The History of Hamburgers | Food: Now and Then | NowThis
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Published 2018-05-30
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People have some serious beef about who invented the hamburger.
The classic condiment-filled fixture we know and love today is only about 100 years old, and five American cities claim to be the home of the hamburger.
The dish arguably evolved out of steak tartar, which consists of raw meat, raw eggs and onions. The dish came to Hamburg, Germany, from Russia, and German immigrants brought it to the states. American restaurants then started selling “Hamburg-style” chopped raw steak.
Raw meat was used to aid digestion at the time, but New York doctor James Salisbury suggested that cooking the meat would be just as healthy, and the Salisbury steak was born.
In terms of the invention of the actual hamburger, there are several potential backstories. Some say the Menches Brothers from Akron, Ohio, came up with the beef burger after running out of pork sausages to sell. Some also say “Hamburger Charlie,” from Hortonville, Wisconsin, came up with the sandwich. However, the Library of Congress gives actual credit to Louis Lassen, who began serving beef patties between two pieces of toast.
Fast food restaurants then helped popularize them in the late 1900s, until they became the delicious, decadent mealtime staple they are today.
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All Comments (21)
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Me: It’s getting pretty late, maybe i should go to be- My brain: H A M B U R G E R
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Fun fact, I used to live in Costa Rica and there people put ham on their hamburgers
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Steak tartar and hamburger are two separate things that came to the US. while steak tartar was ( and still is) something for fancy restaurants, the so called hamburger derives from a German style preparing meat, including breadcrumbs, onions etc. Steak Tartar only uses raw meat with some pepper and a raw egg. The Hamburger Steak, as it was called in the US, then evolved to the Hamburer and finally burger. And raw meat is still a popular dish in Germany: Hackepeter or Mett!
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Americans: Claimed to have invented hamburgers Germans: I see you've chosen... LAWSUITS!
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Who’s eating a hamburger while watching this?
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The cheeseburger was invented by Lionel Sternberger, a frycook at The Rite Spot in Pasadena, California in 1926. The bacon cheeseburger was first introduced at an A&W Drive-In restaurant in Lansing, Michigan in 1963.
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Lmao I’m from Hamburg, Germany and everybody here claims that Hamburgers were invented here
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My kind of comfort food. I always would choose this over pizza or pasta. French fries is a must have too that goes along with my cheeseburger.
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Thank you for this. God Bless you and your ancestors for Beef Hamburgers!
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a dam burger ad popped up
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I just ate a Frisch's Big Boy hamburger as I was watching this. Yummy!
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Hamburger is from Hamburg Germany
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Don't forget Bob's Burgers
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CT invented the hamburger! And no I am not saying we invented the hamburger we invented a more modern version of a hamburger like how a person from Texas was said to make a newer version of it.
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Hamburger is from germany not from usa
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How is this even disputed. It's called a HAMBURGer!!
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If I made any of this first burger now at any restaurant I’ll be out of work.
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The US also calls Belgium fries, French fries. It must be German.
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Why does it have to be American if it didn't start in America
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The Hamburger is from Germany. It calls Hamburger because it is from Hamburg
