Slugburgers

FIRST THINGS FIRST: Slugburgers contain no garden slugs. Instead, they are made from ground pork and named for the original Depression-era price charged in Corinth, Mississippi, for them: five cents. A nickel. Aka a “slug” (see “Burgers Born of Thrift”).

Slugburgers belong to the family tree of dishes, such as meatloaf, that were created by extending pricey ground meat with less expensive