# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**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 22, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/41 "2015-01-22T02:51:12Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > I don’t get the 'it doesn’t make sense thing". The beetroot (by which an Aussie means pickled beetroot) does a similar job to the pickle that seems to go on a lot of american burgers. (or as a whole pickle on the side when ordering a sandwich) It provides that same vinegary sharpness. Oh, I agree. Nice sweet & sour punch. But, in my experience, beets in general are just not a favored food in the US. I mean, they’ve gotten much more popular over the past few years, but I think they are still regarded with suspicion by a lot of folks. At least that’s how it seems to me. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/42 "2015-01-26T12:41:04Z")
I’m the only American I know who actually _likes_ beets. But as a regular vegetable in their own right, bought fresh, greens and all, and made into borsht. I’m not acquainted with them being pickled, except in a Persian \*torshi \*blend, where they’re used in moderate amounts to turn the turnips or cauliflowers pink, or likewise used to turn Pennsylvania Dutch pickled eggs an intense pink. What is that stuff in the jar? It looks like yellow relish. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/43 "2015-01-26T13:13:38Z")
I like beets too. Pickled is best but little ones with butter are also good. Do not like Harvard Beets, however. Never thought of putting them on a burger but it sounds good. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/44 "2015-01-26T15:46:34Z")
You know, this thread just cries out to me that someone should try the empirical approach. That being said, I think I prefer the lettuce on top. I hate when the bottom bun starts sliding around on the patty. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/45 "2015-01-26T15:47:10Z")
I didn’t vote because I have no preference, except for a burger with two patties. Then, I want “salad”/fixings on the top **and** bottom because I eat the burger as two open-faced sandwiches. Ate a burger that way just last night. And yes, it had fixings on top and bottom without me asking, so I must not be the only one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kurtisokc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/46 "2015-01-29T04:35:07Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Fried egg is pretty awesome. The warm, runny yolk intermingling with the meaty patty. Mmmmm… Heck, even on a gardenburger. Beet is actually pretty good, too, but still a bit “odd” for American tastes, I think. So your not from around here. That would explain it. I don’t mean to sound chauvinistic or anything but putting beets on a hamburger just sounds . . . . un-American. And I’ve never heard of hamburger fixings called “salad” before. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/47 "2015-01-29T04:38:28Z")
if you put the salad below the meat then the burger will slide right off. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/48 "2015-01-29T04:56:44Z")
So from the perspective of us northern hemisphere folks; the Aussies and Kiwis actually put their salad on the bottom. -----Just kidding, the old upside down joke.😉 Start with a less than gigantic bun, toasted lightly to increase the surface tension(?), I put a slice of raw red onion on. Just a few of the rings - the onions can get overpowering. Then the patty; not some massive thick blob; thinner, coarse ground, not hard packed - closer to loose. Then some 'shrooms. Finally a good cheese, again not too thick followed by the top bun. I’ll be having my lettuce/greens/tomatoes in my salad, thank you very much! ---
**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 29, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262/49 "2015-01-29T15:48:03Z")
> [@kurtisokc](#): > > So your not from around here. Depends where “here” is, but I was born and raised in the US. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-in-a-burger-above-or-below-the-meat/710262.md?page=2)