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You've just been hired by some fast food chain to create a new hamburger. What would you top it with? And what would you call it?

I would start with a slice of cheese, add a few rings of onions, more cheese, barbeque sauce, throw a 1/2 pound burger patty down, 4 or 5 slices of bacon, more cheese, & some hot sauce.

You've just been hired by some fast food chain to create a new hamburger. What would you top it with? And what would you call it?

I would start with a slice of cheese, add a few rings of onions, more cheese, barbeque sauce, throw a 1/2 pound burger patty down, 4 or 5 slices of bacon, more cheese, & some hot sauce.

...but what would you call it?

I would place an egg on a chicken patty in a bun and call it 'The Egg Came First'

I would have another with the chicken on top of the egg and call it 'No it didn't'.

I'm not into the whacky burger thing - good ingredients work, not gimmicky stuff. I'd just use high-quality beef, a nice slice of beefsteak tomato, lettuce, grilled onion, and a sharp cheese. Maybe pepper-jack and some hotsauce if I want to go that route, or maybe some added bacon or avocado or something, but the basics stay. :p

I would start with two thin patties of good quality beef. In the center of one patty I would pile bleu cheese crumbles, diced onions, diced olives and diced tomato. I would place the other patty on the top and pinch the edges together. Salt and pepper the resulting mega patty on both sides and place it on a hot grill. Cook till the cheese is melted and the meat is at the desired degree of doneness. Slice a good, crusty Italian roll, brush with garlic-infused olive oil and grill lightly. Place the patty on the roll, add a leaf of romaine or red-leaf lettuce and a slice of tomato. I would call it "the too good for fast food burger."

you can skip the cheese for me. i'll have a california burger myself: bacon, tomato, avacado/guacamole, thousand island type sauce or real mayo, and lots of slices of dill pickle. sprouts and pepperoncini optional also.

i think the name is already registered and taken, but i don't think there'd be any problem with making them that way.

oh and on a seasimi sead bun or a kaizer roll.

you might also consider, for something quick and easy that non-meat eaters might love, is you take a bagle, sliced longitudinally of course, with a plenty of cream cheese, and a pinapple ring. assemble ingredients and zap it in the micro-wave for 60seconds or slightly less, but not less then 30.

there was a place in portland oregon, portland cuisine and spirits, that porsfis used to go to for 'afters', after our meetings, that made these things. i forget what they called them.

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I would start with two thin patties of good quality beef. In the center of one patty I would pile bleu cheese crumbles, diced onions, diced olives and diced tomato. I would place the other patty on the top and pinch the edges together. Salt and pepper the resulting mega patty on both sides and place it on a hot grill. Cook till the cheese is melted and the meat is at the desired degree of doneness. Slice a good, crusty Italian roll, brush with garlic-infused olive oil and grill lightly. Place the patty on the roll, add a leaf of romaine or red-leaf lettuce and a slice of tomato. I would call it "the too good for fast food burger."
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Apart from the tomatoes, that sounds absolutely delightful.

As for me, I don't think I could invent a really worthwhile sandwich, and really all sandwiches are just reduces of what has come before, so there'd be no point anyway.

The pub I go to, because it sells excellent real ale, does some food as well. One of the choices is a "Macaroni Cheese Burger". I have no idea what it entails as the idea of it alone tells me that it would be a very bad thing to order.

Wow. Never knew so much thought went into these things. Or is that only in America? I've never eaten a burger.

Wow. Never knew so much thought went into these things. Or is that only in America? I've never eaten a burger.

Never eaten *any* kind of burger? You live under a rock at the South Pole or something? :p

I was going to add, a business near me offered a "famous Armenian" burger, which was popular locally, but I left town for six months and some Mexicans bought the place. :( Nothing they serve there is really edible now, and they've finally dropped burgers altogether.

The pub I go to, because it sells excellent real ale, does some food as well. One of the choices is a "Macaroni Cheese Burger". I have no idea what it entails as the idea of it alone tells me that it would be a very bad thing to order.

I dunno, sometimes when I'm lazy and make Hamburger Helper, I'll throw some of it between slices of toast. Sounds from your description that it might be something like that, in which case it might be kinda tasty. :p

At a restaurant near me, they serve something called a "Miso Salmon burger"...

At a restaurant near me, they serve something called a "Miso Salmon burger"...

Now *that* would send me running for the hills. :p

Now *that* would send me running for the hills. :p

Served with fruit coucous and nuts... (The same place that has this notion that because you want to order the veggie burger that you're a freaky vegan so they serve salad with your burger instead of friggin' french fries or onion rings).

Served with fruit coucous and nuts... (The same place that has this notion that because you want to order the veggie burger that you're a freaky vegan so they serve salad with your burger instead of friggin' french fries or onion rings).

Ugh. And to think, I thought an Ostrich burger with teryaki seasoning was crossing the line. :p I'd call that a burger-shaped food product, just to be generous - maybe. :p

Ugh. And to think, I thought an Ostrich burger with teryaki seasoning was crossing the line. :p I'd call that a burger-shaped food product, just to be generous - maybe. :p

There is also a place near me that serves kangaroo loin burgers if the last item wasn't weird enough for you. ;)

There is also a place near me that serves kangaroo loin burgers if the last item wasn't weird enough for you. ;)

I'm weirded out enough for one day, I think. :p Might just stick to the local haunts for a while longer, before thinking about jumping off the deep end. :p

Red Robin used to have a burger that was: Bigass patty, three cheeses, bacon, ham, half a sliced hotdog, and a fried egg. I discovered this burger at the same time I stopped doing sports. That turned out well...

It's gonna be hard to ever top the Luther Burger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Burger).

White cheddar, jalapenos, fire roasted red peppers, chipotle sauce on a sesame bun.

I has no name for it.

when i worked at mcdonald's i'd always choose for lunch whatever we didn't have in the heater. that way i had to make my own lunch... took 5 minutes out of my 20 minute break, but it was worth it to slap on a couple of extra burger patties, a few more slices of cheese and a ton of extra bacon :D


there's a restaurant round here that does a pizza burger. its good! basically its bolognese sauce, cheese, and a 1/2 pound patty. yum :)

A lot like a local burger that they have the "Belt buster"

2 1/2 pound burgers 4 strips of bacon and like 1/2 pound of thinly sliced ham

I would add a Hot or Smoky BBQ sauce to it and maybe cut down on that ham a bit