When I read stories like Prospector's, I start to think that some of these stories are made up.
But then reading through 280+ pages of this makes me realise that they aren't, and that these people commonly exist in the world.
:(
FWIW, I've made burgers plenty of times without buns, and have just put them on the same bread I use for toast ("Oh the horror!", I hear the typical Anti-Mustachian say)