Is putting mayonaise on a hamburger a lower class thing?

Anonymous
Mayo is delicious. Go away.
Anonymous
Not if you call it aioli! LOL
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Not if you call it aioli! LOL


That's funny. Whatever you call it, a well-cooked juicy modern burger with good meat on a rich bun does not need it. Those dry overcooked hockey puck burgers in the 80s and 90s, sure, they probably needed some mayo.
Anonymous
Mayo or no mayo, burgers should be wider not taller.
Anonymous
I don’t add mayo to my burgers but will eat Shake Shack and In-n-out burgers with their sauce. My anti-mayo DH asks them to hold it.

Interestingly, I did grow up putting mayo on my hotdog buns.
Anonymous
No, I don't think so. However, it is something that I personally do not care for.
Anonymous
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.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Burgers are already so rich and the trendy buns are buttery brioche style. Who clamors for extra fat from mayo? Acidity from a little mustard and pickles is really all a rich burger needs. Onions, tomato and lettuce if you want, I guess. I genuinely don't understand how mayo elevates a burger in any way.

Asking because we ordered an office lunch and all the burgers arrived with a mayo-based sauce on them as standard. Uh, why?!


no, but putting mustard on a hamburger is something those of us from the tri state area do not do, rightly!
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:I married into old money and they do not eat burgers or hotdogs. Sorry to burst your bubble.


I am old money and I smother everything in mayo, including but not limited to my burgers.

I don't do hot dogs. My parents never let me eat them growing up because "they're made of lips and a$$holes".


I feel the same about the German sausages my parents forced me to eat. They were the wurst.


Any good German parent would give their brat wurst.


+1 Don't knock wurst unless you've tried it.
Anonymous
Calling something "rich" when it means fatty is affected.
Anonymous
The classiest people mix mayo and catsup in a bowl to smother on their burger, and use the leftover mayo/catsup concoction as a dipper for their fries. They also use the spelling "catsup" for America's favorite tomato based condiment.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Tell me you know nothing about cooking without telling me you know nothing about cooking.

Julia Child had classic recipes that never go out of style.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
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.
Anonymous
Count me in as a member of the lower class! 🤣
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Burgers are already so rich and the trendy buns are buttery brioche style. Who clamors for extra fat from mayo? Acidity from a little mustard and pickles is really all a rich burger needs. Onions, tomato and lettuce if you want, I guess. I genuinely don't understand how mayo elevates a burger in any way.

Asking because we ordered an office lunch and all the burgers arrived with a mayo-based sauce on them as standard. Uh, why?!


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