How do YOU make your Burger???

[FirstLight]

So I'm talking condiments here.

I made some home-burgers tonite and as I was prepping the bun I thought to myself "Who DOESN'T like Mayo"

So of course I come here to my fellow DUers for a social study in Burger-Fixin'

Mayo?

Ketchup?

Mustard?

What about additions...

To-mato or Not To-mato?

Onions...grilled or plain?

Pickles?

What other weird shit do you do to your Burgers?


I'm a pretty basic, cheese, mayo/ketchup w/lettuce & tomato girl myself...Sometimes I get jiggy with it and grill onions if I am inspired...

NEVER pickles, relish or mustard!!!!

[crazycatlady]

1. Very basic

Just cheese. I do not like the texture of lettuce on any sandwich.

I recently gave up meat and the just cheese also works for veggie burgers.

[pangaia]

2. Ketchup. Or catsup. either one. Nothing else..

If the hamburger is any good, then anything else ruins it.

[Ohiogal]

3. I don't eat red meat

But Chipotle mayo is good on a turkey burger

[Xipe Totec]

4. Dimple the burger before you cook it.

As it contracts, you'll end up with a nice flat slab of cooked ground beef, instead of a meatball.

[Kali]

10. ...

yep

[Laurian]

5. Bacon cheeseburger with coleslaw on it.

I first had this combination while visiting Hilton Head Island about 10 years ago. Since then, I've often added coleslaw to burgers I make at home. Have to plan ahead though, as I prefer my own homemade coleslaw and that takes time and the right ingredients that I don't always have on hand.

Yum.....now I'm hungry for one.

[Kali]

11. I would try that, sounds ok

it would be my only exception on the mayo

[bearsfootball516]

6. Cheese, ketchup, mustard, grilled onions, pickles

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[ailsagirl]

7. Pretty boring...

toasted bun
mayo
pickle
raw onion
ketchup

That's it!

[IADEMO2004]

8. To-ma-to To-ma-to To-ma-to

Mayo, To-ma-to, raw onion. Ketchup for To-ma-to off season.

[Kali]

9. no mayo

and really no ketchup or mustard either
good ground beef grilled over a fire only needs salt

green chili and cheese is good on a burger

onions and pickles if the beef isn't choice

regular beef fried in a pan can be with any or everything (except mayo) - cheese, lettuce tomato, bacon, but also good on whole wheat with just yellow mustard and ton of course ground pepper

bbq sauce on hamburgers is an abomination, I would almost rather have mayo
bbq sauce is for ribs, chicken, pork etc. NOT burgers.

no relish on burgers!

[Drahthaardogs]

15. Mayo is the devil

That is all

[Hoyt]

12. Mayonnaise makes me gag. Ive gone hungry a lot because I just cant swallow that stuff.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Everything, raw onions. Fresh enough to fight back.

But only bean burgers -- preferably black bean or black-eyed pea. You can substitute golden flax meal for the eggs.

[Polly Hennessey]

14. No mayo.

Love a traditional hamburger. Mustard, ketchup, dill pickle, raw onions, tomato, and lettuce.

[northoftheborder]

16. No catsup, ever.

[SeattleVet]

17. No mayo.

Not a fan at all, except in small quantities in macaroni, egg, or tuna salad.

Bun (toasted), burger (usually with some blue cheese crumbles and bacon bits mixed in before cooking), extra sharp cheddar, maybe a little mayo, bacon slices.

Been putting Penzey's Fox Point or Mural of Flavor seasoning in them, or one of their other seasonings. (Penzey's is an outstanding company - with *real* values, and they are definitely not afraid to call out tRump in their messaging and ads. Been a customer for many years, and have formed an even stringer attachment after the 2016 election.)

If I order a burger from a local place, I get whatever comes on it (pickles, onion, lettuce, etc.), but always ask for no mayo.

[LeftInTX]

18. Everything but cheese for me

[MissMillie]

19. toasted bun

ketchup, mustard, onions, lettuce and



TONS of pickles

and pickles on the side. I don't even need the fries

[ploppy]

23. Yes

tons of pickles for me, too!

[csziggy]

20. Cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo, brown mustard, catsup, toasted bun

No pickles, no onion.

Now I want a hamburger - haven't had one for months!

[sakabatou]

21. Mustard, ketchup, onions and lettuce/spinach

[FirstLight]

22. wow

It's fascinating how different tastes are...

and SO many "anti-mayo's"!!!

this is fun..!


I also love some good blue cheese and bacon on a burger...
Avocado's good too

[Codeine]

24. Vegan mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup,

avocado, onion (raw or grilled, both are fine), tomato, pickles, and something leafy. Honestly, a burger is as much a Condiment Delivery System as it is anything else.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

25. Patty Melt w/1,000 Island 😋

[demmiblue]

26. My lastest creation:

Veggie burger (Boca All American Flame Grilled Burgers), lettuce, onions, pickles, tomatoes (thick slices), Vegenaise, mustard, Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce (small smear). I usually use ketchup, but I was out of it, hence the bbq sauce. Yum!

