What do you add to your hamburger after making it? I add cheese, ketchup and a thin slice of onion. What about You?

[debm55]

[anciano]

1. Cheese, pickles, jalapenos,

mayo & mustard 🍔

[debm55]

3. Ty anciano. Sounds very good.

[LakeArenal]

2. First, #1, ‼️, burger must be medium rare...

Really more rare medium….
Then a slice of American (or half slice if home).
A slice of Mozzarella
Fried onions
Soft Bun
Pickles on the side.


order of deep fried mushrooms and a Diet Pepsi ( because I like how it tastes)

[debm55]

8. Thank you LakeArenal. Your burger sounds delicious..

[Iwasthere]

4. Mayo, mustard, ketchup, tabasco and jalapenos

I like my burger to drip on my plate as I'm eating it.

[debm55]

9. Thank you , Iwasthere. Love your extras. Enjoy..

[stopdiggin]

5. blue cheese tops the most perfect combo possible

(greens and dash of sharp mustard are the ones more often available)

[debm55]

10. Oh, your burger sounds great. Your choice of cheese puts a kick to it. TY stondiggin. and enjoy.

[Polly Hennessey]

6. Medium rare meat, yellow mustard, ketchup, lettuce, dill pickle,

red onion rings.

[debm55]

12. Ty Polly Hennessey. Love the combinations of condiments.Enjoy.

[Ocelot II]

7. Not ketchup and especially not onions.

If it’s a really good medium rare hamburger I might not add anything. Maybe a dill pickle slice or two. Minimalist hamburger.🍔

[debm55]

14. TY Ocelot II, Enjoy your minimalist burger.

[Elessar Zappa]

11. Hmmm...

It changes but usually a good medium rare burger (has to be quality meat, otherwise I cook it to medium), sharp cheddar, caramelized onions, bacon and ketchup (or bbq sauce).

[debm55]

15. TY Elessar Zappa, My mouth is watering. Enjoy your burger.

[Emile]

13. Cheese, mayo, pickles and sometimes bacon.

[debm55]

16. Very good and TY Emile. Sounds great. Enjoy.

[LeonidPlanck]

17. I'm a purist with burgers

I know lots of people like to get creative with making the biggest, most over the top monstrosity when it comes to setting themselves apart from other burgers, but I’ll take the minimalist backyard burger any day.

Just give me a grilled burger with cold Spanish onion, tomato, lettuce and real cheese, pickle on the side, toasted bun with a whisper of mayo and a cold IPA. I would be so happy.

[debm55]

18. Ty LeonidPlanck. and welcome to DU

[LeonidPlanck]

24. Gosh!

Thanks!

[AllaN01Bear]

19. hold the onions plz. otherwize pickles . relaish. cheese .(so cheesy) tomato. tettuce ( lettuce pray)mustard. :P)

back

[debm55]

20. TY AllaN01 Bear Great burger

[Luciferous]

21. Ketchup, mustard, pickle and onion

[debm55]

23. Thank you , Luciferous. It sounds yummy. Enjoy.

[Wifes husband]

22. Jimmy Buffett said it best

"I like mine with lettuce and tomato
Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes
Big kosher pickle"

Sure miss him

[debm55]

25. Ty Wifes husband. I like a pickle on the side too. enjoy. PS miss Jimmy Buffett too

[PennRalphie]

26. Dukes Mayo

But only on both buns before the burger. Then a thick slice of cheddar, lettuce, must be iceberg, it’s nice and firm, then one slice of onion. However, we don’t eat much red meat lately. So when we have burgers, they taste exceptionally good.

[debm55]

29. Thank you PennRalphie. It sounds great. Enjoy when you have them.

[Jeebo]

27. Deb, how is this different from your March 21 thread?

The one you started that read, "What condiments or extras do you like on your hamburger? Me---cheese, ketchup, pickle, litle bit of onion." How is this thread different from that one?

-- Ron

[debm55]

30. I thought it was sounded familiar. I am sorry.

Did not do it on purpose. What can I say, I am old, on meds. grieving for my father who died recently. Did you look the information up to see exactly when and what I posted.? I have to ask, why would you do that?

