Store Brand Review - Panburger Partner

From time to time in this space I will review store brands, those beautiful alternatives to name brand products. I start with my all time favorite - Panburger Partner.

I happened upon Panburger Partner at our local Hy-Vee and was perplexed. What is panburger? I promptly hustled over to the meat department and requested a pound of panburger. The butcher spied me quizzically and I enjoyed the following exchange:

Butcher: "You mean hamburger?"

Me: "No, do I look like Bill Gates to you? I am trying to make this Panburger Partner."

Butcher: "I think you can just use hamburger."

Me: "Well do I have to make it in a pan? Because I was planning to use my hot plate."

[Butcher walks off]

Well, I'm here to tell you that Panburger Partner is a top drawer substitute for the fixins of that pretentious little talking hand (we heard he was being considered for the Arby's oven mitt, but showed up drunk to the audition). I had to substitute hamburger, but it was still Pan-tastic. As the jingle goes, "Panburger Partner helps your panburger, make a great meal - ish."

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