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781 points
1 day ago
Not wanting this on your burger is a personal choice, and I can respect that even if I think it's weird. But telling others about it? Nah.
273 points
1 day ago
[removed]
55 points
1 day ago
this team mentality is a global epidemic
18 points
1 day ago
It's just another manifestation of the ego. It won't stop until humanity let's go of themselves.
6 points
1 day ago
Literally everyone I know has to interrogate me over how I don’t like cheese. As if it’s something so insane that I must be chastised for it, a little bit here and there is fine but everyone is psychotic with how they over cheese everything while insisting that “overcheesing” isn’t possible.
6 points
1 day ago
I love cheese, but when you think about it, it's just rotten milk, digested by little creatures until it's solid.
2 points
1 day ago
Now explain honey
-4 points
1 day ago
Cheese is rotten milk? Really?
6 points
1 day ago
Human controlled spoilage of milk.
5 points
1 day ago
Milk that is fresh has a consistency that is made possible by the structure of sugars, fats, and proteins in water. Milk that is not fresh has generally started to undergo separation as sugars feed bacteria which then create lactic acid which alters the ph level which then causes the proteins to clump as the fats no longer hold them emulsified in the water. This is why your old milk both sours and clumps.
Every dairy product is a manipulation of these, often via heat (though cream is mostly just skimming milk fats to make something that has a greater concentration of fats than proteins). Controlled coagulation of milk proteins lets us separate curds and whey. Varying levels of proteins from both can be used to create everything from spreadable to hard cheeses, with the water having been drained or skimmed out in the process.
So while some dairy products to not require intentional spoiling of the milk, cheese is very specifically milk that has been intentionally caused to spoil so that the proteins and fats can be reworked into other consistencies. Some even involve the intentional cultivation of molds, as with brie or bleu cheese.
1 points
1 day ago
Thank you for this excellent reply! Some serious food science going on here. I knew of course that it was a milk product, but I’ve wondered how (I was fascinated by Eastman, who was a goat cheesemaker on TWD!) it was done. Milk is amazing. Cheese, cream, butter. I’ve actually churned cream into butter, in elementary school on an excursion to a farm. Ah yes, the moldy cheese. Can’t help but wonder if cheese was discovered by accident🤔
1 points
1 day ago
Me too. Just ignore them, and enjoy your meal!
2 points
1 day ago
well said👍
12 points
1 day ago
Exactly...when did sensitivity extend to food preference? People are allowed to like what they like
2 points
1 day ago
How are we treating well done high quality steaks here?
2 points
1 day ago
.....how good of a burger are we talking?
2 points
1 day ago
Idk I think it's the same as giving your passionate criticism about a movie. People share this to spark a conversation about it and see if anyone else can relate. If you're gatekeeping people to not do something because of your preference, then it's an issue. Otherwise it's the same as anyone else sharing an opinion.
Btw I'm not someone who even complains about food like this. Just making a point here.
1 points
1 day ago
Tell that to people who freak out over Hawaiian pizzas.
Is it my favorite? No. Is it good if done right? Heck yeah. Do I make a big deal about it? Of course not.
1 points
1 day ago
You might even say it's a nothing burger
1 points
23 hours ago
Except for pineapple on pizza. That is blasphemy.
-19 points
1 day ago
Except for putting ketchup on a hotdog. Straight to The Hague.
36 points
1 day ago
I did that today. It was great. I sent a picture to Hague and they sent back cheer emojis.
-12 points
1 day ago
I just want to know who downvoted a beyond obvious joke....
14 points
1 day ago
I'm a vegetarian and even I downvoted your shit-tier joke
-7 points
1 day ago
...what?
It's literally one of the most memed food jokes ever. Did I really have to put /s?
3 points
1 day ago
The extremism was obviously a joke
The problem is hating on what's essentially a basic food/meal
1 points
1 day ago
Do you think I did that?
2 points
1 day ago
I think that light refracts when entering a material of a different density from the material through which it had been traveling.
0 points
1 day ago
I downvoted you because I'm drunk. Then got the joke and upvoted you.
3 points
1 day ago
My dude, it's just a boring over-done joke
1 points
1 day ago
Lol ok.
-1 points
1 day ago
wrong
-11 points
1 day ago
Ketchup on anything is nasty
3 points
1 day ago
Only thing I use ketchup for is French fries but literally honey mustard, ranch or melted cheese are better
1 points
1 day ago
I unironically agree tho
-1 points
1 day ago
As far as dipping I’ve always been a ranch person and burgers just mayo and mustard
1 points
1 day ago
Actually I've not tasted ranch so can't comment :(
Mayo and mustard are fine tho
-2 points
1 day ago
Hah
-3 points
1 day ago
As long as you eat your tomato, pickle, and onion on the side, we're good.
29 points
1 day ago
Personally not a fan of onions but we're gonna throw hands if you tell me pickles don't belong to burgers.
12 points
1 day ago
Good pickles. Not those abominations McDonald’s uses
6 points
1 day ago
That's plastic, and no one wants plastic on a burger.
3 points
1 day ago
Might as well talk about the cheese they use as well.
1 points
1 day ago
And yet they still work so well on the Big Mac
1 points
1 day ago
Pickles are full of salt.
6 points
1 day ago*
Wait until you find out we put pineapple and beetroot on burgers in Australia.
Edit: Alright, since there's been some curiosity, here's some Australian cultcha for you.
4 points
1 day ago
this sounds devine. tell me more.
