Burgers were invented in America.

Now sure, the Hamburger is named after Hamburg in Germany. However, the German version is actually the Hamburg steak. In other words, the meat patty. And a patty does not a burger make.

America was the country that put the bun on the hamburger. This, in drag’s opinion, is when the Hamburg steak became the “burger”. A new word, losing the ham and becoming what would be translated from German as “The people’s meal”. An apt description for the American burger.

  • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    16 days ago

    I believe the oldest recipe for a burger was from the roman empire. It was sold by food carts/street vendors, and was a version of fast food.

    It was ground up meat, mixed with spices, cooked on a hot plate, and served between 2 bits of bread/roll. That sounds quite burger like to me.

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    16 days ago

    In Germany it is just some cheap, nondescript food. That’s why the origins are not really documented in history.

    Americans made a weird cult out of it. They may do so if they like. :)

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      Sure you guys “invented” it but we made it cheaper, less tasty, and overall worse for you and then made bland chains that match our bland suburban landscape. You may have created it, but we have the people who punch employees for missing pickles. So take that, Europe.

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      02·
      14 days ago

      Americans made a weird cult out of it. They may do so if they like. :)

      Judging by the name we’ve got ourselves a Lederhosen who’s never had the joy of a proper American burger

      You come to California some time and we’ll show you what we did with our (meine Urgroßmutter wurde in Düsseldorf geboren) culture! I myself spent an entire year perfecting my breading mix and learning to make the perfect pretzel bun to serve them on!

      Like… Ugh, I know what I’m doing this weekend

  • BonerMan@ani.socialEnglish
    1·
    16 days ago

    That’s not a opinion thing. Its just a fact that you are wrong. And nobody from Hamburg is claiming that their City invented it, the first mentions of such a thing are from the roman empire.