Is putting mayonaise on a hamburger a lower class thing?

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Anonymous wrote:Burgers are low caste peasant food. They only became trendy because outside of soda pop, they're the highest margin thing on a menu. 10 cents of artery clogging mystery meat, American cheese, and mayonnaise sauce for $12.

What is high-caste food?

Peasants.

Did Julia ever mention any recipes for long pig?

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Anonymous wrote:Putting mayonnaise on anything is low class.

Cool. Tell us more food signals of the low class.

Lol, this is DCUM. This is an inexplicably regular thing around here. There is special hatred for chicken salad and pasta salad. It's totally made up. Of all the things people around here can call "low class" they fixate on something like chicken salad instead of, oh, I don't know -- ho ho's or canned Hormel chili, or fried bologna sandwiches.

First of all, fried bologna sandwiches are oddly delicious. Which chicken salad is not--it's pretty revolting. Why would you take tasteless chicken, add fruit, and plunk it in mayo? shudder

Hmmm... Everything tastes like chicken, yet chicken is tasteless. What an unusual contradiction.

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I have never really analyzed the class connotations of condiments but maybe it has to do with how you eat it? I've always thought ketchup was kind of prole. It's considered tacky to eat your steak with it but I think horseradish is okay?

Also thought mustard used to have slightly ethnic overtones (German, I guess?) but it's pretty all-American and there is "classy" French Grey Poupon, of course.

Jarred mayonnaise was considered very average white person food for people who didn't like spices or ethnic food. Miracle Whip is sweet and seemed lower class to me. Used to be a joke for comedians about people who ate mayo being really boring, etc. I think of it as being post-war middle class, like Wonder Bread and smooth peanut butter.

Wasn't the standard sauce for burgers a mixture of mayo and ketchup for a long time? Seems like people like mayo on a burger even if they don't know it.

I like all the condiments mentioned but just some random thoughts. I think all condiments are classless. Everyone likes one of them. I think it's just a taste preference.

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Anonymous wrote:Miracle whip, low class.
Mayo, high class.

I don’t get the allure if adding a fried egg on a burger. Now that’s just an odd combo.

Agree, no interest in trying this. Also looks really messy.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never really analyzed the class connotations of condiments but maybe it has to do with how you eat it? I've always thought ketchup was kind of prole. It's considered tacky to eat your steak with it but I think horseradish is okay?

Also thought mustard used to have slightly ethnic overtones (German, I guess?) but it's pretty all-American and there is "classy" French Grey Poupon, of course.

Jarred mayonnaise was considered very average white person food for people who didn't like spices or ethnic food. Miracle Whip is sweet and seemed lower class to me. Used to be a joke for comedians about people who ate mayo being really boring, etc. I think of it as being post-war middle class, like Wonder Bread and smooth peanut butter.

Wasn't the standard sauce for burgers a mixture of mayo and ketchup for a long time? Seems like people like mayo on a burger even if they don't know it.

I like all the condiments mentioned but just some random thoughts. I think all condiments are classless. Everyone likes one of them. I think it's just a taste preference.

We never use mustard in my house. That's just one step away from becoming a Nazi.

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Mustard, mayonnaise, and sweet pickle relish is the best burger condiment combo.

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The sauce on the le diplomat burger is mayo, Heinz red chili sauce, pickles, and onion powder. But I bet OP would think it’s fancy!

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Becoming a vegetarian killed any desire I had to eat ketchup on anything except my annual serving of fries. I have always hated mayo on everything.

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Anonymous wrote:Miracle whip, low class.
Mayo, high class.

I don’t get the allure if adding a fried egg on a burger. Now that’s just an odd combo.

Agree, no interest in trying this. Also looks really messy.

+2. I am pretty open to various burger toppings but not a fried egg. No way no how.

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Anonymous wrote:Julia Child like mayo as a base for her burgers. She had some good tips for how to make a good hamburger. I personally like very good high fat ground beef on the grill, and then build it with a good melted cheese - maybe aged chedder, swiss, provolene, gouda - mayo at the bottom, then burger, add lettuce, a slice of summer tomato, sliced pickles, and mustard on the top bun. When its quality ingredients, that is a solid burger. So count me among among the lower class for my preferences.

Sweetheart, Julia Child has been dead over over 21 years! Her TV cooking in the 1960s, 70s and 80s is not in any way relevant to modern grocery stores, modern tastes, and modern cuisine.

But good food is good food. Go back to your little tiktok trendy things. We are discussing mayonnaise on hamburgers. As grownups do.

Burgers were peasant blue collar food when Julia was on TV. The burger fad and professional and home chefs perfecting them didn’t happen until the 90s and 00s. Julia’s views are not relevant at all to this dialogue.

Julia and Jacques Pepin made burgers together and she put mayo, salt and pepper on hers along with butter on her bun. I’ll take her advice any day over an internet troll.

I'm fairly convinced this may have been the first time either of them had ever had a hamburger. Julia especially seemed to be laughing to herself at the thought of eating the American peasant food. And Jacques bite reaction didn't seem to be one of genuine enjoyment. It looked like he wanted to spit it out after the scene cut.

Bizarre, given that she was an American born in the early 20th century. Kind of hard to avoid having had a hamburger, peasant or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Miracle whip, low class.
Mayo, high class.

I don’t get the allure if adding a fried egg on a burger. Now that’s just an odd combo.

Agree, no interest in trying this. Also looks really messy.

+2

Absolutely not eating an egg on a burger.

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Anonymous wrote:Becoming a vegetarian killed any desire I had to eat ketchup on anything except my annual serving of fries. I have always hated mayo on everything.

Not a vegetarian ... and not eating ketchup on a damn thing. No thank you to ketchup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Putting mayonnaise on anything is low class.

Cool. Tell us more food signals of the low class.

Lol, this is DCUM. This is an inexplicably regular thing around here. There is special hatred for chicken salad and pasta salad. It's totally made up. Of all the things people around here can call "low class" they fixate on something like chicken salad instead of, oh, I don't know -- ho ho's or canned Hormel chili, or fried bologna sandwiches.

First of all, fried bologna sandwiches are oddly delicious. Which chicken salad is not--it's pretty revolting. Why would you take tasteless chicken, add fruit, and plunk it in mayo? shudder

That's just one kind of chicken salad.

This one is quite good: chicken, diced cucumber, sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, rice wine vinegar.
https://www.thekitchn.com/cucumber-chicken-salad-recipe-23671436

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Anonymous wrote:Putting mayonnaise on anything is low class.

Tell that to Canadians. Mayo and fries is a thing. It’s actually quite delicious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Becoming a vegetarian killed any desire I had to eat ketchup on anything except my annual serving of fries. I have always hated mayo on everything.

Not a vegetarian ... and not eating ketchup on a damn thing. No thank you to ketchup.

It's okay in mayonnaise.