# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/81 "2012-06-20T03:21:35Z")
Slice mushrooms and a couple big yellow onion, cook on high for about 45 minutes until brown and super crispy but not burned. Add to burger (after putting the extra sharp cheddar on), give it a couple squirts of ketchup, and you have my burger heaven. I’ll take burgers plenty of other ways but the fried onion and shroom cheddar burger is by far my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/82 "2012-07-14T00:09:46Z")
Simple enough question… ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/83 "2012-07-14T00:11:42Z")
I rarely eat burgers, but today I happened to hit on the perfect combination: American cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, barbecue sauce. It was one of the best things I’ve eaten in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/84 "2012-07-14T00:13:58Z")
BBQ sauce? Gross. ---
**Author:** ![Tad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tad)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/85 "2012-07-14T00:28:51Z")
Some kind of green, some kind of cheese depending on the bread, sweet or red onion, sometimes pickles, and hot peppers of some kind. No condiments of any kind allowed. I like the taste of the meat itself and find the condiments take away any enjoyment. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/86 "2012-07-14T00:34:41Z")
'nother burger ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/87 "2012-07-14T00:39:27Z")
Meat, buns and ketchup. Sometimes barbecue sauce instead of ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Chipacabra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Chipacabra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chipacabra)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/88 "2012-07-14T00:43:14Z")
In addition to what I voted (everything on the list except ketchup), add in avocado, fried egg, or anaheim pepper. However, not all at once! Any particular burger I prefer to be fairly simple, but variety is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/89 "2012-07-14T00:47:17Z")
Cool, **Chipacabra** and I are exact opposites. The less shit on my burger the better and apparently everything except the kitchen sink and ketchup is best for him. Also, the chupacabra is notorious for never being seen and a person covered in bees usually will draw some attention to themselves. What’s the opposite of a doppelgänger? ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/90 "2012-07-14T00:53:53Z")
A gangeldopper? Egg, avacado, wtf. I said a burger not a cassarole. 😉 Usually ketchup and mustard, maybe mayo is what I use ie the “basic burger.” Cheese is nice but not mandatory. Don’t like the rest. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/91 "2012-07-14T01:04:47Z")
pickle while tasty can cause slippage. horseradish if you don’t have a spicy mustard. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/92 "2012-07-14T01:13:07Z")
Cheese, onion, ketchup, and horseradish. Alternatively, cheese, bacon, mushrooms, and ketchup. Or, cheese, and garlic mayo. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/93 "2012-07-14T01:25:25Z")
Your poll did a pretty good job of listing all the “standard” toppings—the kinds of things that virtually any restaurant would put on your burger for you, without it being a specialty burger/separate menu item. But of course, there are many other things that are good on a burger (though not necessarily all at the same time, unless you’re Dagwood Bumstead): bacon, mushrooms, onion rings, fried egg, guacamole, gyro meat, etc. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/94 "2012-07-14T01:28:33Z")
Onion, mustard, (a little) ketchup and mayo, cheddar cheese\* (not that 'Merican sliced crap - sorry but it’s crap), lettuce, a thin slice of a beef tomato, a fried egg and - most important of all - chilli sauce, flakes, fresh or what ever. Without chilli I’m not really enthused about eating a burger. \*Even better, a little blue cheese 😉 will go part way to make up for the lack of chilli ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/95 "2012-07-14T01:33:42Z")
Mustard and relish. I can live without the relish. If the burger is good I can live without the mustard. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/96 "2012-07-14T01:38:31Z")
I’ve only recently come around on onions. I have a vague notion that the more strongly and variously flavored something is, the more (subjectively) filling it is. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/97 "2012-07-14T01:42:04Z")
I prefer Pepperjack on my burger over any other cheese, and steak sauce is infinitely better than ketchup on a burger. Other options: Mushrooms, blue cheese, bacon. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/98 "2012-07-14T01:45:15Z")
**oreally** , you started an identical thread less than a month ago. Don’t start a new thread on the same topic like this. I have merged the duplicate threads. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/99 "2012-07-14T01:57:30Z")
Not getting the huffiness. You act like I did it on purpose. Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/100 "2012-07-14T03:10:50Z")
Fast food burgers: the only thing I want on them is the trash can lid. Seriously, when I stopped being vegetarian, the first burger I had was McDonalds, and I was all WTF, this is what I decided to murder animals for? But then I had a good burger (at the redoubtable Jack of the Wood in Asheville–if you’re in Asheville, go there, it’s awesome), and I was all, murdering animals is pretty okay after all. What I want on my burger is mayo and spicy mustard mixed together, a non-nasty tomato if you have one (if your tomato looks like cross-sectioned banana forget it), lettuce, and onion. Also don’t skip on the bun, get me something solid like a Kaiser roll, not some nasty doughy Wonderbread bullshit. A burger like this is amazing food. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377.md?page=6)