Burger Survey 2025!

[Metalhead]

How do you like your burger?

I like a beef burger with cheese, pickles, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mustard, toasted sesame bun. I also like chicken burgers with teriyaki sauce and pineapple.

 

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Absolutely no pickles. Hate them, won't ever go to McChucks again because even when you tell them No Pickles they still put pickles in there. It's no good picking them out afterwards because they leave that disgusting taste behind. McChucks is way over priced anyway.

My favourite is the classic Australian burger. Beef, cheese, onion, egg, bacon, lettuce, tomato, beetroot and tomato sauce.

These days a lot of Aussie places will also put pineapple on an Aussie burger and that's as controversial as pineapple on a pizza. Traditionally here that was only ever done in Queensland because you can't grow beetroot in the tropics and it used to be called a Tropical Burger. To me pineapple is almost as bad as pickles.

I used to love Barbecue Sauce too, but these days it's so full of sugar that it's too sickly sweet and disgusting. To me a burger is meant to be a savoury thing, not dessert.

 

[Judge]

Add avocado, jalapenos and pastrami too. All good on a burger, IMO.

And NO mustard ever! Mustard is for hot dogs. Even Joan Crawford agrees.

 

[tkcartoonist]

Lettuce and tomato are fine, but I hate pickles.

 

[RemyZee]

Just cheese and mayo.

 

[Metalhead]

Add avocado, jalapenos and pastrami too. All good on a burger, IMO.

And NO mustard ever! Mustard is for hot dogs. Even Joan Crawford agrees.

Joan Crawford makes my mother look like a saint in comparison.

 

[Judge]

Joan Crawford makes my mother look like a saint in comparison.

What do you use to hang your clothing with ? Just wondering.

 

[Judge]

I still recall (late 90s?) when Carl's Jr. had pastrami available for their burgers. Man, that taste plus a charcoal broiled burger...that was the bomb! Too bad it didn't last...

 

[RemyZee]

This is making me hungry.

 

[damoisellepeachy]

I almost always eat only cheeseburgers lol

 

[Misery]

Pretty sure I'm the odd one out with this.

I think the last time I actually ate a burger was like 25 years ago. Never liked them as a kid, and when they were on the menu for the day my mom used to have to argue with me a whole bunch to get me to eat one. Well, half of one, usually.

Generally I just dont like most meat products. Smells bad, tastes worse.

Except tuna. Tuna is the best. I'll eat that.

Anything else though, no.

To be fair though, I really dont like most food.

 

[vergil96]

Bacon

 

[kriss72]

Vegan/vegetarian with fried onions and fried mushrooms....

 

[Mary Terry]

Absolutely no pickles. Hate them, won't ever go to McChucks again because even when you tell them No Pickles they still put pickles in there. It's no good picking them out afterwards because they leave that disgusting taste behind. McChucks is way over priced anyway.

My favourite is the classic Australian burger. Beef, cheese, onion, egg, bacon, lettuce, tomato, beetroot and tomato sauce.

These days a lot of Aussie places will also put pineapple on an Aussie burger and that's as controversial as pineapple on a pizza. Traditionally here that was only ever done in Queensland because you can't grow beetroot in the tropics and it used to be called a Tropical Burger. To me pineapple is almost as bad as pickles.

I used to love Barbecue Sauce too, but these days it's so full of sugar that it's too sickly sweet and disgusting. To me a burger is meant to be a savoury thing, not dessert.

I'm picky about what kind of pickles I'll eat on a burger. Many commercially sold dill pickles are too salty, vinegary, and garlicy. I like using pickled red onions on burgers (and tacos) and I pickle them myself, using an old Mexican recipe.

Did you ever get the air fryer? Is it working out for you?

 

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I'm picky about what kind of pickles I'll eat on a burger.

I guess I should have clarified.

What is commonly thrown on to "american" burgers here is pickled Gherkins. I hate them so much that I read a place's menu online before going there and if it mentions pickles I just don't go there. The Beetroot that I mentioned is called Pickled Beet in the US, it's a much lighter and milder flavour than pickled gherkins.

