# What goes on a burger? Need answer fast! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460 "2008-08-10T01:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/61 "2008-08-13T21:46:03Z")
[QUOTE=sweeteviljesus] Pico de gallo. That’s chopped tomato, onion, cilantro, jalepeno & lime juice for you who have never had it. FWIW, Rob [/QUOTE] That’s almost exactly how I make SALSA…Don’t tell anyone. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/62 "2008-08-13T22:37:20Z")
Mmmm, salsa’s great on a cheeseburger in lieu of ketchup/mustard. Damn great. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/63 "2008-08-14T13:46:38Z")
If you’re in a hurry you could use [Mayostard](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zkMFFm4tdQ) or [Mustardayonnaise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVBsCCV6NG4). I prefer garlic-chili sauce on my burgers. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/64 "2008-08-14T14:19:44Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] I was wondering about the beet thing too, and whether they’re pickled. [/QUOTE] Yes, they are pickled, sliced, and sold in tin cans. You can buy similar pickled beets/beetroots in the US. (And I have to confess my terrible heresy here: I’m an Australian who does not like having beetroots on my hamburgers.) ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/65 "2008-08-15T07:45:40Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] (And I have to confess my terrible heresy here: I’m an Australian who does not like having beetroots on my hamburgers.) [/QUOTE] … is that even _ **allowed** _? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/66 "2008-08-15T08:30:06Z")
Look on my [Stupid Large Burger](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9686782&postcount=17), ye mighty, and despair! ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/67 "2008-08-16T09:02:29Z")
You could definitely market that! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/68 "2008-08-16T09:46:55Z")
Why not make a bahn mai. Get some vietnameese flavors going on. Maybe mix into the burger some sriracha, a bit of chopped cilantro, and some fish sauce. Make sausages nstead of patties. Grill to your liking. Place them in a half of fresh baguette with a slather of mayonaise, fresh sliced Napa Cabbage, Lettuce, sliced onions, tomato, and fresh chile, a sprinkle of peanuts, and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro, hit it up with some soy sauce. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/69 "2008-08-16T10:01:00Z")
… I knew there was something I forgot, you need sweet and sour cucumbers, a fresh pickle. That’s the missing taste. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/70 "2008-08-16T16:45:51Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] I’ve been limited to drinking Sprite and water for the past couple of days (can’t keep anything else down). Damn you, damn you, damn you. AND my husband brought back a load of mesquite from his farm. Oh, and anyone who thinks s/he doesn’t like dark chocolate probably hasn’t had the GOOD dark chocolate. I used to think I only liked milk chocolate, and then I tasted the good stuff. I haven’t looked back since. [/QUOTE] Oh, damn you! I want to get my hands on mesquite so bad - they _really_ don’t sell it at ALL over here! Damnit, damnit, damnit! (Me, my sister and two of her friends spent a week up in a cabin outside Stavanger in the fall. One of her friends was a mexican chef/housewife. She made proper mexican taco with mesquite . . . . ARRRGH! DO WANT!) ---
**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:** [August 16, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460/71 "2008-08-16T16:57:03Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] … I knew there was something I forgot, you need sweet and sour cucumbers, a fresh pickle. That’s the missing taste. [/QUOTE] Around here, you’ll also normally find pickled daikon radish and shredded carrot on your banh mi. My God these sandwiches are so good, but so much depends on the quality of the baguette. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-a-burger-need-answer-fast/459460.md?page=3)