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It’s been a big, long angry week with some huge issues on the agenda. This should lighten the tone somewhat.

Urgh! It's green!

Not that this issue is small fries. Nuh-uh. You’d have to be a dill not take this seriously. No way are way we gherkin you around on this issue.

So then. Have you ever been to a McDonald’s late at night, or anytime really, and noticed how many people cast aside their pickles?

It’s amazing. The vast majority of Maccas customers just find them horribly cumbersome.

When it comes to pickle preference, we here at the Punch are a microcosm of Australia. Young Daniel hates the bloody things. Ant loves them. But a quick vox pop around the newsroom we share with news.com.au revealed that most people don’t like ‘em at all.

Pickle schmickle.

Now, you’d think that a company like McDonald’s, which knows a thing or two about marketing, would replace what is a quintessentially American condiment with good old Aussie beetroot - in all burgers, not just the McOcker or whatever their latest token Aussie thing is.

But no. They persist with pickle. And the kids keep flingin’ ‘em on the walls.

This is proof, among other things, that anything vaguely resembling vegetable matter has no place whatsoever on the Maccas menu. And it makes a very strong case for Maccas to nuke the cuces once for all.

What do you think? Should the pickles be jettisoned? Or is a McDonald’s burger without pickle just too cardboardy to swallow?

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- Tim says:
  
  10:56am | 25/11/11
  
  There should be more pickles everywhere.
  I buy jars of the stuff.
  They are the best.
  Just last week I went to a Subway and ordered a roast beef sub. When they asked me what salads I wanted I just said pickles. Moar Pickles.
  
  Reply
LauraBoBaura says:

11:47am | 25/11/11

This, a hundred times. Bring on the pickles!
luke09 says:

12:12pm | 25/11/11

agree, the pickle makes even a simple cheeseburger taste better.
neo says:

12:34pm | 25/11/11

^^ This man knows what he’s on about. Pickles are awesome, and asking for extra pickles on your sub is the way to go.

And what makes the chicken rolls at El Jannahs in Granville so good? No, it’s not the delicious chicken, although it helps, it’s the pickles!
neo says:

12:46pm | 25/11/11

Also, as for jarred pickles, I like the ones called “Polskie Ogorki”, can’t remember the brand, might be “Always Fresh”. Throw some on your sandwich, munch one with some deli meat or just crunch it by itself. Also the greatest snack when you’re having shots of chilled vodka, deeeeeelicious.
Phil says:

12:47pm | 25/11/11

+1
Pickle, id also say egg too.
Tim says:

01:14pm | 25/11/11

neo,
I used to be big on the Polskie Ogorki’s but I’ve swapped in the last year to the Original Dill’s.
Always have a jar or two handy.
TimB says:

02:16pm | 25/11/11

I dunno Neo. As a frequent customer of El Jannah’s I have to give more credit to their garlic sauce….
lily says:

03:01pm | 25/11/11

A cheeseburger is not a cheeseburger without a pickle!
neo says:

03:44pm | 25/11/11

The garlic sauce is deffo a contender! Throw some hummus on as well, mmmm, damn I haven’t been there for too long.
cc says:

03:49pm | 25/11/11

I ask for extra pickels at macca’s; the only reason I like their burgers .One outlet told me I was the only person who’d ever asked for it. they cheerfully indulge me.
TimB says:

05:04pm | 25/11/11

Heheh Neo. Living within walking distance definetly has it’s advatanges .
Fiona says:

09:37pm | 25/11/11

Go the pickles. One should also add the fries to the burger. Num num
skepdad says:

11:19pm | 25/11/11

Pickles end up in the bin, as would the beetroot.

But a burger with bacon, thick fried tomato and buttery mushrooms? I would literally* climb over my nanna to get to one of those. I would call it… the McChuckNorris.

* http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally
marley says:

08:34am | 26/11/11

@skepdad - bacon, fried tomatoes, mushrooms? It’s a burger, not a pizza.
- marley says:
  
  11:01am | 25/11/11
  
  I absolutely stand by my right as a North American to have a pickle in my burger. I think it’s somewhere in the Canadian constitution. And in the UN Declaration of Human Rights. If not, it should be.
  
