J. Clarke > wrote:

>While not quite so extreme, Friendlys used to have a "Hawaiian Teriyaki
>Burger", with IIRC Canadian Bacon, pineapple, scallions, maybe some
>onion, and a teriyaki sauce that was, well, I've been missing it ever
>since they took it off the menu. Pineapple goes surprisingly well on
>the right burger.

My impression is it's a Hawaiian thing to pile a lot of vegetables
onto a burger -- slivers of carrot, zucchini, bell pepper etc.
My further impression is this may have stemmed from a public
health initiative to get more vegetables into the Hawaii diet,
versus the traditional spam, white rice and beer.

"Toss an egg into it" appears in food items around the world,
because eggs are often very prevalent. In Spain I have a braised
beef stew-like dish... with an egg. It's there, it's protein,
toss it in.


Steve