Why is there no ham in a hamburger?

Answer 1

hamburgers are named after the City of Hamburg in Germany, where it is supposed they were invented.

Mmmmm, burger :0)

Answer 2

Ok here is the story,
Originally it was called a Hamburger Steak and it was a thin patty made of ground beef seasoned with onions and fried. It origiated (or became highly associated) with the German Port of Hambur in the middle of the 19th century.
The adding of the -er at the end was a classic German way of turning a word into an adverb, meaning the HAMBURGER was invented.
Same way as a Frankfurter originally came from Frankfurt.

Typically the confusion comes about when the word passed to America where even though they knew it was made from beef they thought the name came from the word Ham and Burger, which basically made the way for further abbreviations of burger,
eg: veniburger, beanburger, beef burger cheeseburger, nutburger etc etc.
all of those were a burger made from the ingrident before it.
So this has further led to people thinking that hamburger is a burger made out of ham, when it is not it is just a steak which originated in Hamburg.

Having said that you will struggle to find anyone in the world who actually makes burgers actually made from ham.

But yeah there is no ham in hamburgers because the word originates from HAMBURG.

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

When in So Cal go to In and Out Burgers, a classic
hamburger in the 50s tradition. Very fresh and very tasty,
This is not an advertisement for In and Out. They are already
hugely successful and don't need you or me, just a little note
to someone who may not know of these places.
I Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!

Answer 4

That´s a good question! I´ve made that one to myself also! I swear I don´t know the answer! Maybe hamburgers were made with ham before and then they changed to beef!

Answer 5

because the hamburger was created in Hambur Germany just a little fact for ya and that's why its called the hamburger HAMBURger check ya later ♥

Answer 6

You don't find ham, beef, lamb or chicken in your average hamburger. It's more likely to contain snout, hoof, testicles, ears and reclaimed bits of meat from god-knows-where.

Still at least Hot Dogs contain dog, well they do in Korea at least !!

Answer 7

Its because the first person to eat one was an actor, ( ham ) get it! no Well tough
Anyway the first to eat one was A Ham Actor
Since then EVERY BURGER WANTS TO EAT THEM
So they got called
HAM-BURGER
Fancy not knowing that you stupid BURGER

Answer 8

becos they were originally made out of pork, but this is 2 expensive for gross manufacturing eg mcdonalds cheap skates so they used "beef". but the fact that theyr ne meat is debatable.....oh and there is cheese in a cheesecake dur! made it in foodtech

Answer 9

Yeah, you're right! And what about Buffalo Wings? Me, I didn't even know they could fly.

Answer 10

because it ran away with the coke in cocoa cola