  Reply
AdamC says:

11:56am | 25/11/11

Yanks (and, yes, I know you aren’t a Yank) do great burgers, much better than those we get here. In my US experience, their burgers are edibly-sized, not impractically huge. They also use mince (they call it ‘ground beef’) which has some fat. In Australia, so many burgers are dry and yucky because the mince they use to make them is too lean for the grill. (The meat also dries out due to excessive thickness of the patties.)

And you can’t have a great burger without pickle, in my view. But I am quite happy to leave aside the beetroot, egg and assorted minutiae we so often get in our burgers over here.
Danny B says:

12:31pm | 25/11/11

@ AdamC

I’ll second that. Probably the best burgers I’ve had were over in the US.
neo says:

12:42pm | 25/11/11

I’m actually not a big fan of beetroot in general, but I really do like it on a burger, adds a little variety.

As for egg….mmmmm egg makes everything better, EVERYTHING, and that is what I stand by.
neo says:

12:48pm | 25/11/11

My mate just got back from America and said that the portions over there are made for obese people. Like you can’t bite the burgers properly because they are that big. Apart from White Castle, they are tiny.
Aitch B says:

01:03pm | 25/11/11

@neo

You can beat an egg but you can’t beat a…........
LauraBoBaura says:

01:34pm | 25/11/11

I always viewed beetroot on burgers as being akin to pineapple on pizza….
Do not want! Something about it just doesn’t belong there..

Beetroot makes the bun all soggy & there’s nothing worse than taking a big bite & getting beetroot juice all over yourself..
neo says:

03:45pm | 25/11/11

@ Aitch B

....a wife!

No, but seriously, domestic violence is no laughing matter.
Alf says:

02:27pm | 26/11/11

@marley. So we have you to thank for the processed shit that passes for a hamburger these days?
marley says:

03:20pm | 26/11/11

@Alf - gawd no. All I’m saying is, real burgers have pickles. I believe Maccas have them too.
- divido says:
  
  11:01am | 25/11/11
  
  jettison Maccas and do the children a favour.
  
  Reply
- Jade says:
  
  11:02am | 25/11/11
  
  I always get my burgers meat, cheese sauce only. The rest is foul… McDonalds made a big mistake when they stopped selling the McOz that had beetroot… it was the best burger there! :(
  
  Reply
Gethin says:

12:32pm | 25/11/11

I think you’re making the mistake, Jade, of failing to realise that the word best has no place in the same sentence as McDonalds.
Jade says:

02:01pm | 25/11/11

Eeeeh I don’t think so Gethin…
PsychoHyena says:

03:19pm | 25/11/11

Gethin, depends on why best is in the same sentence as McDonalds. I find nothing wrong with it being there for “It (McOz) was the best burger there (McDonalds)” but if it was “It (McDonalds) is the best.” then there’s a problem.
- Fiona says:
  
  11:03am | 25/11/11
  
  Bugger the pickle, what are those white things on the burger bun??
  
  Reply
Gladys says:

11:23am | 25/11/11

Oh yes! As a clean freak, I loathe seeds on buns.
- Max Redlands says:
  
  11:03am | 25/11/11
  
  For mine I dine at HJs as the whopper is a superior burger (imho).
  
  They have pickles too and I like them. Indeed I will often ask for extra pickles and that the onion be left out.
  
  Reply
Mr Pod says:

01:55pm | 25/11/11

@Max - you certainly are a picky diner, with all the pleasure you gain from your whopper, I hope you compliment the chef
- Dermott says:
  
  11:05am | 25/11/11
  
  When I was a kid, I asked my father to order me a burger without the pickle. He must have asked for a burger with just the meat. Because what I got had no sauce, no onions etc.
  So for years, I thought that the pickle was the source (no pun intended) of all the other stuff (apart from the meat) on the Junior Burgers.
  Only when I was a teenager, and worked there, was my childish theory shattered.
  I’m anti-pickle. Always have been, always will be.
  
