On Friday, the Fourth of July, there will be celebrations all across the country. Millions of pounds of hamburgers will be grilled and even more pounds of hotdogs. Truckloads of steaks will be cooked and barrels of brisket. Rumps will be roasted and fish will be fried and tenderloins will be tasty.

But, several local lads will have a craving only Miss Anderson’s five cent burgers that were made legendary, only by word of mouth, can satisfy.

Over the many years, no one has ever been able to copycat Miss Anderson’s hamburgers.

A while back, Steve Carter, Rayvon Graham and Kenny Campbell were sitting around Carter’s Barn with burgers on the grill and remembering Miss Anderson’s “grease burgers” that had meat patties that were sliced so thin “you could read a newspaper through them.”

Miss Anderson had a secret burger recipe mixed and rolled at a local meat market.

She kept her hamburger meat frozen and sliced it paper-thin with an electric slicer, one burger at a time.

Miss Anderson’s hamburger buns were almost as thin as her meat. She fried the “see-through patties on a flat, greasy grill, then slapped them on buns that were thinly smeared with a mixture of ketchup and mustard. She flipped each burger over on the grill, greased both sides of the buns, salted the top of the bun, wrapped the burger in ‘waxpaper’ and garnished it with a pickle.”

There was no complaint when Miss Anderson upped her price from 10 cents to 15 cents.

Miss Anderson’s “hamburger place” was not big enough to turn around in, so it was usually wall to wall “standing room only.” Nobody cared. One of her hamburgers was worth much more than a wait.

As Steve, Rayvon and Kenny thought more about Miss Anderson’s hamburgers, they were determined to recreate the “Miss Anderson burger.”

They followed her lead to the letter – again, and again and again.  They sliced the frozen hamburger meat so thin they could read the newspaper through it. They greased the grill, dressed the buns with mustard and ketchup, flipped the buns in the grease and mashed them flat, flipped them and salted the top.

Again, and again and again. All for naught.

When they recreate Miss Anderson’s grease burgers, they will open “Miss Anderson’s Hamburgers” in downtown Brundidge. For sure, customers will knock the door down to experience the best hamburger that has even been made.

Footnote: Eddie Fisher was traveling to Daytona Beach and his chauffeur  stopped in Brundidge for gas. The popular singer and actor requested a return route in order to stop for another Miss Anderson burger.