# McDonald's Spamburger! Now with mayonnaise and Oreo crumbs! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 21, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567 "2020-12-21T20:56:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/1 "2020-12-21T20:56:18Z")
Sadly, only available in China > **[McDonald’s Selling ‘Spam Burger’ Topped With Oreo Cookie Crumbs In China](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mc-donalds-china-spam-burger-oreo_n_5fe0f543c5b607e6348d3055)** > > The bizarre sandwich is made of two slices of Spam, Oreo cookies, and is topped with mayonnaise. I hate mayonnaise. But I might give Spam with Oreo crumbles a chance. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/2 "2020-12-21T21:06:02Z")
2020 just doesn’t let up, does it? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/3 "2020-12-21T21:12:59Z")
The combination of sweetness and saltiness can make a lot of weird pairings work. I might try it. Once. I think I would skip the mayo, thought. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/4 "2020-12-21T21:13:48Z")
Is this what they think Americans eat? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/5 "2020-12-21T21:14:35Z")
In my experience, Chinese people make much less distinction between cookies and crackers than North Americans do. (E.g., my wife will call saltines “cookies”.) So Spam with cookie crumbs is probably closer to breaded pork in terms of the mental image it provokes. It’s all carbs, anyways. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/6 "2020-12-21T21:54:06Z")
It sounds perfectly puke-worthy. In this house it would go straight into the garbage. The Oreo crumbs on top are just a bizarre finish to an affront to the very concept of food. But I don’t get the hate for mayo in a couple of the comments. Mayo is essential in many sandwiches. I just had a wonderful smoked Dijon turkey sandwich with sliced tomato and romaine lettuce on a toasted bun, with Hellman’s mayo. If I had been slightly more ambitious I would have added bacon. What’s wrong with you mayo haters? That said, I never, ever have mayo on burgers. Fresh chopped onion, ketchup, tomato, and a Strub’s garlic sliced pickle is all that is required\*. Also, certain authentic fresh garlicky smoked sausages like good, authentic kielbasa should be had only on bread with butter, nothing else. But Spam? With Oreo crap on it? Ewww… {puke!} \* And cheese, of course. A burger is not a burger without a good slice of cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/7 "2020-12-21T21:56:28Z")
Heresy. Anyone knows the only proper condiment for a spam-oreo sandwich is mustard. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/8 "2020-12-21T21:58:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is this what they think Americans eat? It’s probably closer to American food than most stuff served in chain Chinese restaurants in the US is to real Chinese food.😉 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/9 "2020-12-21T21:59:07Z")
That’s like something you might make if there was a war, and you only had three ingredients left in your kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/10 "2020-12-21T22:01:26Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Chinese people make much less distinction between cookies and crackers than North Americans do. Quite possibly a pan-Asian trait, as it’s the same in Indonesia and Singapore - when you go to the grocery store looking for table water crackers, head toward the cookie section. (And in Singapore I could buy some rather delicious in-between biscuits, that were not quite as sweet as a cookie, but sweeter than I’d expect of a cracker. They were wonderful with a sharp cheddar.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/11 "2020-12-22T01:03:34Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > What’s wrong with you mayo haters? I just don’t like mayo. My sandwiches frequently consist of just meat between two slices of bread. “What?” people ask. “You eat it _dry?_!” Yup. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/12 "2020-12-22T02:56:08Z")
On the one hand, this whole “mayo on burgers” thing is a complete hijack from the OP. On the other hand, dear God, a hijack has never been more welcome. So: > [@wolfpup](#): > > That said, I never, ever have mayo on burgers. Fresh chopped onion, ketchup, tomato, and a Strub’s garlic sliced pickle is all that is required\*. > … > > - And cheese, of course. A burger is not a burger without a good slice of cheese. Nah. Ketchup on even the best burger makes it taste like it’s off the McDonald’s dollar menu. Mayo under the burger mixes with the beefy juices and gets ultra-delicious. For that acid tang, use mustard instead of ketchup. And to replace the sugary kick of the ketchup, I dunno, squirt some actual Tang on it for all I care, burgers don’t need sugar. Also I don’t want cheese anywhere near my burger. I know that makes me a weirdo. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/13 "2020-12-22T03:28:28Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > But I don’t get the hate for mayo in a couple of the comments. Mayo is essential in many sandwiches. Mayonnaise is a very polarizing food. Like cilantro & mushrooms, it’s either fine (or good, even) or it’s Satan’s spooge. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/14 "2020-12-22T05:09:03Z")
**Moderator Action** Since this is (technically) a food item, let’s move the spam mayonaise oreo and spam to Cafe Society (from MPSIMS) (cue the Vikings…) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/15 "2020-12-22T05:22:47Z")
Elvis is alive and well and living in China. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/16 "2020-12-22T05:28:39Z")
Elvis would fry it in butter. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/17 "2020-12-22T05:51:54Z")
The only thing I have ever liked at McDonalds is their breakfast menu, particularly the bacon and egg McMuffin. However, you can make a vastly superior version at home. You get to use better cheese, better eggs, better muffins and a better sauce. Recently I returned from my brother’s with farm fresh eggs. Next morning I started to make myself one and discovered that I had no bacon. So I substituted sliced, cupboard fresh SPAM® Hot and Spicy. And it was far, far better for it. Maybe I should tell McDonalds? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/18 "2020-12-22T07:10:20Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Mayonnaise is a very polarizing food. Like cilantro & mushrooms, it’s either fine (or good, even) or it’s Satan’s spooge. Mushrooms are good, cilantro is heaven and mayo sucks. This is my final answers ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/19 "2020-12-22T08:02:51Z")
I like mayo with a lot of things, but the idea of putting it anywhere near chocolate sounds extremely unappetizing. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567/20 "2020-12-22T10:31:07Z")
you know I wonder if someone had come across one of those chocolate cake recipes from ww2 to the mid-century that had mayo in it …the reasoning behind it was: 1 supposedly it made the cake moist 2 it was less greasy than lard or veg oil and 3 you couldn’t taste it anyway because it didn’t need a lot of it … and I’ve seen the same reasoning for sour cream in chocolate cakes too … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-spamburger-now-with-mayonnaise-and-oreo-crumbs/928567.md?page=2)