  Reply
- SimpleSimon says:
  
  11:10am | 25/11/11
  
  I heard the cheeseburger has to contain the pickle, because otherwise it would technically be classed as a dessert because it contains so much sugar*...?
  
  *Might not have been sugar, I don’t remember, I just put my fries on it and kept eating…
  
  Reply
Alicia says:

05:29pm | 27/11/11

That’s crap. The ‘story’ does that the pickle is there so it’s not classified as a confectionery item. However, I highly doubt that two pieces of pickle would turn something from being a sugary item into something that isn’t. Pickles aren’t magical.

Bring on the pickles!
- Billy Whizz says:
  
  11:11am | 25/11/11
  
  Isn’t the pickle there to tip the sugar content low enough to keep it from being classed as confectionary? If you don’t have a burger for a long time and then eat one, it genuinely tastes like sh!t - it’s quite remarkable.
  
  Reply
marley says:

11:22am | 25/11/11

A good burger is a wondrous thing. I do not count Maccas or HJ’s offerings as burgers. I make my own.
Billy Whizz says:

11:34am | 25/11/11

Marley - you’re moving into prime minced steak sandwich country, and that’s a beautiful place to be, but no relation to the nostril, earlobe, eyelid and neckskin patties the Punch journalists adolescent taste buds appear to be addicted to.
I’d throw away the burger and eat the pickle.
- iansand says:
  
  11:16am | 25/11/11
  
  I know they are dying out, but you should go to your corner milk bar/fish’n'chip shop and buy a hamburger, not whatever they sell in McDs. I understand this will be a frightening idea for the younger folk, but you can actually choose what goes on your burger, and even watch it get made.
  
  Another of life’s little problems dealt with. Next!!!!
  
  Reply
Jade says:

11:33am | 25/11/11

OMG there is nothing more delicious than the hamburgers that the fish and chip shop make near my work… my mouth is watering now just thinking about it! :D

haha and ^^^^^ this is why I am a fatty -_-
James1 says:

12:29pm | 25/11/11

Probably too much information, the last time I took my daughter out for such a burger coincided with our most recent bout of gastro. Sadly, we both feel a little sick at the thought of having another.

Another of life’s little pleasures disposed of.
Aitch B says:

12:30pm | 25/11/11

@iansand

Absolutely!!

Beats the crap they serve up in McDs and HJs any day. Plus, yo can add a couple of potato cakes or dimmies to top you up!!
cayal says:

12:37pm | 25/11/11

Yes, Fish and Chip burgers are the best.
HappyCynic says:

12:42pm | 25/11/11

Oh I remember a little fish ‘n’ chip shop in Melbourne that did awesome burgers for about $9 with the lot. I’d also buy $4 worth of hand cut chips that would have been a kilo of chips or more, ugh so good, they’re gone now though :-(

These days it’s Hurricane’s burgers in Bondi, pricey ($27 for a double burger with chips) but the double is over half a kilo of prime, top-quality mince (you can even order them rare, medium etc.) cheese (if you want it) a weak little piece of lettuce, half a pickle (one of those salty, briny, good ones that the Israelis make in the cans), a slice of tomato, a slice of onion and a thousand island type sauce on the bun and your choice of sauce - mushroom, peppercorn (my fave!), a warm salsa, monkey gland (also great!) or cheese sauce I think.

If I’m especially hungry I’ll go for a ribs and burger combo, sooo much meat but I’m not a vegie person and besides I’m just doing my bit for the environment, 1 cow or lamb at a time
Moby says:

01:41pm | 25/11/11

@iansand

Totally agree. We have recently had a mobile burger van start up here, and each time I go there, it brings back memories from years ago…...you just can get anything like it now in fast food places!
- Mei says:
  
  11:19am | 25/11/11
  
  Love the pickle. Better off to have it and ask for it to be left out, than have to pay for pickle as an extra !! The pickle is underrated !
  
