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Recipes for Salmon Burgers, Ultimate Veggie Burgers, Black-BeanBurgers, Mushroom Burgers and Shrimp Burgers.

Labor Day unofficially marks the end of summer. As far as menus areconcerned, many folks will celebrate it much the way they didMemorial Day, summer's unofficial beginning, with a barbecue orbackyard picnic. That means brisket, ribs, chicken, hot dogs,steaks and burgers.

None of which I eat. I partake of some seafood, but no red meat,turkey or chicken.

It wasn't always that way. My mom used ground beef in almost allour dinners: meatloaf, spaghetti, chili with beans, tamale pie. Myfavorite was hamburgers. She fried them in her cast-iron skillet,with a hunk of Cheddar cheese melting on top. She served them onhearty sandwich rolls, grilled in the same pan, with lettuce andtomato. I can still taste them. When I gave up red meat, I missedthose burgers the most.

In my desperation for satisfying replacements, I got creative.First it was turkey burgers. Then I gave up chicken and turkey,too. I moved on to Boca Burgers, using a frozen, ready-made soyproduct in the grocery freezer. Alas, they don't really taste likeanything.

Then I began developing my own recipes and searching online.Black-bean burgers, veggie burgers, salmon, mushrooms, shrimp. Irecently had a dinner party where I served black-bean burgers to,yes, meat eaters. They loved them.