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July 6, 2015
The Original Hamburger: "Give me two cheese works, a salad and a birch"
. One day in 1900, a gentleman hurriedly walked into Louis' Lunch and told proprietor Louis Lassen he was in a rush and wanted something he could eat on the run. In an instant, Louis placed his own blend of ground steak trimmings between two slices of toast and sent the gentleman on his way. And so, the most recognizable American sandwich was born.... Burgers are made fresh daily; hand-rolled from a proprietary blend of five meat varieties and cooked to order in the original cast-iron grills dating back to 1898. The Lassen family hold firm on their desire not to offer any condiments. The Louis Lunch experience is about the taste and simplicity of a fresh burger grilled to perfection. Cheese, tomato, and onion are the only acceptable garnish.
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Once, in good old London town, my wife ordered a hamburger at a nice English tea room, which also served victuals. Soon the waitress came back with the bad news. They were out of ham, but could provide a beef burger. My wife replied with a smile that a beef burger would do just fine. Yes, we colonials do not know how to speak proper English.
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at July 6, 2015 4:51 PM
A major port in a place called Germany is Hamburg.
Sailors from Hamburg were accustomed to eating ground horse meat in a Kaiser bun. They used to visit a major port in the United states called New York and wanting a taste of home would ask for this sandwich, but of course they got ground chuck instead of horse meat. The folks in the port of New York called the sandwich Hamburgers after the German sailors who kept asking for them.
Posted by: Speller at July 6, 2015 9:09 PM
See? What did I tell ya? Meat, bread, tha's all.
Not anything like that hash pipe nightmare posted a bit further down this side.
I heard it was invented by a German guy name of Erwin Hamburg. He named it after himself.
Kinda like my uncle Letsgo Lozko. He named eggs after himself but soon got overwhelmed with all the handling difficulties. He tried a stamp fixture but had a lot of damaged egg units. Hand-labeling would only work by the dozen.
Posted by: chasmatic at July 7, 2015 4:54 AM