What is a hamburger?

The word Hamburger is the Chinese name of English hamburger, which contains transliteration and free translation, and is sometimes called hamburger directly. It is a kind of food filled with round bread, and its making method is similar to that of sandwiches. It has always been widely regarded as the representative of American fast food. The original hamburger was made of minced beef foam and flour, so it was called beef patties. In modern hamburgers, the stuffing is mainly hamburger steak, as well as some ingredients (mainly vegetables and cheese) and seasonings.

Chinese name

Hamburger beef patties

Foreign name

Hamburger beef patties

Another name

hamburg

major constituent

Beef patties, bread, cheese, lettuce

side effect

High calories lead to obesity.

All kinds of hamburger products

In fact, the original hamburger was a meat pie made of ground beef and flour, so it was called beef pie. People in Hamburg, Germany, improved it by kneading chopped beef sauce in flour, spreading it into cakes, frying it and eating it, so they named it Hamburg after the place. From 65438 to 0850, German immigrants brought the cooking technology of hamburger patties to the United States. 1932 Some people put this fried beef patties into steamed buns sprinkled with sesame seeds as staple food or snacks. Later, it was renovated and gradually merged with sandwiches. The beef patties were sandwiched in a bun that was split in two, which was called a hamburger.

The origin of Hamburg

Hamburger beef patties

The name Hamburg comes from Hamburg, a city in northwest Germany. Today, Hamburg is the busiest port in Germany. /kloc-In the middle of the 0/9th century, people living there liked to mash steaks into certain shapes, which may have been spread to America by a large number of German immigrants at that time. 1836, a dish named "hamburger steak" appeared on the American menu; As can be seen from a cookbook 1902, the practice of hamburger steak at that time was very close to the concept today, that is, ground beef and onions were mixed with pepper. In the late 20 th century, Americans improved the practice of hamburger steak, and then opened it to fast food restaurants, which is the origin of today's favorite hamburger.