# Should I make myself fish tacos or hamburgers for lunch? (need answer fast) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 8, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517 "2013-01-08T18:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/1 "2013-01-08T18:41:34Z")
I’ve been cooking at home a lot lately and have leftovers to use. I can make fish tacos or just have leftover burgers. The fish tacos would require making a little cole slaw, which is no big deal; the burgers would require slicing up a little onion and pickle, also no big deal. I’m on Weight Watchers – the burgers would actually be slightly fewer WW points than fish tacos would be, but not significantly fewer. What should I make? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/2 "2013-01-08T18:42:57Z")
I vote hamburgers. But then, I don’t really like fish tacos. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/3 "2013-01-08T18:43:17Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/4 "2013-01-08T18:44:00Z")
Poll worked fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/5 "2013-01-08T18:44:59Z")
Less work and fewer points, the choice for burgers is clear. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/6 "2013-01-08T18:45:26Z")
I propose burgers because “eating a burger” isn’t a euphemism for oral sex. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/7 "2013-01-08T18:48:52Z")
Another point to consider: I’m assembling whatever I have from leftovers, and leftover fish has a significantly shorter shelf life than leftover burger patties. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/8 "2013-01-08T18:51:22Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > I propose burgers because “eating a burger” isn’t a euphemism for oral sex. It is in Sri Lanka. I’d definately eat more fish tacos if I had a good receipe. Care to share yours? ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/9 "2013-01-08T18:52:05Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > Another point to consider: I’m assembling whatever I have from leftovers, and leftover fish has a significantly shorter shelf life than leftover burger patties. Well, that should have been in the OP! :mad: Use up the fish and make up the points with a light dinner. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/10 "2013-01-08T18:58:24Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > I propose burgers because “eating a burger” isn’t a euphemism for oral sex. I propose fish tacos for the opposite reason. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/11 "2013-01-08T18:59:44Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Well, that should have been in the OP! :mad: > > Use up the fish and make up the points with a light dinner. 🙂 > [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > I’ve been cooking at home a lot lately **and have leftovers to use**. I can make fish tacos or just have leftover burgers. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 8, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/12 "2013-01-08T19:00:12Z")
Fish tacos. For me anyway. Because I eat hamburgers frequently, but I don’t get to eat fish tacos that often. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/13 "2013-01-08T19:09:52Z")
Burgers are pretty much my favorite food on the planet, but someone, you manage to sound unenthusiastic about it, which makes the burgers sound boring. Fish tacos sound vastly more interesting. There is my vote! ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/14 "2013-01-08T19:30:39Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Burgers are pretty much my favorite food on the planet, but someone, you manage to sound unenthusiastic about it, which makes the burgers sound boring. Fish tacos sound vastly more interesting. There is my vote! Burgers are MY favorite food on the planet as well – they are probably the one food item I could, if I had to, eat every day for the rest of my life without getting sick of them. _Reheated_ burgers are a bit less enticing, that’s all. ---
**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 11, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/15 "2013-01-11T06:52:44Z")
Just wondering who voted other. Were you maybe thinking what I was thinking–that he just as easily make a hamburger soft taco? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-make-myself-fish-tacos-or-hamburgers-for-lunch-need-answer-fast/646517/16 "2013-01-11T21:45:17Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > Another point to consider: I’m assembling whatever I have from leftovers, and leftover fish has a significantly shorter shelf life than leftover burger patties. This is usually my primary consideration. Also, I try to eat fish on Friday, even though I’ve never been Catholic. I tend to eat mostly beef and pork, so I have to remember to eat fish and fowl, as well.