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**Necros**

So, what do you like on your burger?

I usually go for bacon, diced onions, pickles, mustard and ketchup. Or sometimes BBQ sauce instead. Lately I've been changing it up and swapping the raw onions for those crispy fried onions that come in a can for old granny green bean cassarole. Gives it a yummy crunch.

Try these other favorites!

Enchilada burger - mix a packet of taco seasoning into your beef and top it topped with enchilada sauce, pico de gallo and cheddar cheese

Meatball burger - mix 1 pound of ground beef with 1 egg, about 1/4 cup of bread crumbs, 1/4 of parmasean cheese, 2 cloves of garlic diced up, salt, peper and parsley. Grill the burgers up good and top with tomato sauce and melty mozarella cheese

Recently on TV I saw a place that makes a 50/50 burger.. half ground beef and half ground bacon. If I ever get myself a meat grinder, I know what I'm making first....

**Ahtman**

While I don't do it often, bacon, crispy onions, bleu cheese, and bbq sauce. NOM NOM NOM.

I want to experiment with making some where you have the cheese backed into the burger, or other things. I will probably try the Meatball Burger as it sounds tasty.

**whembly**

The Garbage Burger:

**Ouze**

I like bacon, cheese, ketchup, and a little mustard.

**Alfndrate**

Depends on where I get my burger from... If I cook it at home, I tend to go with ground turkey instead of beef (heresy I know!)

But if I get it from somewhere else I try to get the following:
Bacon
Grilled onions
mushrooms
sauce (generally bbq sauce, though I won't say no to anything else)
cheese, anything but american if I can get it.
Fried egg if I can get it.

My favorite burger I've cooked at home was a jalepeno popper burger. It was ground meat (used beef and turkey before), diced cream cheese (like finely diced), diced jalapenos, a little salt and pepper, and some finely diced onions.

Also anything from Michael Symon's B Spot, a bar and burger joint in Cleveland.

**pities2004**

Fuddruckers makes the worlds greatest hamburgers.

**fishy bob**

When I don't make really really spicy burgers I make chicken burgers with cheese. Soaked in sweet and sour sauce.

**timetowaste85**

My homemade burger is simple: Montreal steak seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, minced onion, burger meat (beef or turkey, personal preference). Follow it up with bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, buffalo sauce and BBQ (or A1) sauce. If I go out, it's the same damn thing, only I don't make the burger. Lol. Pickles and fried onions occasionally, if I don't already have an issue fitting it in my mouth.

**azazel the cat**

Barbecued pineapple, baby spinach and Monterey Jack cheese.

**Nevelon**

It's hard to go wrong with a good burger. Generally, I dislike the salad stuff (lettuce/tomato/onions) on them, but it works for some combos.

Bacon cheddar burgers are one of my favorites. Sometimes I'll just go with ketchup and relish if nothing else is available. The Moz/pizza burger is one I used to enjoy, haven't had one in years.

Last cookout I had I made stuffed hamburgers. 3 different kinds. Mushroom/swiss, cheddar/bacon, and bacon/blue cheese. Indistinguishable from the outside, but all good. Nobody complained. If there weren't children present, I think I might have done a single jalapieno/cheddar burger as a "gotcha!" russian roulette ringer.

Another fun option is to take BBQ pulled pork, and mix it with ground beef into patties and grill. Mmmm.

**Necros**

For some reason I just can't make stuffed burgers work. I try and try, and every time the stuffing ends up oozing out while I cook, or I flip it 1 too many times and it falls apart :(

I flip too much. I know you're not supposed to, but I can't help playing with my food.

**Ensis Ferrae**

pities2004 wrote:
Fuddruckers makes the worlds greatest hamburgers.

Have an Exalt my friend... Been stationed around the Country and world, and it is always a highlight of any visit to the parents when we go to Fuddruckers (though, they have recently switched to a small mom/pop type joint called Wow Burger... its like Chipotle, but burgers)

**Desubot**

Any burger with blue cheese and onion strings.

I miss that carls jr bourbon burger.

**sparkywtf**

Burger toppings depend on where the burger is from.

Standard I go for is bacon, pepperjack, fried egg (over easy), and french fried onion.

