# Do you like/put/want mayo on your burger? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089 "2012-06-04T22:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/41 "2012-06-05T06:38:38Z")
> [@D-bear](#): > > When the garden is full of fresh ripe tomatoes, I might put a hamburger patty on my tomato/mayo sandwich… Hell, I wouldn’t bother with the burger if I had a home grown tomato. I LOVE tomato sandwiches, if they are home grown tomatoes. If it’s a supermarket tomato, I’ll give you the stinkeye. As for burgers, I generally prefer the patty, a slice of American cheese (I think that Cheddar should be eaten out of hand), and some mustard, on a real hamburger bun. No, I don’t want my burger on sourdough, or wheat, or sandwich bread. If those are my choices, then I’ll just eat the patty (and possibly the cheese) without bread. And if there’s no cheese on it, I’ll put some teriyaki sauce on it. If I do have a real bun, though, sometimes I’ll put mayo on it as well as mustard. It really depends on my mood. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/42 "2012-06-05T07:15:33Z")
Almost never, which is ‘not usually’ in the poll. I don’t eat mayo very much and I only eat veggie burgers. Those count as burgers for me. I don’t put mayo on veggie burgers. But there was a sandwich type thing that I loved mayo on. I can only remember that it was really great and the mayo totally accentuated the taste. And now I can’t remember what it was. I have a hankering for something that I can’t identify now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/43 "2012-06-05T08:28:54Z")
In general I do, but lately I’ve been having to eat burger without the bun. I can add my own mayo, but I’m currently out. So I chose almost always. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/44 "2012-06-05T13:38:13Z")
I don’t use it at home. If I’m at a restaurant, I’d rather have some kind of “special sauce” rather than just plain mayo, but mayo is fine too. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/45 "2012-06-05T13:40:42Z")
Hell, NO! I WON’T mayo. On a hamburger. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. Never. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/46 "2012-06-05T13:44:23Z")
I don’t like mayo on anything. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/47 "2012-06-05T13:45:40Z")
I love mayo but I never eat it on burgers. Any mayo or mayo based sauce on hot food just tastes wrong to me for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Mekhazzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mekhazzio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mekhazzio)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/48 "2012-06-05T13:59:36Z")
I get to make enemies of both sides of the argument! I prefer Miracle Whip. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/49 "2012-06-05T14:01:55Z")
I like mayo on certain things. But usually not on a burger. If it comes with it I will still eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/50 "2012-06-05T14:04:04Z")
Only if it’s mixed with minced green olives and a special blend of spices. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/51 "2012-06-05T14:13:05Z")
Mustard, no mayo for me please. Mayonnaise has it’s places, but I don’t think a burger is one of them. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/52 "2012-06-05T14:45:29Z")
No mayo, no mustard, no ketchup. Cheddar cheese, yes, and onions, raw tomatoes, lettuce, jalapeño peppers. Chili is optional but nice. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/53 "2012-06-05T19:58:07Z")
If I have a choice…NO MAYO. I want to taste the Burger. Ketchup, Mustard, Onions, Pickles and MAYO make one too many toppings. Steak Fries on the other hand. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/54 "2012-06-05T20:28:26Z")
Count me with the people who said they never ask for mayo or put it on a burger themselves but will eat without complaint (well, to the restaurant staff anyway) a burger that presumptuously came with mayo on it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/55 "2012-06-05T23:30:36Z")
Mayo on a burger is fine. I won’t go out of my way for it, but I won’t turn my nose up either. Mix the mayo with some sriracha and put _that_ on a burger and, well, now I am drooling. But that’s the spicy mayo, you can put that on just about anything. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/56 "2012-06-06T07:21:11Z")
When I was seven years old, and my older brother was eight, he told me a joke about mayonnaise that all but sickened me. That was 55 years ago, and I haven’t put mayonnaise on my sandwiches since then! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/57 "2012-06-06T12:46:07Z")
Oh yes, and on anything that resembles a sandwich, including hot dogs, corn dogs, burritos, etc. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/58 "2012-06-06T15:30:14Z")
NEVER. And it really sucks living in a “mayo by default” culture. No matter how vigilant I am about checking menu ingredients and stipulating no mayo, occasionally I slip and my food ends up getting spooged. “Oh, you didn’t want mayo on your bruschetta? Most people like it!” If I were King of Everything, the only controlled substance would be mayonnaise and simple possession would be a capital offense. Manufacture? Death by prolonged torture. Don’t mind blue cheese or ranch dressing, and even aioli isn’t bad. Nothing against oil, egg yolks, or lemon juice, even. Somehow when you blend them together, it becomes something unholy. DO NOT WANT. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/59 "2012-06-07T19:27:08Z")
Mayo is the good. I really like it. It’s creamy, adds a little yin to mustard’s yang. And it pisses off **Vinyl Turnip.** What more could you ask from an off-white condiment? However, tomatoes are the gelatinous, slimy innards of Satan’s colon. That is until you distill it down to its essence for sauces and dips. Then it becomes the heavenly juice of an angel’s belch. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-put-want-mayo-on-your-burger/624089/60 "2012-06-07T20:03:11Z")
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