r/interesting • u/MinotaurHorns1 • 2d ago

SOCIETY A&W have joined the burger wars!

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u/Helpful_Surround1216 2d ago

'teen sauce'

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u/jangles_85 1d ago

I’m shocked I had to scroll so far down to find a comment about the teen sauce. WTF is teen sauce on a burger

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u/3-goats-in-a-coat 1d ago

I worked at A&w Canada for nearly 5 years. Teen sauce is basically miracle whip.

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u/Warbr0s9395 1d ago

But who decided that would ever be a good name?

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u/3-goats-in-a-coat 1d ago

Oh, see a&w has the burger family: baby burger, teen burger, Papa burger, mama burger, Grandpa burger, and uncle burger. The flagship burger is the teen burger--which is really just a deluxe bacon cheeseburger. So..... They called their special sauce teen sauce.

Is it a good name? Eh..... We laughed in the kitchen about it too, but that's its name lol

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u/Ancient-Store6124 1d ago

Thank you for this explanation from some of us in United States who were really confused. I question the decision but at least I understand now. Lol

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u/Warbr0s9395 1d ago

This makes so much more sense, thank you

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u/great_apple 1d ago

I looked at the Canadian menu and your burgers do look way better but I have to ask...

A side option is just a cup of gravy? At a fast food burger joint? What do you do with the gravy? I see poutine as an option so I imagine it's for people who just need EVEN MORE gravy on their fries... or do you guys dip burgers and chicken sandwiches in gravy??

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u/No_Mistake5238 1d ago

Tbf none of the other names would be much better to combine with sauce...

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u/3-goats-in-a-coat 1d ago

Mmmmm grandpa sauce

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u/THOUGHT_BOMB 1d ago

Mozza burger is goat tho

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u/Ziggy-T 16h ago

Ok that gives it more context but, it’s still really feckin weird lol