There is a place about 30 minutes here that does just about anything on a topping on a burger. Favorite there is peanut butter.

For at home I am simple. Bacon and cheese. Only use salt and pepper for seasoning. I keep it simple. I do want to try some variety, but I don't have money for ground beef anymore.

**Alfndrate**

Necros wrote:
For some reason I just can't make stuffed burgers work. I try and try, and every time the stuffing ends up oozing out while I cook, or I flip it 1 too many times and it falls apart :(

I flip too much. I know you're not supposed to, but I can't help playing with my food.

Flipping too much is what ruined far too many burgers for me. The best way to do it is to just set a timer and walk away, come back and flip, and walk away for that same time again.
Turkey burgers are 5 minutes a side, beef is closer to 7.

Note: I don't actually walk away, but until you get use to letting the burger sit, the best advice is to not be near it.

**PredaKhaine**

Wild Boar burgers>anything.

Its like bacon+pork²

**RossDas**

Beef burger: cheese and crispy smoked pancetta; I'd also go plain with onions.

Turkey burger: just lettuce.

**wowsmash**

Usually lettice, tomato, onion, bacon and mustard. If its available I put some pulled pork on top as well.

**Dreadclaw69**

Onion rings and barbecue sauce, with maybe cheddar cheese.
or
Bacon and egg sunny side up

**Ensis Ferrae**

Suppose its about time for me to answer... instead of just a response

For me, its got to be the basics: Meat, or Double Meat, cheese of some non-veiny variety, bacon, and the occasional Fried Egg, with your breaded finger de-greasers

All that lettuce/onion salad crap can go on the side... if I wanted to eat rabbit food, I'll eat it as such, not on a burger

**Necros**

Never tried an egg on a burger.. i keep seeing it on TV a lot.. is it really that yummy? To me eggs have always been breakfast food so I never think of them for burgers that are (usually) lunch and dinner for me.

**Mathieu Raymond**

I use horse meat, mixed in with Montreal steak seasoning, and onion soup powdered mix.

While the patties are cooking, I butter the buns, give them a quick shot at the grill, and then slatter blue cheese on the bottom half.

Fresh tomatoes, lettuce and red onion slices on top. My fiancee will sometimes add ketchup, but I don't hold it against her, I play with toy soldiers after all. Or we brown mushrooms in a little bit of BBQ sauce.

I like to have sweet potato fries on the side.

**wowsmash**

That's interesting. What does horse taste like. I remember the news talking about selling it in the us until some people started freaking out. Is it have a similar flavor to beef or stronger flavor like lamb?

**Dreadclaw69**

Necros wrote:
Never tried an egg on a burger.. i keep seeing it on TV a lot.. is it really that yummy? To me eggs have always been breakfast food so I never think of them for burgers that are (usually) lunch and dinner for me.

Well a burger with bacon and egg is known as a breakfast burger

Honestly, try it, It is delicious

**gossipmeng**

lettuce, tomato, bacon, cheese, BBQ sauce, hot sauce

**sing your life**

Chicken fillet and bacon are must-haves for me.

**KalashnikovMarine**

Lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese, fried onions, pickles and a giant all beef patty. Katsup, and a little mustard and mayo. Mmmm.

The greatest fast food burger ever made is the glory of In N Out (Double double, animal style) and 5 Guys is a close second. Especially with their Cajun fries.

**Dreadclaw69**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:
The greatest fast food burger ever made is the glory of In N Out (Double double, animal style) and 5 Guys is a close second. Especially with their Cajun fries.

Don't burn me at the stake for heresy, but I honestly felt that Five Guys fries are better than their burgers. There is a local run bar near here that does the best burgers that I have ever tasted, they're so good I haven't had a burger since I was last there

**pgmason**

These are the best burgers I've ever had, bar none.

http://www.therockstone.co.uk/index.php/burgers.html

**4oursword**

I like mine made with Chicken over beef. Then load them up with thinly sliced cheese, BBQ Sauce, Onion Rings, and bacon.

Failing that, the local butty shop sells a Belly Buster which has all o everything. Can't remember all the ingredients though.