Hamburger

A hamburger ( also briefly burger) consists of a bun, the so-called Bun, with different toppings, and is offered as a hot fast or convenience food. Hamburgers are occupied mainly with the so-called patty, a slice of grilled ground beef (a type of hamburger steak ) and provide the standard articles of many fast-food chains.

Word origin

The exact evolution of the word "hamburger" is not known. It is certain that the first letters of " Ham " have nothing to do with the English " Ham " ( = ham ). There are, however, competing theories about the origin of the hamburger.

• One says that it was due to the German city of Hamburg. There are warm in Hamburg the snack round piece. This consists of a wheat roll ( " round piece " ) with a slice of roast and gravy in it, which is also given. Another variant of this "Hamburger piece " consists of a wheat roll with minced meat meatball from steak and egg yolk. The recipe came with German immigrants to the United States. At the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis such mince rolls were - sold as "Hamburg" - still without the " he " extension.
• In a U.S. cookbook from 1842, the term appears hamburger steak for a steak of minced beef ( US.: ground beef, brit: minced meat ) on. The hamburger steak was called also " steak hamburger style".
• Another theory suggests that the name in 1885 at a fair in Erie County near the city of Hamburg had arisen at Buffalo in upstate New York. There the Menches Brothers had a concession stand, where they experimented as a substitute due to a shortage of hot Pork (roast pork ) with beef. Your creation they called according to the birthplace of Hamburg. This theory is officially distributed by the State of New York with the slogan New York 's Gift to World Cuisine, The Hamburger.
• Another theory is that in the first years of colonization of the United States (before the construction of the cattle ) imported beef ( primarily via the Port of Hamburg, cooled with Blockice ) was a luxury item, the slang word Hamburg designated generally beef of superior quality; this should therefore be emphasized.

In the middle of the 20th century both terms were reduced to hamburger or just burgers. While the English word " hamburger " can also stand for the used ground beef places ( lean ground beef ) or for the naked flesh structure without bread and other ingredients in the whole German snack of meat and bread is always meant. Has this meat placed in bread or a bun, you described it as hamburger sandwich.

Louis ' Lunch, a snack bar since 1895 in downtown New Haven ( 261 Crown Street ), will lay claim to have been the inventor of the hamburger in its present form. There, the hamburger is still in its original way - with onions, tomatoes and cheese, but without mustard or ketchup - served. Louis Lassen, the German -born owner of the restaurant, allegedly served around 1900 a hasty guest with these ingredients occupied grilled, constructed self from not selling steaks ground beef between two slices of toast. The guest was thrilled and a new form of American sandwich was born. Following a resolution of the legislature of Wisconsin to 1885 for the first time Charlie Negrin, said to have been known as Hamburger Charlie, have sold in Seymour (Wisconsin ) Hamburger. The Governor of Oklahoma decided contrast in 1995 that Oscar Bilby was first sold in Tulsa in 1891 in Hamburg.

Food Law

In Germany, the composition of the meat slice a hamburger or Beefburgers is defined in the guidelines of the German Food Code. It must therefore be made ​​exclusively of coarse entsehntem beef and optionally salt and spices. Other ingredients are not allowed. This rule applies only to products sold under the name "hamburger" or " beef burger " are offered. Variants with different names, such as cheeseburger may well consist of meat from other animals, or contain additives such as onion, egg or bread flour in the meat slice.

Quality control

Stiftung Warentest has tested an independent control of different products established provider in August 2013. Test winner in the taste were the " Whopper " Burger Kings, followed by the competitors McDonald's and wooden spoon. General high salt and fat contents were found in the supplement fries were fries detect contaminants such as acrylamide or glycidyl esters in laboratory analysis, at points above the EU-wide defined policy.

Variants

The rich variety of " in the manner of a hamburger cooked " burgers are hardly any limits. One of the most common variants of the cheeseburger: a hamburger with extra cheese. Not with Rindfleischpads occupied burgers are, for example, Chicken Burger, Fish Burger ( such as the so-called Bremer) or veggie burgers with vegetables, which are often referred to as veggie burgers - these are used as well as vegan options, as Patty burgers.