Question of the Day
Mar. 28th, 2003 05:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
singularity75Why is it called a "hamburger" when there is no ham in it?
Why is it "Where's the beef" when it should be where's the ham?
The answer is really quite simple: because Hamburg, Germany made the first hamburgers.
However, the history of the hamburger is actually more complicated. Who actually invented the first hamburger remains a mystery.
Some say it was a group of nomadic people called the Tartars who tenderized their beef by placing it under a horse's saddle--flattening it into a patty. Others believe it was the German immigrants who traveled to the United States during the 19th century bringing with them their favorite meal called Hamburg Style Beef-- a raw chopped, piece of beef. Some argue Americans placed the first cooked beef patty on a roll at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1921.
Why is it "Where's the beef" when it should be where's the ham?
The answer is really quite simple: because Hamburg, Germany made the first hamburgers.
However, the history of the hamburger is actually more complicated. Who actually invented the first hamburger remains a mystery.
Some say it was a group of nomadic people called the Tartars who tenderized their beef by placing it under a horse's saddle--flattening it into a patty. Others believe it was the German immigrants who traveled to the United States during the 19th century bringing with them their favorite meal called Hamburg Style Beef-- a raw chopped, piece of beef. Some argue Americans placed the first cooked beef patty on a roll at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1921.
