Mayo on hamburgers

[Perknose]

Unless, of course, it is a burger joint.

MotionMan

So you're saying that ALL the burger joints you go to put mayo on by default?

Name them ALL, please.

 

[sdifox]

I think that almost every non-fast food restaurant I have been to, by default, puts mayo on their burgers (If I remember, I will ask they they leave it off. I prefer ketchup or BBQ sauce).

While eating burgers at homes (mine and others) and various BBQ's, I cannot even recall mayo being offered, let alone anyone actually putting it on a burger.

Have you also noticed this? Do you seek out and purposely put mayo on your burgers? And, what gives with restaurants making something that does not seem to be all that popular a default in their service style?

MotionMan (Guess who had a burger for lunch?)

always had mayo with burger. I might not have mayo handy at home though.

 

[soulcougher73]

Love mayo and ketsup on my burgers. Don't like mustard on them. Only on hotdog.

 

[Ns1]

Mayo on a beef burger is very French. I think it is done in an attempt to enhance the feeling of "creamy richness" of the meat. I'm not opposed to mayo on a burger in principle, but it's just not something I'm drawn to do.



If I go to a non-fast food restaurant, I don't look to order a burger. Outside of some semi-upscale place where premium burgers are their featured specialty, my take is that ordering a burger in a restaurant that offers a cornucopia of more . . . complex . . . offerings constitutes a huge failure of your culinary imagination.

Unless, of course, it is a burger joint.

MotionMan

So you're saying that ALL the burger joints you go to put mayo on by default?

Name them ALL, please.

I think he's saying...


If I go to a non-fast food restaurant, I don't look to order a burger....unless, of course, it is a burger joint.

 

[MotionMan]

So you're saying that ALL the burger joints you go to put mayo on by default?

Name them ALL, please.

These places are at least partially known as burger joints, IMO, though they may be also known for other items, as well:

Island's;
San Francisco Saloon & Grill;
Apple Pan;
BJ's
TGIFs;
The Habit;
Hamburger Hamlet;
Wood Ranch;
Bob's Big Boy;
Carney's;
The Stand.

Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

MotionMan

 

[Oyeve]

Mustard, mayo, ketchup and horseradish sause....mmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Ns1]

These places are at least partially known as burger joints, IMO, though they may be also known for other items, as well:
The Habit;

mmmmm habit.

 

[IAteYourMother]

I almost never get mayo/ketchup with my burgers. Maybe a spicy mustard/horseradish spread if it's available.

 

[foghorn67]

I love how most joints call it "dressing".

I always tell them ketchup and mustard instead.

 

[ElFenix]

mayo on a burger is bad enough, but ketchup? gross. ketchup is for 8 year olds.


repeat after me:
ketchup doesn't belong on meat.

 

[MotionMan]

mayo on a burger is bad enough, but ketchup? gross. ketchup is for 8 year olds.


repeat after me:
ketchup doesn't belong on meat.

I have a funny relationship with ketchup: I hate it on hot dogs in hot dog buns, but love it on hot dogs cut open on hamburger buns.

Even I cannot figure that one out.

MotionMan

 

[Drako]

I love me some chipotle mayo on my burgers.

 

[rivan]

Mayo on a burger can really make up for a lot of mediocre in the burger itself.

It's as welcome on some as it is an insult to others.

 

[SithSolo1]

It must be a southern thing but we always put mayo on our burgers, chicken samichs, or really any sandwich. They feel naked without it. That said I do think a lot fast-food joints put on way too much. I usually ask for no mayo and apply it at home.

 

[sandorski]

True Fact: Mayo is required if Lettuce or Tomato is present.


My home made burgers
toasted whole wheat bun
from the bottom to the top

1) ketchup
2) sliced pickle
3) beef patty
4) cheddar
5) slice of fresh onion(sweet or red)
6) mustard(dijon)
7) slice of tomato
8) leaf lettuce
9) Mayo
10) bun top

 

[Childs]

I would rather have mayo than just about anything else. Burger -> bread -> cheese -> mayo -> *. When I could use my grill I wouldn't make burgers without mayo and cheese. I try to stay away from mayo and cheese these days because of the fat content, but that means I skip the burger all together. Did have a Famous Star today though...loved the mayo!

 

[HardcoreRobot]

restaurants will look for any excuse to add salt or fat (mayo/butter/cheese) to food. it makes it taste better. personally i think mayo is disgusting.

 

[disappoint]

I love tomatoes on burgers and sandwiches but damn do I suck at trying to cut tomato slices.

Slicing tomatoes is easy if you have both the proper technique and a very very sharp knife. The riper the tomato the sharper the knife has to be.

This doesn't mean it has to be an expensive knife. Just a very sharp one. Long story short: more expensive knives just hold an edge longer between sharpenings and honings because of their superior material strength. Also you can put a sharper edge on harder steel.

I have a cheap $30 Victorinox Forschner Fibrox knife which cuts tomatoes fine when it's sharp. But I have to sharpen it at least once a month.

Though I think it was $20 when I bought it years ago.
I use this sharpener to keep it sharp and it works great:

 

[ElFenix]

i just use a tomato knife for tomatoes.

 

[mmntech]

Mayo is great on burgers. Mustard, mayo, lecttuce, tomato, pickles. That's what I usually get. BBQ sauce? Never on a burger! But in a burger.... Heaven.

 

[shortylickens]

Cheese
Ketchup
Mustard


Thats it, thats all you NEED.
Maybe some pickle and onion if you are being fancy, but they arent required.

 

[BoomerD]

Yes please.

I LIKE mayo or Miracle Whip on my burgers.

At home, a burger gets built a certain way.

top bun
mayo
lettuce
ketchup
meat
cheese
onions
mustard
bottom bun

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Mayo is amazing on burgers.

Mayo is fucking bomb on lots of things. I love it.

 

[dmoney1980]

love mayo on the burger! Here is my perfect burger:

bottom bun
mayo
tomato
beef patty
cheese
lettuce
crunchy onion straws
sweet bbq sauce
top bun

drools

EDIT: am I the only one that likes to toast the burger buns too?

 

[dainthomas]

Ketchup on any kind of meat when you're older than 9 is mega-fail.