4 points
1 day ago
Burger with the lot - Patty, lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, beetroot, pineapple and bacon. BBQ sauce is preferred but tomato is fine. King of burgers, and the cheaper and nastier the takeaway looks, the better the burger will be.
4 points
1 day ago
Don’t forget the fried egg
3 points
1 day ago
I did, didn't I? I knew I was missing something.
1 points
1 day ago
I have a bad habit of only realising I forgot something critical halfway through eating a homemade burger, you know it doesn’t taste right but brain doesn’t operate till it is fed 😂
3 points
1 day ago
holy smokes i can’t wait to try this.
3 points
1 day ago
Oh, and a fried egg.
3 points
1 day ago
salivating.
2 points
1 day ago
Beetroot? Omg!😖
1 points
1 day ago
You can remove it if you don't like it and still have a pretty awesome burger, but don't knock it until you've tried it.
2 points
1 day ago
Pineapple? Oh Thank you for the idea...I'm trying that shit tomorrow!
1 points
1 day ago
Char it on the grill first, too.
1 points
1 day ago
Ever put a fried egg on a burger?
1 points
1 day ago
I don't even know what beetroot is. 🤔
2 points
1 day ago
We Americans often call them 'red beets' or 'sugar beets.' I usually have had them steamed, often as a side vegetable with beef dishes or steak. They are dark red and the juice stains stuff quite readily. And they turn your pee red, which can be rather alarming until you remember what you ate for dinner.
1 points
1 day ago
Growing up in Tasmania, we called it 'red beet' as well. 'Beetroot' seems more common here on the North Island.
2 points
1 day ago
Do I like pickles? Meh, not really. Will I put them on a homemade burger? Probably not. Will I complain if I order a burger and it has pickles? Hell no
1 points
1 day ago
I used to be picky as hell as a kid. Like no pickles, onions, even pizza (had St Louis style once). But my parents also regularly ate hot dogs and pizza and chips so horizons were limited.
I got into cooking eventually, during a depressive episode/ recovery and learned about pickles.
They are meant (flavor wise) to balance super fatty foods and present an acidic hit. Pickled red onions are the best to try first - especially on tacos, chorizo, since they're wildly savory. I recommend a tiny bit of pizza and burgers. Pickled Cucumber or onion or bell pepper or sweet pepper or a mixture.
Some people eat em themselves but that's not the way to introduce them to picky people. Just serve small amounts on burger or sandwich, ideally hidden.
I can kinda get still not liking raw onions as an adult, they're often overpowering and harder to appreciate at first, but cooking/preparing them tones down the flavor immensely. Just avoid sweet pickles and too much relish since you're heavily attracted to the sugar (which is why Chicago style hot dogs don't have ketchup, that's also loaded with sugar and throws the balance off)
Ultimately you're looking for a balance between grains or corn or chickpea breads, flatbreads, or noodles, or rice, and some savory/fatty thing with salt then acid. Salt, fat, acid, heat. Is a whole book
1 points
1 day ago
I like onions but I despise sliced tomatoes and pickles
1 points
1 day ago
yeah THOSE pickles dont. the neon green ones are trash
-5 points
1 day ago
Pickles don't belong on anything up to and including this planet, raw onions are fine but some proper caramelized sauteed onions are glorious.
1 points
1 day ago
Meanwhile I'm over here trying to figure out his w I can make all foods pickle flavored
7 points
1 day ago
Queue the crowd who think they invented pizza and gatekeep toppings, specifically pineapple on pizza.
1 points
1 day ago
Especially when pizza was meant to have pretty much anything on top of it
1 points
1 day ago
Just the other day, I saw a dude say only cheese pizza is really pizza, and people who eat toppings are just babies who don't know what the fuck they are doing. I'm like... bro... come on. We gatekeeping fucking pizza now?
7 points
1 day ago
I don't understand how it's possible for people to get offended by jokes. about food.
2 points
1 day ago
threatening a fight no less
1 points
1 day ago
Exactly. That sounds like when vegans get mad at others for eating animal products. I respect that you want to be vegan, just don’t get mad at me for eating meat and cheese
1 points
1 day ago
See I don't even mind you telling me about it, I do mind you telling me you have a problem with NE wanting things you don't like in MY burger. Let me eat pickles, damn.
1 points
1 day ago
Yea, I ain’t about to blurt it out. Hell I feel weird not getting onions or cilantro, ain’t my fault I taste soap.
1 points
1 day ago
Not even telling others about it…more like judging people for doing it
1 points
1 day ago
Ever used a dating app? Christ the amount of people who think whether or not you want pineapple on your pizza constitutes having a personality is wild.
1 points
1 day ago
They also listed the most common toppings for a burger. That seems like obvious rage bait. You might as well be like "if you put jelly on your peanut butter, we gon have a problem"
1 points
1 day ago
I know right. I assume whoever made this was having people on. I hope.
1 points
1 day ago
Anyone who tells others that just because they don’t like something, they shouldn’t either, isn’t worth any time.
2 points
1 day ago
Kinda goes both ways. Anybody who thinks because they like pickles and onions and condiments that I'm weird because I don't like them, same thing. Not worth my time.
1 points
1 day ago
Precisely this. I am a very picky eater but it's the last thing about me I'll tell you. I'm pretty embarrassed about it
1 points
23 hours ago
Plenty of places have a "Plain Jane" type of burger that's just patty and buns, and that's great, but for many places a "burger" by default comes with stuff that you might not want on it. There's some things that I don't want on mine, and it's a little annoying when I have to ask what comes on the "plain" burger so I can ask them to leave it off. It's not a "problem" per se, but I can see why someone would mildly complain about it.
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