The Proper Placement of Cheese (on a burger)

[marillion]

This article on the Consumerist got me thinking about how DO we properly place cheese on a burger... Or IS there a proper way?

For me personally, I almost always grill my burgers... I only flip once and make sure I cook evenly.. toward the end of the cooking process, I add my "wet" ingredients such as a slice of tomato and green chile (a MUST here in New Mexico) and then top that with a slice of good cheese... Then I close the lid and let the cheese melt... Once it's done, I remove, put a bit of ketchup on it and some spinach and the top bun...

My way of thinking is that the cheese helps keep the "wet" ingredients from sogging up the bun and helps keep it all in place during the eating process.. The dollop of ketchup is kept from sogging the bun by the spinach (or lettuce if you prefer...

So this all raises (not begs) the question.. IS there a right way and a wrong way to do this?

What say you all?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

On top of the burger.

 

[Kor]

Directly on top of the meat patty, and underneath any other toppings and sauces.

Kor

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I have never heard the word "cheese" used as a verb before today.

Sweet dreams are made of cheese
Who am I to diss a Brie?
I Cheddar the world and the Feta cheese
Everybody's looking for Stilton...

 

[May 20]

Next to the burger with other condiments between the cheese and the bun.

I don't eat the bun. If someone puts the cheese on the bun then puts the hot burger on the cheese, I don't get to eat the cheese because it has melted into the bun.

 

[USS Triumphant]

In a bowl beside the burger, served with a little spoon. You take a bite of the burger, and then with that in your mouth, but a spoon of the cheese in your mouth, and chew together.

On the burger, below the toppings. So say we all. Which alien world did you say you hail from?

 

[Kor]

It might be interesting to put the slice of cheese on top of the whole burger; that is, on the outside of the bun.

Kor

 

[C.E. Evans]

Always on top of the burger. Of course, if you do a double or triple burger, then its nothing but cheesy-layered fun!
(drools)

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Cheese goes on top of the patty so it can melt onto it, obviously.

 

[TheCrankyCardassian]

Cheese and meat, must ALWAYS meet!

 

[urbandefault]

Cheese on top, melted. Condiments on the bottom bun, with lettuce and tomato, pickles, etc. under the meat. Insulate the bun from the meat juice to keep the bun from getting soggy. Works every time.

 

[USS Triumphant]

Cheese on top, melted. Condiments on the bottom bun, with lettuce and tomato, pickles, etc. under the meat. Insulate the bun from the meat juice to keep the bun from getting soggy. Works every time.

This is acceptable, but only because there is no "up" or "down" in space, Doctor.

 

[Avro Arrow]

The best place for cheese on a hamburger is on someone else's.

 

[Mr Soak]

Placement of cheese is irrelevant. The real question is, where do you place the beetroot?

 

[Refuge]

Bun, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, salt and pepper, patty, onion, cheese, beetroot, fried egg, sauce, top bun.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

 

[Kor]

Beetroot? Sounds interesting. I would be willing to try that. I like avocado or grilled mushrooms on a burger (not both together).

I know some people like to put a heaping spoonful of peanut butter.

Kor

 

[J.T.B.]

For me personally, I almost always grill my burgers... I only flip once and make sure I cook evenly.. toward the end of the cooking process, I add my "wet" ingredients such as a slice of tomato and green chile (a MUST here in New Mexico) and then top that with a slice of good cheese... Then I close the lid and let the cheese melt...

Basically the same with me, but I also must have toasted buns. No tomato unless I've picked it myself.

Maybe my favorite cheese-hamburger application, though, I learned when I worked in a restaurant in high school. With the patty cooking on the griddle, you heap the cheese up and cover so it melts and runs down to the surface and gets a little browned and toasted, then you scrape it all up and pile it back on the patty. It's hard to get right without a big seasoned flat top, though, I've tried it in a non-stick pan and it's not the same.

So this all begs the question..

Please, please: "Raises" the question.

 

[marillion]

Basically the same with me, but I also must have toasted buns. No tomato unless I've picked it myself.

Maybe my favorite cheese-hamburger application, though, I learned when I worked in a restaurant in high school. With the patty cooking on the griddle, you heap the cheese up and cover so it melts and runs down to the surface and gets a little browned and toasted, then you scrape it all up and pile it back on the patty. It's hard to get right without a big seasoned flat top, though, I've tried it in a non-stick pan and it's not the same.

Please, please: "Raises" the question.

Ack!! Sometimes the grammar nazi himself gets caught! Edited.. Thanks!

 

[Refuge]

Beetroot? Sounds interesting. I would be willing to try that. I like avocado or grilled mushrooms on a burger (not both together).

I know some people like to put a heaping spoonful of peanut butter.

Kor

It's all about balance Really beetroot is no different than say a pickle. The twang element. Like I get what you're saying about the avocado and mushrooms. One is quite buttery/nutty and the other earthy - together kind of too rich. God help me I even like pineapple in a burger but that is .. controversial. The egg is amazing as it spills down the entire burger creation and somehow all over your arm. Disgusting really.

Peanut butter I would try..