# Hamburgers: what do you like on em **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377 "2012-06-17T00:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/1 "2012-06-17T00:02:11Z")
Just thought it’d be a good summer-y thread 🙂 I’m very flexible but at a minimum it’s gotta have ketchup and lots of it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/2 "2012-06-17T00:09:09Z")
At home: Mayo (on bread); Mayo, lettuce, tomato on a toasted bun. Out: Mayonnaise, cheese, lettuce, pickles. Nice additions from time to time: Avocado, jalapeños, bacon, fried egg, cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/3 "2012-06-17T00:14:22Z")
Just about anything except ketchup. Back when Woodstock Bar/White Rabbit Restaurant was in the Nana Plaza red-light playground (motto: Three Floors of Whores), they offered a Mad Hatter Burger that had everything but the kitchen sink in it. Half-pound paddy, smoky links, ham, bacon, egg, cheeses, all stacked really high. I could eat one of those and be full for 24 hours, I kid you not. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/4 "2012-06-17T00:15:18Z")
I enjoy pickles, jalapenos, and/or pepperoncinis on my burger, along with mustard and onion. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/5 "2012-06-17T00:17:32Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Just about anything except ketchup. > > egg, 😕 What is wrong w/you people?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/6 "2012-06-17T00:19:03Z")
Almost everything and anything at different times. Sometimes, I like just mayo, other times I crave thousand island dressing. Add mushrooms, bacon, grilled onions. The list is long actually. And sometimes just by itself. Hamburger is my favorite beef. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/7 "2012-06-17T00:41:30Z")
A mix of ketchup and mayo as a sauce, a bit of mustard, pickles, grilled onions, crisp bacon. As with hot dogs, it’s a spur of the moment type of thing. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/8 "2012-06-17T00:45:20Z")
Bacon, ketchup, mustard, onions, pickles, and jalapenos. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/9 "2012-06-17T00:45:38Z")
No tomato, no pickle, otherwise, I’m flexible, except that mustard can’t go on it alone (paired with either ketchup or mayo–which can go on solo–fine, but mustard can’t go solo). Also, cheese. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/10 "2012-06-17T00:47:21Z")
Depends on whether I’m cooking them or I’m buying them. If they’re being grilled up at home, then it’s likely there is relish, onion, shredded lettuce and a touch of mustard on the burger. Then I’ll dip it in the ketchup I have out for the fries. My favorite burgers from restaurants (In-N-Out, The Hat) usually have some sort of 1000 Island on them, which is good too. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/11 "2012-06-17T00:50:14Z")
Cheese, bacon, mustard, onions, pickles, lettuce, tomato. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/12 "2012-06-17T00:54:40Z")
Where the hell is the cheese and bacon??? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/13 "2012-06-17T01:12:28Z")
This is a really incomplete list of toppings. For me: pickles cheese bacon special sauce I make myself, OR if out, just mustard and ketchup ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/14 "2012-06-17T01:21:11Z")
Onions at #1? Never saw that coming. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/15 "2012-06-17T01:31:07Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Cheese, bacon, mustard, onions, pickles, lettuce, tomato. This, although I can take or leave the tomato. (I’ll often eat about half the burger, then pick off the rest of the tomato.) ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/16 "2012-06-17T01:44:36Z")
Garden Fresh Tomato, Mayo, onion and egg roll. Divine! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/17 "2012-06-17T01:53:14Z")
Lettuce, tomato, pickles, onion, bacon, cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/18 "2012-06-17T02:07:09Z")
For “restaurant” burguers I’ll normally do nothing or add mayo When we make’em at home it’s “golf sauce” (mayo-ketchup mix) + mustard, and tomatoes, avocado, and (a Peruvian thing) matchstick fries. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/19 "2012-06-17T02:12:40Z")
Ketchup, grilled onions, grilled mushrooms and sharp cheddar. Sometimes bacon. If it comes with tomato, pickles or lettuce, I pick them out and eat them separately. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/20 "2012-06-17T02:21:29Z")
The ideal burger: grilled, with swiss cheese,sweet onion, lettuce and a smear of mayo on the bun. On a burger cooked inside, substitute American cheese for the swiss, and add bacon. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377.md?page=2)