  Reply
- Dani says:
  
  11:20am | 25/11/11
  
  I am a converted pickle-r. Picked them off for years, but have come around to like their little taste contribution to the burger. Man, I’m hungry now.
  
  Reply
- Quailie says:
  
  11:20am | 25/11/11
  
  I’d eat a goddamn pickleburger. I’d wear a pickle hat and pickle underpants, and live in a pickle tower with pickle carpet. Eating a burger with beetroot is like eating a chunk of fresh swamp- soggy and earthy. Nup.
  
  Reply
skepdad says:

11:14pm | 25/11/11

Well played sir. I just snorted water all over my laptop.
- Peter says:
  
  11:21am | 25/11/11
  
  Ok, if this one is a “dilemma” than I’m going back to school to study as I obviously don’t understand the English language anymore. Isn’t this simply a question of whether you like pickles or not?
  
  Reply
- Groucho says:
  
  11:29am | 25/11/11
  
  Nice disguised ad for innernational foamburgers.
  
  When I was a lad, hamburgers came from the local Greek or the Italian cafe-your local Blue n White, Niagara, Majestic.
  
  They were that good, you could navigate your way around Oz by cafe.
  
  Big bread roll, real crunchy crust, real chewy yeasty bread, no fricken seeds.
  
  Huge tasty mince pattie, lashings of fried onion & bacon if you like, lettuce, tomato, sauce. The only pickle? One optional slice of beetroot.
  
  All served wrapped in one sheet of greaseproof in a single paper bag.
  
  Fragrant monsters. Sublime. Still smell the sizzle.
  
  Stuff of legend, to be sought out, the secret location shared with all who yearn for something, anything, better than the vile innernational foamburger.
  
  Foamburgers on foambuns. Pickle or no pickle, a crime against humanity.
  
  Reply
- Alf says:
  
  11:41am | 25/11/11
  
  As far as McDonald’s goes, I would sooner eat the wrapper than the burger. At least I know it will be 100% crap and far more nutritious.
  
  Reply
- Robert Smissen Of rural SA says:
  
  11:49am | 25/11/11
  
  SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO typical of Australians, they don’t like something but do they complain to someone who can help them? ? NO. Just walk up to the counter & say, “can I please have 1/4 pounder/mini burger, hold the pickles”.
  
  Reply
- Kirsty says:
  
  11:51am | 25/11/11
  
  Ugh beetroot is the worst. I would take a pickle over beetroot any day.
  
  Reply
- Shooter says:
  
  11:58am | 25/11/11
  
  A good pickle is one that sticks to the glass
  
  Reply
- hot tub political machine says:
  
  12:04pm | 25/11/11
  
  The Scene, Punch office 12:00pm AEST 25/11/2011
  
  Punch editor a: We don’t have a dilemma for this Friday
  
  Punch editor b: Lets write one from our own life then.
  
  Punch editor a: I don’t really have anything, I’ve got an awesome weekend ahead – I’m too exited about it to be worried over abstract dilemma’s
  
  Punch editor b: We could make it a dilemma about sport?
  
  Punch editor c: Not again Ant!
  
  Punch editor a: Wow, that was harsh on ant, editor C – you sound angry enough to be troubled, do you have a dilemma?
  
  Punch editor c: Yes but I don’t want to talk about it (sips from hip flask)
  
  Punch editor c: Eureka!
  
  Punch editor a: But I just showered (giggles)
  
  Punch editor c: uhhhhhhhhh…..
  
  Punch editor b: I bet we can just make it about something completely meaningless and people will still comment.
  
  Punch editor a: True
  
  Punch editor c: I’m hungry
  
  Punch editor a: I know…..let do it about hamburgers! I bet they would even answer to the one about pickles in hamburgers!
  
  Punch editor b: they wouldn’t
  
  Punch editor a: They bloody would
  
  Punch editor c: They might just write random weird stuff in the responses……….(turns into a chorus line of cats in Roman legionaries uniform)
  
  Reply
- bella starkey says:
  
  12:10pm | 25/11/11
  
  Macca’s pickles are disgusting, They turned me off the delights of the cornichon for years. Its a flavour that reminds me of salty vomit.
  
