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CLASSIC PATTY MELT Diner Sandwich YOU ARE GONNA WANT THIS ONE
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Jun 14, 2025
Toasty Bread with Melty Cheese, Flavored Hamburger, Caramelized Onion and a Secret Sauce. CLASSIC PATTY MELT Diner Sandwich YOU ARE GONNA WANT THIS ONE Today's Recipe: https://catherinesplates.com/patty-melts-diner-style/ **Click here to see my recipe blog: https://catherinesplates.com NEW: To purchase my Dessert Cookbook, click link https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/10034701/10feb0fb4a14a171cfaeed6889d6656eab1a0016 *To purchase my cookbook vol 1, click link https://www.blurb.com/b/9452561-catherine-s-plates **To purchase my cookbook vol 2, click here https://www.blurb.com/b/10367334-catherine-s-plates-cookbook ***To purchase my cookbook vol 3, click here https://www.blurb.com/b/11248440-catherine-s-plates-3rd-edition-2022 ***My Amazon StoreFront https://www.amazon.com/shop/catherinesplates (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) ***Follow me on Social Media
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let's make the classic diner sandwich a
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patty melt We have the hamburger patties
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cheese we've got golden toast and we got
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a secret sauce to pull it all together
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But we can't forget our onions Let's
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caramelize these up We've got two yellow
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onions
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We're going to take off the ends Now
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it's just Thomas and I today but we do
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like sauteed onions and these will
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shrink down in size and fit perfectly on
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our sandwich
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So I'm just taking off the ends
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Now we're going to cut these into
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circles
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They'll hold better in the sandwich We
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don't want to dice them up because
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they'll just all fall out and we don't
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want that
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Nice rings here
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Now if you want to cut your onion in
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half and then slice them you can do that
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And we'll finish this one
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All right we're just going to pop these
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out
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and let's get our pan ready There we go
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We're going to place a medium skillet on
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our burner We're going to place it on a
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medium high heat
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We're going to add one tablespoon of
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some cooking oil
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We'll add a tablespoon of butter
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Now keep your oil on hand because we may
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need it to add a little extra along the
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way Now once the oil and the butter come
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to a sizzle we're going to add in the
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onions
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Now we are going to season our onions
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with some salt and pepper
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about a quarter of a teaspoon We want a
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flavor along the way
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That's good
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Now I'm going to coat all the onions
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with the butter and the oil And we want
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to soften these down and give them nice
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color to them
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All right we're going to place a lid on
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it That'll help steam them and soften
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them down even faster But we want to get
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them a nice deep dark caramelized color
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to these onions It'll add such a
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delicious flavor While that's happening
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let's get our hamburger patties ready
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In a medium bowl I have one pound of
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ground beef And we're going to season
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that up with some Kinder Buttery
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Steakhouse Blend We like this on steak
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on hamburger
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All right Now it doesn't have garlic in
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it so we're going to add some garlic
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powder You want to flavor up your
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hamburger patties for sure
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Some black pepper
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And we're going to go in with a little
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salt
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I'm going to mix this all up Now you can
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season with whatever seasoning blend you
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like for hamburgers
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Just make sure it's nice and flavored
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I'm going to press it down
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I'm going to divide this into four so we
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can make four patties Now the bread I'm
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using is kind of an oval shape So we're
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going to form an ovalshaped patty So I'm
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going to divide it into fours
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And then we're going to take one just
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kind of form a ball with it And then
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we're going to flatten it out We're
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going to make it very thin
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and we're going to make it an oval shape
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Right Just going to set these on a plate
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Now if you're using square bread then
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you would make just your regular
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standard round patties
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There we go
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Let's check our onions All right We
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decided to put two patties together and
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thin them out in an oval shape That way
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once they cook they'll start shrinking
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and we want them to fit on the bread
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We're almost there Don't rush the
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process We'll get there
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Woo look at these We're going to call
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these done Going to let these sit in the
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pan and then we're going to start a new
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pan for the burgers All right let's get
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this started On a medium high heat
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we want to get it nice and hot
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I'm going to add a tablespoon of butter
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We're going to flavor it up Once your
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butter is nice and hot and starts to
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sizzle we're going to add the burgers in
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All right we're going to cook about 5 to
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7 minutes on one side until they're nice
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and golden brown Then we'll flip them
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over So I'm just using a piece of
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parchment paper and I'm going to place
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it on the burger And I'm just flattening
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them down a little bit Get them all nice
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and even so they cook nice and even This
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is kind of in the middle of the five to
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six minutes
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All right we're going to flip them over
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Use two that way you don't splatter
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yourself
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Yeah Another four to five minutes
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they're done What I did was I flipped it
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over I just took a butter knife to it
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and just went right in the center there
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And they're done
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We're going to remove them from the pan
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Now I have an oil pan right here that
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we're going to use to pour out the
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grease Then we'll just clean up the pan
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a little bit and we're going to start
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toasting the bread
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I'm placing my long skillet on medium
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heat Going to heat that up Now we've got
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our bread laid out I'm using this right
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here It's a dark rye Generally a rye
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bread is used for patty melts You want
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to have everything ready once you start
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this okay because you you don't want to
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burn your bread So we're going to take
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about a tablespoon of butter and start
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buttering our bread on one side And
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we're just doing two of them There we go
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Now we're going to put the butter side
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down into our skillet
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cuz we're making two sandwiches and we
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want to start toasting them on the
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butter side Right there Two pieces of
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Swiss cheese
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right on top
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We're going to put our hamburger patties
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on top
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Yeah Look at that Mhm
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We're going to get our grilled onions
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right in the center
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Lots of them Right We made them Put them
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on there
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Oh this is going to be so good
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We got French fries in our air fryer
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that we're going to turn on because it
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only takes about 8 to 10 minutes
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See that was two medium onions Cheese
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right on top
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All right let's bring our bread over for
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the top I'm going to show you what we're
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going to do with that Here's our secret
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sauce It's not really a secret but there
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it is It is Thousand Island dressing I'm
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going to blop some on
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Blop some on And we'll take a knife and
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we're going to spread it on And then
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we're going to lay it with the sauce
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side down on top of the cheese
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And we're going to toast these
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till the cheese is nice and melted And
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we got a nice toast to the sandwiches
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Okay we're going to butter the top
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because when we flip these we got to
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toast the other side
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That butter will help toast them
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Let's turn these over
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There we go Yay
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On the dark rye it's almost hard to tell
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huh but I can tell that it's nice and
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crispy on the top Yay
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Get up underneath there and then fling
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it fast Now you don't have to use rye
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bread You can use any other type of
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bread that you want okay but this was
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just a classic for this sandwich All
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right let's take a look Oo look at that
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melty cheese Let's check the toastiness
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of the bread and then we're going to
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give this a try for you Look at that
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Comes the onion
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There's our classic patty melt diner
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style Let me give it a try for you
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I'm going in for my bite
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I tell you those onions that thousand
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island dressing the Swiss cheese the
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flavored hamburger patty Wow that is
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delicious And don't forget that dark rye
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that I used They have a lighter ride too
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if you want to use that All right you
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