Posted on 06/28/2009 12:51:26 PM PDT by JoeProBono
food ping?
Where was the hamburger invented or originated? I know various places claim the distinction but I’m not sure which one has been recongnized as the first?
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1758 - German immigrants in England contributed a recipe, titled “Hamburgh Sausage,” in Hannah Glasse’s 1758 English cookbook called The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. It consisted of chopped beef, suet, and spices, recommending that this sausage be served with toasted bread.[2]
1844 - The original Boston Cooking School Cook Book, by Mrs. D.A. Lincoln (Mary Bailey), 1844 had a recipe for Broiled Meat Cakes and also Hamburgh Steak[2]
Louis’ Lunch, 1900, New Haven, Connecticut.[3] Louis’ Lunch has been selling steak and hamburger since 1895 when Louis Lassen opened his lunch wagon [4][5]. This small establishment, which advertises itself as the oldest hamburger restaurant in the U.S., is credited by some with having invented the classic American hamburger when Louis sandwiched a pattie between two pieces of white toast for a busy office worker in 1900 [6]. Louis’ Lunch flame broils the hamburgers in the original 1898 Bridge & Beach vertical cast iron gas stoves using locally patented steel wire gridirons to hold the hamburgers in place during cooking U.S. Patent #2,148,879 [7]. In 1974, The New York Times published a story about Louis’ Lunch claiming to have invented the hamburger. The U.S. Library of Congress American Folklife Center Local Legacies Project website credits Louis’ Lunch as the maker of America’s first hamburger and steak sandwich. The hamburger is still served today on two pieces of toast and not a bun [8].
Dyer’s Burgers, 1912, Memphis, Tennessee, deep-fried burgers using a cast-iron skillet.
White Castle, 1921, Wichita, Kansas. Due to widely prevalent anti-German sentiment in the U.S. during World War I, an alternative name for hamburgers was salisbury steak. Following the war, hamburgers became unpopular until the White Castle restaurant chain marketed and sold large numbers of small 2.5 inch square hamburgers (known as slyders). They started to punch 5 holes in each patty which help them cook evenly and eliminates the need to flip the burger. The burger first sold for 5 cents. White Castle holds a U.S trademark on the word “slyders.” The White Castle building was modeled after the water tower building in Chicago with the turrets and fortress like walls. White Castle was the first to sell their hamburgers in grocery stores and vending machines. They also created the industrial strength spatula and first to mass produce the paper hat. Today there are more than 400 restaurants around the country. They sell over 550 million hamburgers per year. “What you crave” has become the White Castle slogan[citation needed].
Lionel Sternberger, 1924-1926, Lionel Sternberger grilled the first cheeseburgers in Pasadena, California. The name of the restaurant and the precise year has been debated by cheeseburger enthusiasts.[9] When Sternberger died in 1964, Time magazine noted in its February 7 issue that:
“ …at the hungry age of 16, [Sternberger] experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger while helping out at his father’s sandwich shop in Pasadena, thereby inventing the cheeseburger…[10]
Seymour, Wisconsin! Teenager Charlie Nagreen invented it at the Outagamie County Fair.
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There are a couple of local burger places we like. It’s hard to go to McDonald’s after you have had a good burger from a place which uses real meat. Homemade is best, but a local fast food place, which makes their own burgers from quality meat, will make a much better burger than you get at the national chains.
"I like burgers pink in the middle, 140-150 degrees"Yesiree! Gotta let them E. coli thrive.
As such, hamburgers have gotten back a lot of the "elite gourmet" crowd, especially if you can go to a place known to make really good hamburgers like Astro Burger in Hollywood. Even the vegetarians don't miss out, because today's tofu hamburger patties are actually pretty good for a change.
One good thing about the current recession is that Americans are starting to re-discover their simpler food heritage. I for one love an Chicago-style hot dog with a real Vienna Beef sausage, poppy seed bun and the following toppings: ellow mustard, bright green relish, onions, tomato wedges, pickle spear or slice, sport peppers and a dash of celery salt.
I always thought a hamburger was German. I thought it was named after the city of Hamburg Germany. And I thought that hot dogs or frankfurters were named after Frankfurt Germany.
I remember the first McDonald’s in Columbus, GA. Golden Arches, I thought — It’ll never fly. Of course I thought the same thing about Microsoft, years later.
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