  Reply
- Mr Pod says:
  
  12:10pm | 25/11/11
  
  For those obsessed by the pickle, there is a sport in the US called pickleball (its an easy to play tennis with no learning curve) http://www.usapa.org for those seeking immersion in all things pickle
  
  Reply
Tim says:

12:43pm | 25/11/11

Do you want me to eat the dog called “Pickles”?
Mr Pod says:

01:51pm | 25/11/11

No a bad idea, it would be better quality meat than maccas.
- Tchom says:
  
  12:12pm | 25/11/11
  
  Knowing Ju-liar Gillard’s nanny state, she’ll probably ban pickles and take away all the freedoms! And ruin the economy! Because she’s a nazi-socialist!
  
  Reply
LauraBoBaura says:

01:36pm | 25/11/11

So super subtle..
- Rachel Laurel says:
  
  12:22pm | 25/11/11
  
  One always thought that McDonalds burgers were all butter and all lettuce.
  When will SUBWAY get beetroot, pineapple, and coleslaw as salad alternatives along with current favorites like lettuce, tomato, onion,pickles ,carrot etcetera ??
  
  Reply
Gymmer says:

12:58pm | 25/11/11

Subway has beetroot already and has for yonks. Used to have pineapple back in the day for a promotional sub they used to do, not sure if it’s there anymore, it’s been a while. Shakes head a coleslaw, yeechh. (former sandwich artist here)
Alicia says:

05:34pm | 27/11/11

No subway near me has beetroot…
- Anthony says:
  
  12:32pm | 25/11/11
  
  A friend once worked at McDonalds. He said they deep fried a cheeseburger bun, sprinkled some sugar on top, and you couldn’t tell the difference between this and a donut!!! That’s how much sugar is in it!!!!!
  
  Reply
- Fred says:
  
  12:36pm | 25/11/11
  
  Love the pickle, they are the most enjoyable bites of the burgers for me.
  
  Leave the pickle alone!
  
  Glad I’m not hanging around those bogan idiots I used to hang around with who used to fling the pickles on the windows. It’s funny when you think about it but playing with food grosses me out.
  
  And for crying out loud McDonalds are just burgers. Burgers have never, ever, ever been good for you. Who cares!
  
  Reply
- Rachel Laurel says:
  
  12:36pm | 25/11/11
  
  one’s pickle is as fickle as the hammer and sickle.
  one’s pickle is not worth a nickel.
  
  Reply
- Mahhrat says:
  
  12:45pm | 25/11/11
  
  Best burgers are home made, period. They just are.
  
  Reply
- Mahhrat says:
  
  12:48pm | 25/11/11
  
  Just regarding the farce that are McDonald’s burgers, I want to give props to my girl.
  
  When we moved back to Tassie she got a job flippin’ those burgers. She is a staunch vegetarian. It was like purgatory for her, but she stuck at it until she got a traineeship in an office, about 9 months.
  
  Awesome stuff, really.
  
  Reply
Jade says:

02:04pm | 25/11/11

Macca’s was my first real job… I worked with all my friends there and had a ball until one of the managers was on her monthlies one day and got me fired for not ironing my uniform
- HappyCynic says:
  
  01:02pm | 25/11/11
  
  It depends on the pickles, if it’s those sweet bread ‘n’ butter ones like Maccas has, meh, but salty ones, polish ones, dill pickles, hungarian pickles, pickled chilis, pickled limes, chutneys of various sorts, Piccalilli and other relishes than abso-fvcking-lutely
  
  My favourite way to eat pickles is to wrap them whole in a hot salami (soppressa works well), hold together with a toothpick and add a square of a nice sharp cheese to the end of the toothpick… I’ve eaten an entire 1kg jar like this once by mistake and the guilt was ravaged by some serious heartburn but soo worth it
  
  Reply
Groucho says:

03:07pm | 25/11/11

Shoulda read the piece, mate.

It’s *only* about the pickles on *one* burgerchain’s “burger”

That’s all its about. A free kick for “name the brand”.

