Jambo Burgers a la Tomahawk

Ingredients for 8 hungry campers:

• 3 or 4 medium onions
• 2-1/2 to 3 pounds hamburger
• 2 cans vegetable soup
• 2 cans vegetable-beef soup
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2-2/3 cups pre-cooked rice
• Shortening (or 2 strips of bacon)

Preparation:

1. Put two frying pans over bed of hot coals with about 2 tablespoons of shortening in each.
2. Remove outer layers from the onions and cut the ends off. Dice into small pieces.
3. Divide onions into the two hot frying pans.
4. While onions are being browned, form hamburger into balls about the size of quarters. Press so that each patty has two flat sides.
5. Thoroughly brown each side of a few patties at a time in the frying pans.
6. Open the soup and pour into an 8-quart dutch oven or kettle. Add one can of water.
7. Put kettle on a low fire and allow this to come to a boil. Stir occasionally.
8. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to soup.
9. When soup starts to boil, add 2/3 cups of pre-cooked rice and move kettle to a lower fire to simmer. Stir bottom occasionally.
10. When patties are browned, add them and the onions to the soup. Do not add the grease. (When you run out of time, just brown the remaining hamburger.)
11. Stir, but try not to break up the patties. Add more water if the mixture is too dry.
12. Ready to serve about five minutes after adding the rice.