard, catsup, chopped onion, pickle slices, chopped lettuce, mayonnaise, American cheese slice, tomato slices.

With you r hands, form the ground beef into a thin patty slightly larger in diameter than the bun. Cook the patty in the hot pan for 2-3 minutes per side. Salt lightly
Build the hot side in the following stacking order from the bottom up: top bun, beef patty.

When you are ready to eat, slap the cool side and the hot side together.

Note: 5 years after this sandwich
was introduced, it was dropped by McDonalds and replaced with the McLean Deluxe.

Note: Who was the very first Ronald McDonald back in 1963? Willard Scott

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