Which burger would you prefer?-Cultural differences?

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Option A: Bbq burger on a burger bap with cheese, ketchup, salad, wedges and corn on the cob

Option B: Grilled burger (no bap etc) with plain pasta and salt

We had Dds friend over for lunch after Dd asked her if she wanted to come for burgers and toasted marshmallows. She was quite confused about the burger as has it like option B at home, aside from at McDonald’s.

Which burger do you prefer and can anyone guess which country we’re in?

Bingo! 🇵🇹

Which one?!

Eh? 🇵🇹

The flag indicates Portugal.

Probably more common in Portugal for a hamburger (without bun) to be served with rice or fries. I would think that serving it with plain pasta was not as popular because it sounds disgusting!

A for me (although veggie version) but DH version b both Northern Ireland

Burger bap 😱It's a burger bun.

To be honest it's how one of my kids would want it here in the UK. Though she likes butter on the pasta.

My mum definitely still has her circa 1985 Tupperware biscuit cutters (many sizes that stack together in a little case).
Sadly her circa 1969 bread bin broke recently and she had to replace it.

Woohoo, I guessed correctly!!

Is plain pasta with salt something that's common in parts of Portugal or is it just a preference of this child?

I wouldn’t like either options presented in the OP.

I’m a bit weird as I like a plain burger in a plain bun and don’t like any cheese, ketchup, pickles or sauces with it.

In an ideal world it would some fried onions and/or sliced tomatoes in it.

I would never eat chips with it either, just home made coleslaw or salad if it was going.

Interesting about the country being Portugal!

Oh no not the breadbin was an actual heirloom!

Yes I said above it’s often also with rice and veg/salad, they have it with pasta at school too, my kids love it. The rice and veg ive started to do, but salted pasta I just can’t get on board with!

Me and my sister did have a look on eBay to see if we could find one the same as a replacement 😂

Well done! 🥇
My kids have it somstimes at school
too, so it must be a thing. They also salt the salad sometimes too 😩

A, but without the BBQ sauce! If I am dieting then B.

Somewhere in the med?

If they eat McDonald's then they know a burger comes in a bun with sauce and sometimes salad. Why would they be confused by it?

Even if someone had never seen a burger before there's nothing confusing about it. It's pretty obviously a sandwich of sorts with meat and whatever else inside.

Maybe they thought you were putting marshmallows on it?!

In the 70s when Birds Eye Beef Burgers first became popular I remember having them with chips and baked beans. It seemed quite common in those days to not have them in a bun.

I think it was only when MacDonalds took off that Brits started serving them in a bun to mimic the takeaway experience.

Serving burgers with salted pasta though sounds weird and I don't think most people in Portugal have them like that- certainly not what I saw when I visited.

My husband does that - burger patty, rice and salad.....and he's English. Though basically it's just a meat patty or like a giant meatball....so not unusual in Northern Europe e.g. Ikea meatballs with chips. Never heard of it in Portugal when I lived there.

To the OP who said they salted a salad.....don't you put salt in?

I think she maybe thought we were having it the way they do as she only ever has it on a burger bap at McDonald’s

It isn’t in restaurants etc with pasta from what I’ve seen, but def in homes and at school

In a salad?’ Never!

@Stopshoutingtv I feel like that's the most controversial thing on this thread. What do you mean you don't season your salad? Ever? How about pepper?

Basic salad dressing is - oil, balsamic, pepper and salt...........

Feeling like I need to start a thread on this.

Well, option A or variations on it, although when I was a kid (early 80s) we'd often have an Iceland-type frozen burger with oven chips and frozen peas for tea. No bun. I guess it was a cheap and convenient way of providing a 'meat and two veg' dinner, which was the sort my mum knew and cooked.