Generally I can't stand anything with vinegar in it, even the McDonalds "ketchup" makes me gag because it's got vinegar in it. Nearly all salad dressings are the same. There's two exceptions that I actually like, Beetroot and Picked Onions.

Did you ever get the air fryer? Is it working out for you?

Had already bought it when I posted about it. Love it, use it all the time. Not so sure that it's exactly healthy though because I now find myself eating nuggets and chips a lot.

 

[Mary Terry]

I guess I should have clarified.

What is commonly thrown on to "american" burgers here is pickled Gherkins. I hate them so much that I read a places menu online before going there and if it mentions pickles I just don't go there. The Beetroot that I mentioned is called Pickled Beet in the US, it's a much lighter and milder flavour than pickled gherkins.

Generally I can't stand anything with vinegar in it, even the McDonalds "ketchup" makes me gag because it's got vinegar in it. Nearly all salad dressings are the same. There's two exceptions that I actually like, Beetroot and Picked Onions.


Had already bought it when I posted about it. Love it, use it all the time. Not so sure that it's exactly healthy though because I now find myself eating nuggets and chips a lot.

Americans usually call Gherkins (a Dutch or Slavic word) "dill pickles". I don't like cornichons, the French version of dill pickles, because they are too vinegary.

I love pickled baby beets and keep a jar in the fridge all the time. They're great on salads but I've never tried them on burgers. I will try that!

If you're motivated, try using the air fryer to cook squashes like zucchini (courgettes?), yellow crookneck squash, mushrooms, eggplant logs, carrot sticks, etc. I also use ours to cook shrimp and fish sticks that I make with cod or halibut fish. You have a wealth of excellent seafood in Australia or so it seems from all the cooking shows I watch. I'm jealous!

 

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You have a wealth of excellent seafood in Australia or so it seems from all the cooking shows I watch. I'm jealous!

We do, such a shame that I'm not a big seafood fan.

One thing I'm planning on trying the fryer for is roasting the vegetables first next time I make a big pot of soup. That should add some extra flavour. What I really love about it though is just that you don't have to wait for it to heat up like a normal electric oven or stovetop. Instead it's a bit more like a microwave in the way that you use it. Nuggets and chips straight from the freezer, 12 minutes.

 

[Mary Terry]

We do, such a shame that I'm not a big seafood fan.

One thing I'm planning on trying the fryer for is roasting the vegetables first next time I make a big pot of soup. That should add some extra flavour. What I really love about it though is just that you don't have to wait for it to heat up like a normal electric oven or stovetop. Instead it's a bit more like a microwave in the way that you use it. Nuggets and chips straight from the freezer, 12 minutes.

I like the quickness of the air fryer, too. Our stove oven can be set on convection like an air fryer uses, or just regular baking but either way it takes a long time and a lot of electricity to heat it up.

 

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I like the quickness of the air fryer, too. Our stove oven can be set on convection like an air fryer uses, or just regular baking but either way it takes a long time and a lot of electricity to heat it up.

The old electric oven just isn't practical unless you're cooking for a whole family. And even then it's not cheap to use. Whenever my Mum used the oven she'd make a whole day of it, cooking cakes and biscuits and things as well as a main meal. She'd never use the oven for just one thing at a time.

 

[Mary Terry]

The old electric oven just isn't practical unless you're cooking for a whole family. And even then it's not cheap to use. Whenever my Mum used the oven she'd make a whole day of it, cooking cakes and biscuits and things as well as a main meal. She'd never use the for just one thing at a time.

Our electric stove is relatively new - one of those glass top models - and supposedly is energy-efficient. I totally waste energy using the oven all the time, especially when I bake bread that has to start out in a 500-degree F preheated oven, but electricity is fairly cheap here. Most of our electricity comes from a nuclear generator facility, supplemented with natural gas.