Andy Wise's Swiss Cheese-Stuffed Hamburgers

2 pounds Ground Chuck (80/20, enough fat to burn on grill and flavor the meat)

1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp Tabasco sauce

1 tsp fresh thyme

1 tsp minced garlic

1 tsp fresh ground pepper, preferably from a mill

1 tsp Kosher salt or Penzey's 4/S Season Salt

Package of Laughing Cow Swiss cheese wedges

Put ground beef in a mixing bowl.  Add Worcestershire, Tabasco, thyme, garlic, ground pepper and salt. Knead ingredients into the beef. Make patties 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch thick.

With your finger, poke a hole or indention in the middle of each patty.  Add 1/2 or whole wedge of Swiss cheese to hole/indention. Form patty around cheese wedge like a ball, then re-shape into 1/4-1/2 inch patty, spreading cheese through patty.

Shelby County government says its Christmas tree recycling program won’t just provide free mulch to people; it will also save the county thousands of dollars.

“Starting before the Christmas holidays will allow vendors to quickly dispose of unsold trees, wreaths and other greenery,” said Tom Needham, the county’s director of public works. “Recycling will help save an estimated $5,000 that would normally be spent to dispose of trees at the county’s landfill.”

City of Memphis Public Works will provide free mulch for Memphis residents Saturday, Nov. 20 at two locations in observance of America Recycles Week.

Beginning at dawn, free mulch will be available in the parking lot of Halle Stadium, located at Mt. Moriah at Mendenhall and in Douglas Park located at 1616 Ash off Holmes at Chelsea Ave.

The mulch will be provided on a load-your-own, while-it-last, basis and residents must provide their own loading equipment and containers. Commercial businesses and non Memphis residents are not eligible for the free mulch.