Five most popular non-recipe posts in 2023 on Burnt My Fingers

Best mayonnaise taste test lineup.

Each year at this time we do a recap of our posts that have garnered the most clicks in the past 12 months. The world has convulsed with conflict and climate change yet our most popular posts, and even their order ranked by views, are exactly the same as in 2022. We find that reassuring but predict it will never happen again. Here goes.

1. Best Mayonnaise Taste Test: Hellman’s vs Dukes vs Kewpie. This post was originally published in April 2021 and has quietly swelled into a juggernaut. (Which, by the say, is not a German term as you might expect but related to Hinduism.) Seems like everyone has an opinion on the favorite sandwich lubricant, including us.
2. The Halal Guys white sauce mystery… SOLVED! Yes, we cracked the code… and with no help from Kenji Lopez-Alt. We’re gratified that the actual recipe for the sauce now garners almost exactly as many hits as the editorial post (as you’ll discover in our recipe clips, coming up next).
3. Galbi vs Bulgogi… which Korean BBQ entree is better?  Like our mayo taste test, this post was originally published in 2021 and has steadily grown in popularity. Folks seem to want to express their opinion but not necessarily make the dish, as the actual recipes are not that popular. KBBQ at your local grill!
4. The sauce that made Mr. Durkee famous. This evergreen post, first published in 2011, has been revised several times as the Thanksgiving staple has migrated from one producer to another. Clicks surged recently when the product appeared to be discontinued. Good news… it’s back, at least on Amazon. (Oh crap, the first batch has sold out. Check back for a link!)
5. Hacking the Salt & Char Ribeye Cap Steak. Celebrity chef Bobby Flay, who proclaimed this the best thing he had eaten, bought a house in Saratoga Springs for $1.8 million and sold it for $3.2 million two years later. Smart investor. So he’d probably prefer our hack vs the Salt & Char offering which is currently a 7  oz Wagyu version at $150.

Next time: 2023’s most popular recipe posts.