# 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:** 3
**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:** [August 2, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/41 "2010-08-02T16:53:50Z")
Given a choice, cheese will never get within a mile of any burger of mine. Can’t stand the stuff on a good, or even a not-so-good burger. My wife loves the cheese however. Makes telling our order apart very easy. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/42 "2010-08-02T17:06:53Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The cheese on most hamburgers is an insult to the taste buds. It’s just plain bad American cheese. I’m not opposed to good cheese on a hamburger, but no one really serves good cheese. I usually put sharp Cheddar on my burgers, but I just picked up some Havarti, so I’ll try that in a moment. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/43 "2010-08-02T17:35:58Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Or if I can get blue cheese This is my go-to example of the cheese overwhelming the taste of the beef. In the MTCicero household, blue cheese is verboten on burgers _and_ steaks. If I want blue cheese in something, I’ll put it on a grilled cheese sandwich or in a salad. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/44 "2010-08-02T17:41:17Z")
To further elaborate my ambivalence toward cheese on burgers: If you’re gonna do it, pick a relatively mild cheese that _won’t_ distract from the flavor of the beef. But if you do add a mild cheese, then you’re really only adding it for texture or mouth feel, bringing “gooeyness” or creaminess to the burger. And I maintain that a perfectly cooked, juicy burger is already sinfully delectable enough, and needs neither goo nor cream. But that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/45 "2010-08-02T17:44:01Z")
As much as I can be a purist as to the general hamburger recipe, I do prefer cheeseburgers in most circumstances. Especially if it’s just a touch of blue cheese. Not enough to overpower the burger, but enough to amp up the beefiness of it. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/46 "2010-08-02T18:37:33Z")
For those of us who keep some sort of kosher, of course, it’s not really a question. Although one could have a no-meat, no-dairy cheeseburger, I suppose, everything made from soy… but why? ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/47 "2010-08-02T18:40:19Z")
Cheeseburgers make me sick for some reason–unless it’s bleu cheese! THAT is manna from heaven. So to speak. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/48 "2010-08-02T18:43:35Z")
> [@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? 😛 Or someone with a lactose intolerance. Thankfully, I’m not one of them. I love me some cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/49 "2010-08-02T18:53:27Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > > [@Musicat](#): > > > > So cheese is for kids and you outgrow the passion for it? > > > > Tell that to Wisconsin. 🙂 > > No thanks. 😉 Bah! Bah, I say. (Vegetarian, expatriate Wisconsinite who loves cheese - I don’t it’s legal for Wisconsinites to go vegan. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/50 "2010-08-02T18:58:35Z")
I voted “Cheeseburger only,” but I wouldn’t actually turn down a naked burger, and I might even order one if the cheese cost, I don’t know, a dollar or more, but under most circumstances I’ll pick a cheeseburger every time. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/51 "2010-08-02T19:17:32Z")
Cheeburger, cheeburger, cheeburger… No Coke. Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/52 "2010-08-02T20:24:16Z")
It depends on my options for cheese. If my only option is crappy American oil cheese, no thanks. But if someone has some slices of Sharp Cheddar or Pepperjack or something, then yes, please! ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/53 "2010-08-02T21:08:05Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > For those of us who keep some sort of kosher, of course, it’s not really a question. Although one could have a no-meat, no-dairy cheeseburger, I suppose, everything made from soy… but why? Soy cheese is an affront to all that’s good and holy on earth and in heaven. G-d does not want his children to suffer soy cheese. That’s why he allowed someone to invent the Boca Burger. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/54 "2010-08-02T21:17:48Z")
How’s this for weird? I don’t like cheese in or on anything other than hamburgers, and I absolutely won’t eat a hamburger without cheese. ---
**Author:** ![goofball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@goofball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goofball)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/55 "2010-08-02T22:56:23Z")
I vote Cheeseburgers. ---
**Author:** ![Gil-Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Gil-Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gil-Martin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/56 "2010-08-02T23:29:01Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > You kidding? Cheeseburgers. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say they prefer their hamburgers without cheese. If we ever met in person you’d be able to hear me say it. Cheese is a perfectly good way to ruin a perfectly good hamburger. It’s very rare that I’ll put cheese on a burger I fix for myself or order a cheeseburger when I’m eating out. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/57 "2010-08-02T23:32:34Z")
I hate cheeseburgers and have never ever ordered one. If, say, I go through the drive thru and they put cheese on it and I don’t realize it until I get home, I will either take it back or just not eat it. [Cleveland Brown]That’s just nasty.[/CB] ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/58 "2010-08-03T00:06:54Z")
Burger King: Cheese Whopper w/heavy mayo only McDonald’s: Big Mac or Quarter Pounder w/cheese Wendy’s: Double cheese w/mayo, onion, and tomato ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/59 "2010-08-03T00:24:55Z")
Depends on my mood. It’s a given though if I order a cheesburger theres going to be bacon on it as well. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865/60 "2010-08-03T01:19:32Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Given a choice, cheese will never get within a mile of any burger of mine. Can’t stand the stuff on a good, or even a not-so-good burger. My wife loves the cheese however. Makes telling our order apart very easy. Ever since trying burgers grilled your way, I have been using 1/3 spicy Italian sausage to 2/3 good ground chuck. Adding a nice slice of Provolone really makes it better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865.md?page=4)