[underpants]

27. Fromunda cheeseburger

Medium with a tomato on top and the cheese melted over the tomato. Mustard.

[Freddie]

28. Depends on mood

I unfortunately love mayo (and all the calories thereof) so my favorite is lettuce, tomato, grilled onions, pickles, cheese, bacon and lots of mayo and ketchup.
If I'm "abstaining" it's just grilled onions, pickles, cheese and ketchup.
And no blood. If I bite into the burger and there's blood, my stomach does a flip-flop and the burger goes in the trash.

[OriginalGeek]

29. lol i just did this for a FB post

so here goes...
First: meat is 80/20 - ground chuck at my store but may be called something else at yours.

Next, my standard prep for any burger I make is: minced garlic, Worcestershire, salt and pepper. Cut all that in to the meat until mixed well. I use a fork for this as I TRY not to mash the meat up too much. I want it to remain fluffy but mixed well.

Then I form it into patties with the aluminum ring my father-in-law made and passed down to me. I don't press it in there tooooo tightly, just packed enough to fill the ring and stay together no matter how I cook it.

How I cook it - either grilled over lump-wood charcoal or in a frying pan.

at the last few seconds I drop whatever cheese we are using on it. May be American, may be cheddar, may be Muenster or could even be bleu. Melt it and put it on a bun. I may be too hungry by then to even worry with ketchup. But if I put anything on, it will be ketchup. Until recently - when my wife tricked me into biting one with mayo. I find I like mayo if I'm adding a bunch of other things too. Mayo, lettuce, pickles, ketchup, etc...or just ketchup.

So my standard, go-to burger is cheese and maybe ketchup.

grilled or fried.

BUT, if I'm feeling froggy, and I have a can of pillsbury flaky layer biscuits, I'll under-cook the burgers in a pan, remove them, dump some chopped mushrooms and red wine and maybe some butter and flour in the burger pan until I have a thickish sauce then drop a slice of cheese on a flattened biscuit (pounded down so it's big enough for the patty), drop in a patty, top with mushroom sauce and another flattened biscuit and pinch the edges and poke a hole in top and finish in the oven according to biscuit instructions. Burgers Wellington at Chez Geek!

[Awsi Dooger]

30. Relish is awesome and my absolute favorite

I bought four bottles of relish on sale last night. I always have to keep plenty in stock because I go right through it.

Otherwise I have thin sliced onion, thin sliced tomato, and ketchup.

Once in a while I'll take more time and add grilled mushrooms. But that's only a few times per year. Likewise with lettuce.

Buns have to be wheat. I feel like I am killing myself every time I consume white bread.

The burgers have to be thin. I despise thick squishy burgers.

For one thing, those thick squishy disgusting burgers have a tendency to be rare, and I despise that beyond almost any other possibility.

Other than cheese, which is the single worst element on the planet. I believe I have posted previously that if I had a choice between removing cheese from existence or Donald Trump from the presidency, it would be anything but an easy call.

Neither one should exist.

[NotASurfer]

31. Chili is a condiment

I picture red with cheddar or jack grated over the top, but green chile sauce would be pretty tasty too. Enough chopped onions to, er, accent everything. Maybe a shot of Pete's hot sauce.

And if you want to go gluten-free, put it all on a bed of fries instead of a bun.

[Generic Brad]

32. I don't (sigh)

Man, I miss a good burger. Heck, I miss a bad burger.

When a fellow has to watch weight, blood pressure and cholesterol burgers are no longer on the menu.

[Yavin4]

33. The greatest burger ever made

[FirstLight]

34. wow...

The concept is great...But, oh! So much grease!
I like the honey/basalmic twist on the onions, gonna have to try that!

[Dulcinea]

35. Medium rare...

...with lettuce, tomato, cheese, onion, & pickles. Yum!

[mythology]

36. My list

Mayo, yellow mustard, ketchup, bacon and cheddar.

Alternatively, yellow mustard, bbq sauce, bacon and cheddar

[Luciferous]

37. Made smash burgers tonight- cheese, ketchup, onions, mustard, toasted bun.

[bluecollar2]

38. At a minimum

Mayo, mustard, ketchup, tomato, lettuce, onion and Mexican pickles...

Sour dough bun is preferred but not easy to find.

If I'm adding cheese I go for Monterrey jack.

[becca da bakkah]

39. I'm Full-Blown Keto These Days.....

....So I skip the bun, and usually do a lettuce wrap. Normally I don't like lettuce on a burger..the texture of cool lettuce against the warm burger never was appealing. But, somehow, it works in a lettuce wrap. As for condiments: homemade bacon mayonnaise, sharp cheddar cheese, pickles, tomato and onion slices are perfect additions. Nothing sweet, like ketchup, relish or....God help us, 1000 Island Dressing! And, instead of fries....BACON!

[FirstLight]

40. oooh...

bacon-mayo!!!!

[becca da bakkah]

41. Sure Beats That Soy Oil Crap.....

...all to hell. If you make your own mayo just substitute bacon grease for the other oils. To die for on a corned beef sandwich!