[Jeebo]

39. I didn't look it up, I just remembered it.

It wasn't that long ago. Incidentally, I like my burgers with mustard, mayonnaise, onions, pickles and cheese. But NO KETCHUP! I hate ketchup. A slice of tomato, okay, but not lettuce. Too much stuff on a sandwich and it gets so thick I can't open my mouth wide enough to get it in.

-- Ron

[Different Drummer]

28. Mustard, ketchup, onions.

I also usually have a dill pickle and chips on the side.

[debm55]

31. Thank you Different Drummer. Enjoy.

[Dulcinea]

32. Cheese, onion, kosher dill pickles, lettuce & tomato.

Burgers need to be medium rare.

[debm55]

34. TY Dulcinea. That sounds very good. Enjoy.

[yellowdogintexas]

33. Occasionally cheese. Condiments: pickles, tomatoes, lettuce, mustard

Unless I am at Tommy's Grill and Patio in Fort Worth. There are so many interesting combos available it is hard to choose (Green chiles and goat cheese?)
These days I get the Bunless Burger Salad with jalapeno ranch dressing. They use really good meat (grass fed from Nolan Ryan's ranch)

Also the owner is a fervent Democrat

[debm55]

35. Thank you, yellowdogintexas. The burger salad sounds very good. Enjoy.

[Mr.Bill]

36. Mayo, brown deli mustard, swiss cheese, a little bit of red onion,

thinly sliced tomato, bacon and sweet relish. Also iceberg lettuce if it's very fresh and crunchy.

I would also mention that I like everything but the mayo on top of the meat patty. I don't like the current trend at some restaurants of building the burger upside-down.

[debm55]

37. Thank you , Mr Bill. I haven't heard of an upside down burger around here. It might be regional.

[Mr.Bill]

38. It could indeed be regional.

Seems to be a trend at pricey burger joints, which are getting to be a thing here in Northern California.

[beemerphill]

40. When I want the best Burger

I add some dill chips, a hard-fried egg, and ketchup. 90% beef is the best, but 85% works too. 93% is a bit dry. Regular beef, not grass-fed, the taste is different. Two pieces of deli swirl rye bread. A fresh bun works if there is no rye bread.

[debm55]

43. Thank you beemerphill. Your meat percentages will really help me

[ProfessorGAC]

41. Swiss or Gouda, But...

...it's not added afterward. We put the cheese on while the patties are still on the grill. 30-45 seconds & it gets melted.
Also, I sautee onions & mushrooms & deglaze with red wine, then cook to reduce. So, it's onions & mushrooms in a wine sauce.
That, a slice of tomato & stone ground mustard. Maybe lettuce, but I only want iceberg on a burger. My wife is more flexible about that.
About ⅓ of the time, I toast the buns a bit, too.

[debm55]

42. Thank you, ProfessorGAC, Your burgers sound wonderful, Enjoy.

[dameatball]

44. If it's a smashburger - cheese, grilled onions, pickle & mustard. If grilled - cheese, pickle, raw onion, tomato, mayo.

Occasionally a little ketchup

[Trueblue1968]

45. Yum !!!! I like what you like. I like pickle relish on mine too

[dameatball]

47. Me too. Dill relish not sweet.

[debm55]

46. Thank you dameatball. It sounds very unique. Enjoy.

[Groundhawg]

48. jalapenos!

[Upthevibe]

49. debm55...........

Well, you've asked a loaded question on two levels:

#1. I don't cook, so I don't make my burgers

#2. I was born and raised in Texas but I've lived in California most of my adult life (since 1988).............SO...............
When I'm in TX, I'll have a Whataburger w/cheese, mayo, and pickles (I'm in TX quite often, in fact I'm in Dallas now, because
a dear friend of mine has a small business and I need the work so it's great - except I get really homesick for CA).

When I'm in CA, I'll have an In-N-Out burger fixed the same way: Cheese, mayo, and pickles

I wouldn't dare say which is better .....Whataburger or In-N-Out! I actually went to high school with the founder and owner's
daughter of Whataburger in Corpus Christi, Tx @ W.B. Ray. She's good people and is a major progressive! I think the family sold the chain a few years back....