A Cheese Burger has cheese on it, but a Hamburger doesn't have ham on it. Why is it called a ham burger, if it is beef and not pork and doesn't have ham on it like its cheese burger brother?
2006-09-01 03:23:42 · 14 answers · asked by Thomas A 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It is so named after the town of Hamberg, Germany. It has nothing to do with what it is made with
2006-09-01 03:26:29 · answer #1 · answered by Auntiem115 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word "Hamburger" comes from Hamburg, Germany. It is a common misunderstanding that Hamburger is a term combined of Ham and Burger (Burg is german for castle, Hamburger the german term for people or things from Hamburg). But this misunderstanding established the word "Burger" for different kinds of "Hamburger" in the english language. Local traditional Snacks are in Germany often named after the place of origin, like the Frankfurter (in America known as hotdog), the Berliner ("doughnut") or (Nürnberger) Bratwurst. In Hamburg it was common to put a piece of roast pork into a roll, called Rundstück warm, although this is missing the "essence" of the modern hamburger, which is ground meat. Yet another theory however states that also in Hamburg, Germany, meatscraps, similar to modern ground beef were served on a Brötchen[1], a round bun-shaped piece of bread. It is said that German immigrants then took the Hamburger to the United States, where the bun was added, creating the modern Hamburger.[1]
2006-09-01 10:28:53 · answer #2 · answered by ker_plunkgirl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word comes from Hamburg in Germany, it has nothing to do with ham. The Germans have a tradition of making ground beef sandwiches, although it was an American who first put a round patty of ground beef into a bun.
2006-09-01 10:28:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
about 100 yrs ago at the Erie county fair (Near Buffalo NY) a meat seller ran out of sausage. All he could buy was ground beef...which he added a few spices (including sugar) and sold on bread.
He wanted a name for this well selling item.
It was the Eris County Fair...but Eries just didn't make it.
But the fair was also called the Hamburg fair...as it takes place in Hamburg NY
By The way...the Fair still runs, but now they call it America's fair.
2006-09-01 10:28:59 · answer #4 · answered by Grundoon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Originally, the Hamburg sandwich was made in Hamburg in Germany, and with chicken, not ground beef.
Good ol' Yankee ingenuity started the use of ground beef, arguably at Louis' in New Haven Connecticut.
2006-09-01 10:31:34 · answer #5 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's roots are in German. The first syllable "ham" has nothing to do with pork. Just like "Buffalo Wings" (Buffalo, NY), Hamburgers are thought to have derived their name from Hamburg, Germany.
At least that's what I've heard.
2006-09-01 10:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by Brandon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called a "hamburger" because it is often said to be derived from the "hamburg sandwich", as in Hamburg, Germany. Whether or not it actually was from there or not, that's still where it got its name.
The term "cheeseburger" came after when someone thought of putting cheese on a hamburger. It was catchier to say "cheeseburger" than to say "cheese hamburger."
2006-09-01 10:28:14 · answer #7 · answered by jmskinny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its called a ham burger cuz it is made from pork and is not to be confused with its brother the BEEF burger.
2006-09-01 10:26:51 · answer #8 · answered by cookiemunstr21 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the real name is
a Hand burger
2006-09-01 10:39:03 · answer #9 · answered by Queen A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the hamburger was invented in Hamburg, Germany
2006-09-01 10:29:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