# Hamburgers Or Cheeseburger? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865 "2010-08-02T07:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/1 "2010-08-02T07:30:57Z")
Which do you prefer? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/2 "2010-08-02T07:32:26Z")
You kidding? Cheeseburgers. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say they prefer their hamburgers without cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/3 "2010-08-02T07:38:04Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > You kidding? Cheeseburgers. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say they prefer their hamburgers without cheese. Oh, now you’ve gone and done it. You’ll have a million people quoting your post in here saying things like “Well, here’s one”, “Here’s another”, etc. Heh. I won’t be one of them, though…I agree with you. My burger must have some form of cheese on it for me to enjoy the scarfing and noshing of it. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/4 "2010-08-02T07:45:56Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > My burger must have some form of cheese on it for me to enjoy the scarfing and noshing of it. I can enjoy a hamburger without cheese. And when I say hamburger I mean, well, normal hamburgers. Burgers like what you find at Arby’s taste good with or without cheese- I have no preference there. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/5 "2010-08-02T07:47:10Z")
I voted “Other.” I prefer the cheese but usually don’t get it because it’s contraindicated for my arteries. There’s various other things I might put on a burger, but I leave the french fries on the side. (I was surprised last week to someone put the fries inside the burger. Is that an Australian thing?) ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/6 "2010-08-02T07:49:47Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > (I was surprised last week to someone put the fries inside the burger. Is that an Australian thing?) I don’t know about fries but I put chips on my burgers and sandwiches when they’re available. Some of my friends do, too. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/7 "2010-08-02T08:02:13Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > You kidding? Cheeseburgers. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say they prefer their hamburgers without cheese. You’ve never met an observant Jew? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/8 "2010-08-02T08:09:56Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > > > You kidding? Cheeseburgers. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say they prefer their hamburgers without cheese. > > You’ve never met an observant Jew? 😛 Actually, no. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/9 "2010-08-02T08:16:23Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > > [@Rigamarole](#): > > > > You’ve never met an observant Jew? 😛 > > Actually, no. Now you have! I wouldn’t have a cheeseburger if I ate meat. Since I don’t, I wouldn’t have either, but I do enjoy cheese on a veggie burger. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/10 "2010-08-02T08:28:11Z")
You mean…you can get a burger \*without \*cheese?? Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/11 "2010-08-02T09:36:46Z")
No cheese. It’s the Jewish thing. (I don’t keep strict _kashrut_, but I draw the line at meat and cheese). ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/12 "2010-08-02T09:44:18Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > (I was surprised last week to someone put the fries inside the burger. Is that an Australian thing?) Nope, I’m an American and I’ve been doing that all my life. Learned it from my father. I do it with certain sandwiches too, on occasion. It’s not something I do every time, just once in a while. Even though I’m lactose intolerant I still prefer cheeseburgers. It just _tastes_ better. ---
**Author:** ![ekweizn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@ekweizn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekweizn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/13 "2010-08-02T09:48:02Z")
Eye can haz hamburgerz or one cheezburger? Eye chooz hamburgerz. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/14 "2010-08-02T10:09:10Z")
Cheeseburgers! I hate it when I sometimes forget to specify “with cheese” on either a Whopper or a Big and Tasty, neither of which come with cheese. Can you imagine?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/15 "2010-08-02T10:09:52Z")
Cheeseburger. Preferably in Paradise. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/16 "2010-08-02T10:18:46Z")
I prefer a good hamburger to a bad cheeseburger, but it’s a close thing. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/17 "2010-08-02T10:41:54Z")
Cheeseburger . . . with either swiss or extra-sharp cheddar. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/18 "2010-08-02T10:55:32Z")
If someone defiles my burger with cheese I’ll still eat it, but not happily. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/19 "2010-08-02T11:17:42Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > There’s various other things I might put on a burger, but I leave the french fries on the side. (I was surprised last week to someone put the fries inside the burger. Is that an Australian thing?) Here in the UK we call it a chip buttie. ETA: I’m assuming you mean putting the fries inside the bun. Putting them inside the burger - now, that would be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/20 "2010-08-02T11:27:48Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > > [@septimus](#): > > > > There’s various other things I might put on a burger, but I leave the french fries on the side. (I was surprised last week to someone put the fries inside the burger. Is that an Australian thing?) > > Here in the UK we call it a chip buttie. > > ETA: I’m assuming you mean putting the fries inside the bun. Putting them inside the burger - now, that would be interesting. We mean taking the bun off the burger, setting the fries on top of the patty and setting the bun back on top of all of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865.md?page=2)