I have a Syndication Announcement on this site (displayed at random in the footer of each page) about mayonaise on hamurgers. Here's the detail.

When I was a kid growing up in Texas, all hamburgers in any establishment were served with mustard. If you didn't want mustard, you had to go out of your way to ask for something else.

Now, you never know what you're going to get. Mayonnaise, ketchup, secret sauce... even salad dressing. But hardly ever mustard! It's criminal. MAYONNAISE DOES NOT BELONG ON A HAMBURGER!

It's clear to me that the primary culprit in all of this is Liquor by the Drink. Prior to August 1973, you couldn't get a drink in a restaurant unless they had a "private club". This was not an appealing situation to "drink friendly" national chains.

Then we passed Liquor by the Drink (aka Liquor by the Jigger or LBJ). The next thing you know there's a Friday's or a Bennigan's on every corner. And with them came their West Coast/East Coast wacko ideas of how to make a hamburger.

Hamburgers used to have a thin patty (just like you still get at Dairy Queen). Now, it's a pound of meat between a 2 and a half inch bun. You have to unhinge your jaw just to take bite. And then there's "How would you like that cooked?". It's not prime rib, IT'S A HAMBURGER! COOK IT!

OK, there's something wrong with me that I can calmly discuss religion or politics, but the issue of hamburgers really sets me off. But, I have my priorities. I guess I have to remember that there are pros and cons to everything. So, in regards to the big burgers, I guess that's OK if you're really hungry.