The hamburger is one of the most beloved and iconic foods in the United States. But where did it come from? In fact, the hamburger is named after Hamburg, Germany, home to a cut of meat called Hamburg steak that eventually became what we now consider hamburgers. The hamburger began with the Tatars (or Tatars), a nomadic people who invaded Central Asia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. Tatars ate their shredded meat raw (hence the name steak tartar these days).
According to one story, they softened the meat by placing it between the saddle and the horse while they were riding. When the Tatars introduced food to Germany, the meat was mixed with local spices and fried or grilled and known as Hamburg steak. German emigrants to the United States brought with them steak from Hamburg. It appeared on New York restaurant menus in the 1880s.
The Germans then added salt, pepper, garlic and onion before forming meat patties. They then fried or roasted the meat to create a unique way to serve it. Then they brought with them the Hamburg steak. This is how it began to appear on American restaurant menus in the 1880s.
A hamburger, or simply hamburger, is a food consisting of fillings, usually a patty of minced beef placed inside a sliced bun or roll. Burgers are usually served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon or chili peppers; condiments such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, condiments or a special sauce, often a variation of Thousand Island dressing; and are often placed on sesame seed buns. A cheeseburger topped with cheese is called a cheeseburger. Although The Washington Post denied it, a popular myth recorded by Connecticut congresswoman Rosa DeLauro asserted that the first hamburger served in the United States was Louis Lassen, a Danish immigrant, after Louis's Lunch opened in New Haven in 1895. In addition to selling meat burgers, they also have hamburgers made with squid, pork, tofu and shrimp.
Burgers are also available at mobile kiosks, commonly known as “hamburger vans”, especially at outdoor events such as soccer games. It has been suggested that Hamburg steak, served between two pieces of bread and that Jewish passengers traveling from Hamburg to New York on Hamburg America Line ships (which began operating in 1884), became so well-known that the shipping company gave the dish its name. In Australia and New Zealand, a piece of chicken breast in a bun is known as a chicken hamburger, which generally wouldn't be considered a hamburger in the United States; Americans would generally call it a chicken sandwich, but in Australian English and New Zealand English a sandwich requires sliced bread (not a bun), so it wouldn't be considered a sandwich. In Mongolia, the recent fast food craze due to the sudden influx of foreign influence has brought hamburger fame. In Japan, hamburgers can be served in a bun, called hanbāgā (), or simply in hamburgers that are served without a bun, known as hanbāgu () or hamburger, short for hamburger steak. No matter who originally came up with the hamburger, the national love affair with the hamburger thrives to this day and burgers are as American as possible. Japan has local hamburger restaurant chains such as MOS Burger, First Kitchen and Freshness Burger.
The McDonald's chain (locally nicknamed McDo) offers a variety of hamburger and chicken dishes, often accompanied by steamed natural rice or French fries. Condiments can be added to a hamburger or offered separately as a side dish such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, condiments, salad dressings and barbecue sauce. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the basic food of backyard barbecue as “a flat round pie of minced meat fried or grilled usually served on a roll adorned with various condiments”.Fuddruckers and Red Robin are hamburger chains that specialize in the variety of mid-level restaurant-type burgers. Louis World's Fair when the New York Tribune referred to hamburgers as the innovation of a street food vendor. The term hamburger can also be applied to the meat burger on its own especially in the United Kingdom where the term empanada is rarely used or even the term may simply refer to minced meat. No matter where it originated from one thing is for sure: The hamburger has become an American staple that will continue to be enjoyed for years to come!.
