TGIF: Crabby Patty Friday . . . Our New Thing

Would you like some fries with that ketchup . . . no. :)

So a few years ago I turned Friday's into hot dog Friday (beef - not pork!) with a side of fries, and pickles. During the summer, mac salad baby. 

Usually, every Friday, but not every Friday if you know what I mean. Then this past year, it became fun to have a McDonald's Friday, or a Burger King Friday, or a pizza Friday. 

This past Friday was our second crabby patty Friday and this one's a keeper, so we bid farewell to hot dog Friday. There's a funny story to this, sort of. 

Well, it's funny to me anyway. My boys like to remind me that when I say it's funny, it's usually not, and then they proceed to laugh at me (with me). Okay, so when my older boys were little I always thought the crabby patty's from Sponge Bob Squarepants were real crab . . . so if we had a fish fillet night on a bun, I'd kid around and call them crabby patty's. 

I didn't realize until the past couple of years that the crabby patty is in fact a . . . burger. And I mean, it makes sense. Mr. Crab's is a crab, so why would he sell crab meat. And they're called crabby patty's, because they're Mr. Crab's patty's. Yes. I get it now . . . So my girls are really into Spongebob like my boys when they were little and I thought it would be fun to have a crabby patty night with all the toppings just like the real thing. 

With the only exception of course . . . the crabby patty sauce. When I went shopping on Friday morning I tried looking for Sponge Bob plates at my one stop shop, and where I spend the most of my money to get treated the worst . . . you guessed it, Wolly's World AKA Walmart! I shouldn't say that, because there are great people that work there too. 

They make up for the people that act like you're bothering them if you ask them a question. So they had no Sponge Bob plates, and I'm like, sad times . . . no Sponge Bob plates in Walmart? Oh well, so we settled for yellow, which is close enough. The first time I made them they seemed stacked higher. I think it's because I sliced the tomato thinner this time. 

Next time I'll stack 'em better so I can get a better picture, then swap the pic out here. And, yup, sure enough I went to make them Friday night and realized I forgot an ingredient . . . the cheese. I realized this as I was cooking. How do you do that? The next night I forgot the sour cream for our taco night. Yes, story of my life here. 

And every Friday when I leave Walmart, I say to the cashier, I feel like I'm forgetting something and it eludes me, list and all. Then I realize what I need . . . when I need it. So I improvised with shredded mozzarella for our chicken parm night . . . oy vey . . . but they were still good!! 

It's easy to make a crabby patty. All you need is...

Crabby Patty Ingredients:

• Ground beef (I get 90% lean - I think that's it?)
• 1 red onion sliced
• 2-3 tomatoes sliced (depending on how many people you're serving)
• sliced cheese
• seeded hamburger buns
• lettuce
• ketchup, mustard, and/or mayo (I like to mix all three and make a special sauce, shh)

Once you've made your patty's finish with a side of fries (preferably home fries!), and pickles, and you've got a fun-filled night of crabby patty fun!!