mustard makes a burger Texan? (Mart: places, hamburger, burgers)

[TexasHorseLady]

Wow, I lived in Athens for some years (back in the late 1950's/early 1960's) and even fished with Clint Murchison, Sr. (he had NICE bass in the lake on his place and a jon boat for fishing for them) and never knew that! Guess they weren't promoting it then - we had the Black Eyed Pea Festival and the Fiddler's Festival, but nothing about hamburgers.

[ETex2]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

Wow, I lived in Athens for some years (back in the late 1950's/early 1960's) and even fished with Clint Murchison, Sr. (he had NICE bass in the lake on his place and a jon boat for fishing for them) and never knew that! Guess they weren't promoting it then - we had the Black Eyed Pea Festival and the Fiddler's Festival, but nothing about hamburgers.

They weren't promoting the hamburger thing back then, I don't think. My mother lived there for many years and I have family all around there, and I've owned some land near Athens for a while so we are there quite a bit. The blackeyed pea festival has gone away, but the hamburger cookoff has taken over in the last few years. The Old Fiddler's Reunion and contest is still going strong, and it's the one I like the best.

[ETex2]

More evidence that MUSTARD is the preferred condiment for Texans on their hamburgers:

Mustard on Burgers: As Un-American as Texas? - The Atlantic Food Channel

[John Shaft]

If I have to pick between the two, mayo. And I'm a native Texan...this is one of my few non-native preferences.

However, I'm pretty darn happy with nothing but ketchup on the burger. Mustard is for pretzels and, occasionally, corn dogs, and pork chop sandwiches (Dijon mustard).

[TT Dave]

I'm a native Texan and most native Texans I know prefer mustard on their hamburgers, including me. I can't stand a hamburger with mayo on it. I also like mustard on corn dogs and hot dogs. On ham and turkey sandwiches, I prefer mayo.

[Herbrocks]

Thanks for all the great posts! I guess there is a TX/M connection, maybe it just passed SA by.

For me, mayo is a must on a burger, the addition of kechup or mustard is secondary. I prefer kechup, but take mustard once in a blue moon (never both).

[TexasHorseLady]

Well, it passed me and the parts of Texas (East, North, Central) that I've lived in by, too, apparently. Mustard's always been an option, not a given, where I've lived.

[LinaJo76]

I'm a native Texas (born and bred; from the Beaumont and Livingston area, near Louisiana).

All my life I preferred mayonnaise on my burgers (never cared much for mustard. Or any type of bitter tasting food for that matter). But I do like Whataburgers (real popular back home) and they always put mustard on theirs (I only like their burgers with mustard, only).

[lonestar2007]

I was born in Dallas, lived for a good while in East Texas, then back to North Texas, but we always had mustard for hamburgers and cheeseburgers. Mustard on hot dogs and corny dogs and a mix of Miracle Whip and mustard for potato salad. So did everyone else I knew.

Now, what is funny is when you would venture over into say Arkansas, the DQ's there would put mustard on the hamburgers, but always mayo on cheeseburgers. Go figure.

We always had this one particular hamburger stand we ate at when we would go to 1st Monday in Canton. It was located more over in the town section. Well, one week-end on a first Monday we were there and by lunchtime had worked our way over to our favorite stand. I got the usual, cheeseburger, fries, and fried pie and sweeten ice tea (now I'm making myself hungry!) Imagine my surprise when I got my burger and it had mayo on it! Eeek! My sister had gotten a hamburger (no cheese) and as usual it had mustard on it. I thought, well, I've gotten someone else's burger.

I took it back up to them and said, I didn't request mayo on my burger. They said, you had a cheeseburger, right? I said yes. They said, well you put mayo on cheeseburgers. LOL I said, not here in Texas. I then realized it wasn't the regular people working there. I asked them, did y'all just buy this stand and they said yes. So my next question was, are y'all from Arkansas by any chance? LOL They were!

[TXNGL]

I've always been under the impression that mustard on a burger was a Texas thing, but I don't know where I got that idea. Was I born with it? I don't recall my mother (Texan to the bone) ever saying anything about burger condiments at all. She did teach me, as far as condiments go, always to use real mayo instead of Miracle Whip.