# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/121 "2012-07-15T04:33:10Z")
Cheese, lettuce, tomato, A-1. Alternately, BBQ sauce, jalapeños, and onion rings. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/122 "2012-07-15T04:43:39Z")
Piece of onion at least a 1/4" thick, maybe 2, really good kosher dills sliced thin, lettuce and a ketchup/mayo/ relish mix, and American processed cheese food (whatever that is, but we mostly love it). Grilled bun, and VERY rare meat. ---
**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 15, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/123 "2012-07-15T04:56:38Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > I never got the ketchup hate. What other versatile food goes with hotdogs, eggs, beans and a grilled cheese? > > Ooh, ooh, and potato! Cheese, you pervert. Ketchup doesn’t go with any of these except for potato, and then only if they’re mashed. Just kidding. Fried. But even then the ketchup is vastly improved if you mix in a shit-ton of tabasco. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/124 "2012-07-15T18:29:29Z")
I can’t believe you didn’t include bacon in the poll choices! Blasphemy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/125 "2012-07-15T20:05:29Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Ketchup goes with eggs? Bleargh. > > And beans? Yes, it goes quite well with both. I’m sorry your taste buds did not completely develop to where you can savor the tangy and sweet. Ketchup with scrambled eggs (and American cheese scrambled in) is one of those simple pleasures of life. Drop on some black pepper, and it’s all the better. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/126 "2012-07-15T20:06:50Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Cheese, you pervert. Ketchup doesn’t go with any of these except for potato, and then only if they’re mashed. > > Just kidding. Fried. But even then the ketchup is vastly improved if you mix in a shit-ton of tabasco. Ketchup with mashed potato? What kind of freak are you? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/127 "2012-07-15T20:14:52Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Ketchup goes with eggs? Bleargh. > > And beans? Gotta agree with you here. IMHO, ketchup and eggs are awful. I’ll go eggs poached in tomatoes (like shakshuka), but ketchup tastes wayyyyyyy too sweet to work with something delicate like eggs (for me.) Beans I could see, as ketchup is often the main component in the sauce that goes with baked beans type recipes. I usually don’t like my beans that sweet, though. Although, with barbecue, I’m fine with it in small doses. But I do like a little bit of ketchup on my burger, along with the mustard. Steak sauce, though, is too strong for me, unless it just the barest brush of sauce. That Worcestershire type of flavor just overpowers everything. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/128 "2012-07-15T20:21:10Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > That’s true. Because what is hamburger but a little pice of steak anyway? ah no. They’re both beef. If you think hamburger = steak you should be eating at Golden Corral. 😉 And I’ll pass on the steak sauce on burgers. Oh it can work, but ketchup is better, in fact IMO the one mandatory condiment on burgers. A burger without ketchup is like eggs without salt n pepper. Not getting the ketchup hate either, but to each their own. Speaking of which, as a kid I used to think ketchup on eggs was nasty but I’ve since warmed up to it. Not mandatory but not bad at all. But ketchup on beans? ecch ---
**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 15, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/129 "2012-07-15T20:26:11Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Gotta agree with you here. IMHO, ketchup and eggs are awful. I’m staying in a dorm and eating cafeteria food (six more days–can’t wait to eat real food again!) The other day there was this dude sitting at a table near me with a plate piled high with nothing but a giant mound of scrambled eggs topped with a hemorrhage of ketchup. It was bleeeaaauuugh. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/130 "2012-07-15T20:31:37Z")
A good burger should have ketchup, mayo, fresh onion and lettuce and placed on a plate with baked beans. I am so hungry right now. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/131 "2012-07-15T20:35:32Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Im sorry your taste buds did not completely develop to where you can savor the tangy and sweet. I can appreciate the tangy and sweet just fine. (Ketchup, for example, is both tangy and sweet.) But ketchup and scrambled eggs, just, no. I can, however, deal with ketchup and French toast. > [@pulykamell](#): > > Gotta agree with you here. IMHO, ketchup and eggs are awful. I’ll go eggs poached in tomatoes (like shakshuka), but ketchup tastes wayyyyyyy too sweet to work with something delicate like eggs (for me.) > [@](#): > > Beans I could see, as ketchup is often the main component in the sauce that goes with baked beans type recipes. I usually don’t like my beans that sweet, though. Although, with barbecue, I’m fine with it in small doses. Beans in some kind of tomato-flavored sauce is fine. But ketchup, no. It’s too strong, too everything. I once knew someone who dipped potato chips (crisps) in ketchup. No way. