# Bleu Cheese on Burgers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900 "2009-05-18T21:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/1 "2009-05-18T21:22:55Z")
Yea or Nay? I love blue cheese and I had it on an otherwise delicious burger (1/2lb angus, thick crispy bacon, lettuce, onion and tomato). Unfortunately, the cheese sort of killed the taste of what would have been one of the best burgers ever. It was still good though. ---
**Author:** ![Aestivalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/2 "2009-05-18T21:35:13Z")
Yes, it has to be bacon OR blue cheese, not both. Last week I had both on a burger, in some ground together combination, and it was… not my favorite. But a rare burger, with blue cheese on top, is wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/3 "2009-05-18T21:36:34Z")
As a change, sure. But not all the time. I prefer to taste the meat as opposed to the cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/4 "2009-05-18T21:41:45Z")
I lurves me some Bleu on my burger. But not as much as I lurve a sharp cheddar and some freshly roasted hatch green chiles on my burger. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/5 "2009-05-18T21:48:30Z")
I like bleu cheese and bacon burgers. That’s my husband’s favorite kind. They’re pretty salty together, but it doesn’t matter if the burger’s juicy. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/6 "2009-05-18T21:54:30Z")
Yes, please. I’ll be over right away. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/7 "2009-05-18T21:55:48Z")
Yes, stuffed inside the patty with some horseradish. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/8 "2009-05-18T21:58:44Z")
Real bleu cheese, yes. Or its cousins, like Stilton, Gorgonzola, Roqueforte, saga, or cabrales. None of this ‘blue cheese food’ for me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/9 "2009-05-18T22:03:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > As a change, sure. But not all the time. I prefer to taste the meat as opposed to the cheese. I think once in a while for me, too. I do as a general rule love bleu cheese. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/10 "2009-05-18T22:09:41Z")
I would think it would be “yes,” as I like both blue cheese and burgers, but the last one I tried didn’t really do it for me—something a bit mawkish about the cheese being _warm_. Neither am I a fan of warm brie, which tasted—the first and only time I tried it—like a big mouthful of somebody’s yeast infection. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/11 "2009-05-18T22:14:06Z")
I enjoy bleu cheese on burgers the most when it’s a “black and bleu” burger cooked with Cajun spices. It’s a nice change of pace every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/12 "2009-05-18T22:24:41Z")
Had it for the first time a few years ago at the Hard Rock in Niagra Falls. Loved it - have it all the time now. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/13 "2009-05-18T22:36:37Z")
Pretty good every once in a while, but not something all the time. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/14 "2009-05-18T22:38:39Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Pretty good every once in a while, but not something all the time. Ditto. I love it as a change of pace, but not every day\*. \*note: I probably only eat one hamburger a month, so it’s not like I need that much variation ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/15 "2009-05-18T22:40:55Z")
I’ll have my bleu cheese in salad dressing, please, or crumbled on my salad, with ranch dressing. My burger should have bacon, sharp cheddar (or port wine cheese!), bacon, steak sauce, and just _maybe_ a thin slice of ripe tomato and a lettuce leaf. To me, the flavor of bleu cheese is too strong for the taste of the burger. Maybe I’m just eating the wrong burgers? ETA: I don’t like bleu cheese on steaks, either. Maybe I just don’t like the combo of bleu cheese and beef. . . ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/16 "2009-05-18T22:43:16Z")
Count me as a fan. As others have said, it’s a “once in a while” thing; my cheeseburgers are usually adorned with American or mozzarella (milder cheeses). Sometimes, though, I’m in the mood for the combo of a medium/rare burger & bleu cheese. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/17 "2009-05-18T23:00:11Z")
I had a bleu cheese burger once, and yea, though I love blue cheese, it was much too rich and overwhelmingly bleu cheesy. It was a bit much, I probably wouldn’t mind it sparingly, but generally the bleu cheese burgers I have seen are covered with it. Not really my favorite, haven’t had one since and probably wouldn’t order one again… ---
**Author:** ![hroark2112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hroark2112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hroark2112)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/18 "2009-05-18T23:03:50Z")
If you want to mellow out the cheese, here’s a quick tip. Make 2 smaller, thin patties. Put the cheese on top of one patty, then put the other patty on top. Squeeze the edges together. Season the burger top & bottom. Grille. The cheese will melt into the meat, distributing the taste and mellowing it a bit. This works well with ANY kind of cheese, I do bleu cheese or swiss normally. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/19 "2009-05-18T23:07:14Z")
The one time I’ve had a burger with bleu cheese is at [Red Mill Burgers](http://www.redmillburgers.com/menu.htm) in Seattle and I thought it was the best hamburger I had eaten in awhile. It also pepper bacon on it and it blended nicely with the taste of the bleu cheese. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900/20 "2009-05-19T15:25:37Z")
Depends on the type of blue cheese. For me, Danish blue is mild and mixes well with a burger and bacon. Very sharp roqueforty blues assert themselves too much and are better in other recipes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-on-burgers/496900.md?page=2)