Not much of a dilemma, neither. No “name the brand” foambun burger - prob solved.
- Aitch B says:
  
  01:08pm | 25/11/11
  
  Flick the pickle….. preferably on to the roof of the place at which it was purchased!!
  
  “Ah don’t want a pickle….. I just wanna ride my motor-sickle!”
  
  Reply
- CBR says:
  
  01:55pm | 25/11/11
  
  I love a chicken shop/milk bar burger as much as the next person - in fact, there’s is nearly nothing better than one of those with the lot: BBQ sauce, bacon, cheese, onions, pineapple, beetroot. Oh my word yum.
  
  On the other hand, sometimes at 3am after a few too many you just really need a Maccas, and that Maccas must be a quarter pounder sans pickle.
  
  Reply
- Simonious says:
  
  02:06pm | 25/11/11
  
  Yes the buns have sugar in them. All hamburger buns should so that when you toast them the sugar caramelises on top and seals the bun from going soggy from everything else you put on it.
  But i have was told by an employee of FJ Walker foods that the pickle acutally aids the digestion of the animal protein they use that assists in binding the pattie together that is actually taken from the eyes of the cattle they slaughter for the burger meat.
  
  Reply
Mikeymike says:

04:26pm | 25/11/11

Pics or it didn’t happen.

Actually on second thoughts, scratch that.
- Mirage says:
  
  02:06pm | 25/11/11
  
  I am quite surprised at how many people actually like the pickle… Always thought that most people ditched the pickle! Who would have thought.
  
  Personally I think they are horrible things, you can always tell when you have ordered one without pickles and they have just dragged them off before handing the burger over, it has that pickle taste.
  
  Reply
- Anna C says:
  
  02:35pm | 25/11/11
  
  I love the pickle. It’s the best bit. More pickles fo me please.
  
  Reply
- Sam says:
  
  02:41pm | 25/11/11
  
  Flick the pickle…. should I be outraged about voilence to a male metaphor?
  
  Reply
- Nathan says:
  
  03:08pm | 25/11/11
  
  If the burger comes with pickles, then I don’t mind them. But nor do I go out of my way to get them added.
  
  I will however sign any petition to ban beetroot on all burgers.
  
  Reply
- Arnold Layne says:
  
  04:14pm | 25/11/11
  
  The pickles are fine. I reckon the vast majority of pickle-flickers have never even tried them, they just remove them out of habit. They taste far better as part of the burger than they do by themselves too. It’s all part of the flavour package!
  
  Reply
marley says:

05:51pm | 25/11/11

Pickles and cheese - a match made in heaven. No burger required.
- sha says:
  
  06:15pm | 25/11/11
  
  Hold the pickle..I want beetroot…why me no beetroot…ever?!Only just flicked my pickle 30 min ago.
  
  Reply
- Mark says:
  
  06:38pm | 25/11/11
  
  I haven’t read the article, I’d just like to add that the photo above the article looks like multi-layered vom.
  
  Seriously, the pickle is the least of your worries.
  
  Reply
- Ken Oath says:
  
  06:54pm | 25/11/11
  
  Twenty years, at least, without entering a MacDonalds, so the choice of condiment is totally irrelevant to me. Why would you bother about the topping to put on a piece of garbage?
  
  “Ah , Monsieur, would you prefer some Vegemite or, peut-etre, some marmalade on your dead rat burger?”
  
  Reply
- sha says:
  
  07:53pm | 25/11/11
  
  But…the best burger is mine.Low fat mince burger salt and pepper only.Bacon,beetroot,cheese pineapple,lettuce. tomato, bbq sauce,soft bun with sesame seeds.We like it.
  