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/132 "2012-07-15T20:40:17Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I can appreciate the tangy and sweet just fine. (Ketchup, for example, is both tangy and sweet.) But ketchup and scrambled eggs, just, no. I can, however, deal with ketchup and French toast. > > Beans in some kind of tomato-flavored sauce is fine. But ketchup, no. It’s too strong, too everything. > > I once knew someone who dipped potato chips (crisps) in ketchup. No way. Ketchup and French toast?! You people are animals! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/133 "2012-07-15T20:43:20Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Ketchup and French toast?! > > You people are animals! 🙂 Yep, ketchup, fresh cilantro leaves, fried onions, green chilis, and salt and pepper with French toast. Mmmmmmm. (Of course my French toast batter is just eggs. No cream or sugar or any of that nonsense.) ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/134 "2012-07-15T20:47:23Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Yep, ketchup, fresh cilantro leaves, fried onions, green chilis, and salt and pepper with French toast. Mmmmmmm. (Of course my French toast batter is just eggs. No cream or sugar or any of that nonsense.) I think I want to marry you, same sexes be damned, just so I could taste that meal first thing some morning. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/135 "2012-07-16T00:32:12Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Yep, ketchup, fresh cilantro leaves, fried onions, green chilis, and salt and pepper with French toast. Mmmmmmm. (Of course my French toast batter is just eggs. No cream or sugar or any of that nonsense.) no to the ketchup, but Tabasco sauce would be fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/136 "2012-07-16T00:56:25Z")
What, am I the only vote for sriracha? ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/137 "2012-07-16T16:25:12Z")
I’ll use sriracha for a burger dip, but not a topping. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377/138 "2012-07-16T18:28:24Z")
For my backyard parties I order from Fresh Direct and make this part of the spread for my guests: 1/3 lb. ground short rib hamburger patties [by Pat LaFrieda](http://www.freshdirect.com/product.jsp?catId=mear2c_lfda&productId=mea_lafrda_shrtrbbrgr&trk=srch) Thick cut slices of Boar’s Head Extra-Sharp [Black Wax Cheddar Cheese](http://www.freshdirect.com/product.jsp?catId=dcjk&productId=del_bh_chdrblkwx&trk=srch) Thin cut slices of Alpine Lace [Swiss Cheese](http://www.freshdirect.com/product.jsp?catId=dswi&productId=dswi_alpine_lace&trk=srch)Claussen’s [sliced Kosher dill pickles](http://www.freshdirect.com/category.jsp?catId=dai_condi_pckl&prodCatId=dai_condi_pckl&productId=dai_clssn_sndw&trk=srch) (funny that they go on cheeseburgers, eh?) B&G [sliced (pickled) jalapenos](http://www.freshdirect.com/category.jsp?catId=gro_condi_pickl&prodCatId=gro_condi_pickl&productId=gro_b_g_jalep&trk=srch) Arnold’s [whole wheat hamburger rolls](http://www.freshdirect.com/category.jsp?catId=gro_baker_rolls&prodCatId=gro_baker_rolls&productId=gro_arnold_cwroll&trk=srch) Iceberg lettuce Roma tomatoes, yellow onions Maille Dijon Mustard, [Heinz Ketchup, Hellman’s Mayonnaise And if I’m feeling like going all out, I’ll also fry some Applegate Farms [URL=“[http://www.freshdirect.com/product.jsp?catId=mea\_bacon\_pckgd&productId=del\_applgt\_prk\_sbacn&trk=srch](http://www.freshdirect.com/product.jsp?catId=mea_bacon_pckgd&productId=del_applgt_prk_sbacn&trk=srch)”]Sunday Bacon]([http://www.freshdirect.com/category.jsp?catId=gro\_condi\_musta&prodCatId=gro\_condi\_musta&productId=spe\_maille\_dijon\_01&trk=srch](http://www.freshdirect.com/category.jsp?catId=gro_condi_musta&prodCatId=gro_condi_musta&productId=spe_maille_dijon_01&trk=srch)) and sliced cremini mushrooms, and add ripe avocados to the spread (spiced with garlic, salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper). If I do that, I’ll upgrade the whole wheat buns to [oversized brioche buns](http://www.freshdirect.com/product.jsp?catId=bak_rolls&productId=bak_tc_brgrlsfrz&trk=srch). My favorite way to eat a burger from my own assemblage: Burger on a medium-toasted bun (on the grill) Swiss cheese melted over bacon, mushrooms and fried onions topped with avocado, lettuce, tomato, pickled jalapenos Mustard on the bottom bun (on meat), mayo on the top bun [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-what-do-you-like-on-em/625377.md?page=6)