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OriginalGeek

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26. I think i've seen that place on Foodtv

Mon May 9, 2016, 04:36 PM

May 2016

Definitely on my list of places I want to try.

Hoyt, I am perfectly happy with a plain hamburger or cheeseburger. I've said "cheese and ketchup only" at a million drive-thru windows. Probably get it right about half. My daughter won't even get ketchup.

When I make them at home, I mix my 80/20 ground chuck with minced garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Then I grill them over lump wood charcoal (I don't like briquettes) started in a chimney. No lighter fluid. Medium is fine for me although wife and daughter like them closer to well-done. I'd never order less than medium-well at a restaurant though. Just don't trust them enough lol.

BUT if I go to 5 Guys I always get lettuce, grilled mushrooms, cheese, A-1 sauce and mayonnaise. No idea why I do that there and only there. EVERYwhere else is plain or ketchup only.

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How do you like you burgers and what do you put on them? [View all] Turin_C3PO May 2016 OP

Ketchup only. Folks look at you like you are crazy, but that's how I like em. Hoyt May 2016 #1

Protip: Stay away from Louis' Lunch in New Haven, where the burger was invented. KamaAina May 2016 #18

Thanks for the advice. Can I get away with ordering a plain one? Hoyt May 2016 #21

That's pretty much what they expect you to do. KamaAina May 2016 #23

I'm going to have to track that place down. Truthfully I think I ask for ketchup Hoyt May 2016 #24

261-263 Crown St. in downtown New Haven KamaAina May 2016 #25

I think i've seen that place on Foodtv OriginalGeek May 2016 #26

Louis' Lunch is so good. I love burgers on toast. (nt) bigwillq May 2016 #28

You might well run into my friend Susan. KamaAina May 2016 #29

I'll look out for her. bigwillq May 2016 #30

You have quite a bit in common. KamaAina May 2016 #31

She's sounds awesome! bigwillq May 2016 #32

Oh, and the novel she'd be working on is her third KamaAina May 2016 #33

I like a much smaller burger, 1/8 pound, medium rare csziggy May 2016 #2

Yeah I'm a fat kid lol. Turin_C3PO May 2016 #3

I'm fat but I've been training my stomach to feel full quicker csziggy May 2016 #8

50/50 beef/bison, medium, off a charcoal grill, w/ ketchup and Vidalia onion ring. NightWatcher May 2016 #4

Veggie burger with salsa frogmarch May 2016 #5

Turkey burger with avocado, bacon, sprouts and ranch dressing. femmocrat May 2016 #6

Grass-fed beef.. Ron Obvious May 2016 #7

Grass fed beef is just better Major Nikon May 2016 #22

Vegetarian. Chan790 May 2016 #9

Sirloin, medium rare......... mrmpa May 2016 #10

Medium with grilled jalapenos and onions on top, toasted ciabatta bun, mayo and blue cheese hobbit709 May 2016 #11

I don't burgers often, but when I do Populist_Prole May 2016 #12

Large with Sauerkraut, Mushrooms, Bacon, and whistler162 May 2016 #13

Cheese, onions and mayo angstlessk May 2016 #14

Medium rare 80 to 90% no fat, large (or small) enough to fit the bun. NV Whino May 2016 #15

Medium rare with Yonnie3 May 2016 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles May 2016 #17

Medium well, lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon. KamaAina May 2016 #19

A few places I've gone to have had black and blue burgers My Good Babushka May 2016 #20

Cheese, a slice of tomato, a piece of lettuce, some onion bigwillq May 2016 #27

From a local mom and pop restaurant...beyond delicioso! Land of Enchantment May 2016 #34