# Salad in a burger - above or below the meat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262 "2015-01-19T05:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/1 "2015-01-19T05:54:10Z")
As the title says, when you’re building your burger and you’re putting in whatever salad makes you happy, does the salad items go on the bottom with the meat and hot items on top or does the meat and other items go first and then the salad? I’m a meat on bottom person. My personal burger build goes like this: Bottom bun Sauce Meat patty cooked onion cheese slice bacon fried egg tomato beetroot lettuce mayo top bun. How do you build your burger? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/2 "2015-01-19T10:22:22Z")
That sounds like the recipe that I remember from the local fish & chip shop in the 70s. Delicious! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/3 "2015-01-19T10:42:51Z")
You left out my option: it doesn’t really matter to me at all. My “cheese” goes on top though, since it will otherwise overpower the burger if it hits my tongue first. Same if I include (a tiny bit of) ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/4 "2015-01-19T10:53:59Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > beetroot Fellow kiwi? 😉 I agree with your order, although now that I don’t eat bread, I have mine in a bowl and go the opposite way. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/5 "2015-01-19T13:07:54Z")
My favorite burger is from In ‘N’ Out, and they put the salad on the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/6 "2015-01-19T13:13:35Z")
I favor salad on the top and cheese on the bottom. Your upper teeth get the crunch, while the cheesy goodness hits your tongue before the other ingredients. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/7 "2015-01-19T13:31:57Z")
When there’s salad in the burger, I remove it and eat it by itself. If, for whatever reason, it remains in the bun, it goes on top. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/8 "2015-01-19T14:13:22Z")
Mix mayo, mustard on the top bun. Lettuce,pickle, and then cheese goes directly on the patty. Thats how I make them. I’ve had restaurants give me a burger with lettuce on the bottom. Seems up side down. I eat it anyhow. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/9 "2015-01-19T15:02:28Z")
IT doesn’t matter to me, but I voted on the bottom. (The only burger I usually get with the salad on it is an In N Out burger, and they put theirs on the bottom, so that’s what I thought of when thinking salad on a burger.) ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/10 "2015-01-19T16:26:33Z")
I don’t do refined carbs, so the salad IS the bun on my veggie burger. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/11 "2015-01-19T16:30:06Z")
bottom bun burger cheese onion (optional) top bun ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/12 "2015-01-19T20:41:12Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > Fellow kiwi? 😉 > > . Traditional and customary Australian food as well… McDonalds have even taken it on - [McOz Burger](https://mcdonalds.com.au/menu/mcoz). They always put meat at bottom. Anything similar in NZ? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/13 "2015-01-19T21:21:20Z")
I never knew anyone ate burgers without the fixin’s on top! ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/14 "2015-01-19T21:36:51Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > Anything similar in NZ? Behold the [kiwiburger](https://mcdonalds.co.nz/menu/kiwiburger)! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/15 "2015-01-19T21:50:09Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > bottom bun > burger > cheese > onion (optional) > top bun You forgot the bacon… How in the world can you forget the bacon??? ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/16 "2015-01-19T21:51:29Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > Fellow kiwi? 😉 > > I agree with your order, although now that I don’t eat bread, I have mine in a bowl and go the opposite way. Nah, over the ditch on the mainland. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/17 "2015-01-19T21:52:42Z")
Both sides. Pickle and onion on the bottom side, cheese and tomato on the top side. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/18 "2015-01-20T00:37:33Z")
I put lettuce on top. But…I’m usually flipping my burger periodically while I eat it, so that the largest amount of bun is on the bottom at any given time. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/19 "2015-01-20T00:40:48Z")
Salad on bottom. It just makes sense as a functional matter. You can construct the rest of the burger before/during cooking of the meat patty, so then when cooking is complete you simply pop the patty and fried onions on top of the otherwise complete burger and you’re done. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/20 "2015-01-20T00:54:52Z")
If I _have to have_ salad on a burger, it belongs on the bottom. That way it helps keep the bottom bun from disintegrating. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262.md?page=2)