  Reply
- stephen says:
  
  08:09pm | 25/11/11
  
  In last saturdays courier mail, Matt from Masterchef had a recipe for the best hamburger - as he called it - and he included beetroot,(amongst other things) ,and then white cabbage. (I nearly wrote him a letter, and cancelled my courier deliveries.)
  Now, beetroot, pineapple, egg, a toasted bun and relish is arbitrary, but the cabbage is blasphemy.
  Wouldn’t give the stuff to a rabbit.
  Beetroot became extinct in the McOz about 4 years ago, when, coming out of a Maccas in Mackay, I argued with the proprietor that my burger hasn’t got any, and he said beetroot was off the menu cause it never stayed on the bun. (Maccas, too, I found out, doesn’t offer refunds.)
  Yer gotta have beetroot on a burger.
  It’s like having a burger without the buns, and you eat the filling with a knife and fork, and with a bib.
  Best mince for the burger is made at home, with worcester sauce, 1 egg, s&p to taste, fresh cut parsley and maybe coriander, (no onion now ; keep it for cooked rings later) some sunflower oil, mix it up with fingers then make patties to your thickness/likeness.
  Toast the bun lightly, butter it, add cheese slice, add cooked pattie, (melts nicely) then add onion rings, beetroot slices, tomato slice - one only ; a most overrated condiment - and freshly watered and spun lettuce ; then add a dollop of s&m mayonnaise and some very finely chopped rosemary.
  Cover with the bun top ... and put your money on the fridge.
  
  ps beetroot is very nice on its own as a treat with thick-cut bread, butter, 1 slice of cheese, 1 fried egg, then the beet. then add some cooked mushrooms and add tabasco sauce. Yum. Just don’t mix it with sardines.
  
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Eva says:

09:28pm | 25/11/11

My son grabbed that page out of the paper to read and then tossed it back in disgust once he had read it. Probably the cabbage ruined the recipe for him too.
- Flutz says:
  
  08:40pm | 25/11/11
  
  I love the pickle and usually get my mates to give me theirs if they don’t want it. As to the suggestion of replacing it with beetroot? Gross - I hate beetroot eeww!
  
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- stephen says:
  
  09:19pm | 25/11/11
  
  By the way, that new burger from Hungry Jacks called the classic country burger - organic beef, they say - is a ripper.
  Beetrootless, yet it’s a 10 out of 10 delight, though it’s only small and I can eat two.
  
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- Eva says:
  
  09:23pm | 25/11/11
  
  Isn’t the pickle there so we all have to open up the burger to remove it and can check for any adulteration at the same time. I still remember cases of cigarette ends in burgers from my teen years and would have to double check regardless of the pickle situation.
  
  I am also a McOz girl, grief struck when they stopped it.
  
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- xar says:
  
  09:56pm | 25/11/11
  
  no pickles and no beetroot either!
  
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- NESLIHAN KUROSAWA says:
  
  10:49am | 26/11/11
  
  Hi Punch Team,
  
  Just looking at the picture of this picture of a hamburger, with all the cheese & meat patties!! I just have to say that it is far too rich, for my taste, no offence!! And with the message of all experts us warnings to have a balanced meal, anyway!! Somehow I think most importantly, we do need those minuscule pickles as part of our daily recommended portion of vegetables every day!!
  
  I have been around the World pickles are a very big part of meals in the American, Japanese, German, Hungarian, Turkish meals especially during winter months for the much needed vitamins, when some vegetables can be very expensive & scarce, indeed!!
  
  I can not see what all the fuss is all about? I personally could not imagine my life without pickles!! Especially, it goes so perfectly with a Japanese bento box & German Potato Salad!! The Middle Eastern diets also largely consists of home made pickles with egg plants, peppers, cucumbers & red cabbage!! The rest is all up to your imaginations!! Believe me, it is actually very good for you!! Best regards to your editors.
  
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Groucho says:

12:05pm | 26/11/11

Your ! key is sticking, mate.
- White Coat and clip board view says:
  
  11:25am | 26/11/11
  
  I wonder what the BMIs of the commenters would be based on their love of burgers?
  
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Observer says:

12:28pm | 26/11/11

Supersize me?
Eva says:

04:05pm | 26/11/11

undersize me
- Shane says:
  
  11:13am | 27/11/11
  
  its the only thing they sell that has any taste. and they know it.
  
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