Another regional food question from me.
Tonight we got takeout and I got a California cheeseburger. Which is just a cheese burger with lettuce tomato onion and mayo on it.
Does California call them California cheese burgers?
Anywhere else do you call it a California cheese burger or something else?
@Kurtroedeger I would call that a regular cheeseburger. I'm up in the Pacific Northwest.
@rpardee @Kurtroedeger I wouldn’t call it a California Cheeseburger without avacado.
@sfleetucker @rpardee @Kurtroedeger what about artichoke hearts? After all, California is home to the artichoke Capital of the world.
@DavidKMresists @rpardee @Kurtroedeger On a burger? Ewwww. As a side? Yum.
@sfleetucker @rpardee @Kurtroedeger I like em on pizza.
@DavidKMresists @rpardee @Kurtroedeger They’re decent on pizza. Not to switch topics, but my favorite pizza is garlic & jalapeños with chicken.
@sfleetucker @DavidKMresists @rpardee @Kurtroedeger
You would have loved this place when it was in San Francisco:
@Kurtroedeger
The condiments on a beef burger with cheese are secondary. Where I hail from its just a cheese burger.
@Kurtroedeger chicago native in ohellno agrees with @rpardee
that's just a cheeseburger. and the ones i grilled tonight were probably better. 🍔
I see "California burger" on menus in Texass and I'm always curious to know what they think that means. It varies, but often it just means there's some kind of plant matter on it. 😂
Hamburger Deluxe I think. Never heard California
It's just be a cheeseburger here - some places would say it's dressed.
It's the mayo.
Ketchup or special sauce are standard. Mustard is Texas style.
This is kind of outdated, but in the 80s mayo on a burger was weird.
A lot of places California burger means avocado, too.
It must be a regional thing to my area then. You were the last reply and the consensus is that's just a regular burger or dressed burger and avocado would make California. I agree the mayo is the only separate thing about it. I know of at least 4 burger pizza places that call it California and have it like I described. One place puts it in a hoagie roll and calls it a gizmo.
@Kurtroedeger @tyghebright you're blowing my mind.
I think there was also a time where "California " would signify bean sprouts
@rpardee @Kurtroedeger @tyghebright True. Very True.
@rpardee @Kurtroedeger @tyghebright or perhaps avocado (at least in southern USA).
@rpardee @Kurtroedeger @tyghebright alfalfa spouts and avocado would make it totally Californian. What they’re selling is just a burger.
Oh yeah. The "California" sandwich of the 80s was (alfalfa) sprouts, turkey, and avo.
@Kurtroedeger
I skip the mayo, and I've never called it a "California burger". Other than optioning for bacon as well, that's just how I get my cheeseburgers.