who and how came up with the terminology hamburger since it is not made with ham.?

Answer 1

from Hamburg in Germany.

Answer 2

Hamburge Germany

Answer 3

The word "Hamburger" comes from Hamburg, Germany; the inhabitants of this city are also known as "Hamburger" in German but as Hamburgians in English. In Germany, local traditional snacks are often named after the place of origin, like the Frankfurter (also known as a hotdog), the Berliner (a type of "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.

Answer 4

The confusion is because the word is not actually English. It's a German word that's been borrowed into English.

Hamburg is a port city in north Germany.

"-er" is suffix in German to denote someone or something from a particular place.

Therefore, "Hamburg-er" = something from Hamburg. In this case, patties made of ground meat.

(for comparision, have you hear the famous story of JFK announcing "Ich bien ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) meaning to indicate he felt solidarity with the people of Berlin, but forgetting that a "Berliner" was also the name for a kind of jelly-filled donut that originated in Berlin?)

Answer 5

Since when is there a rule that food HAS to be named after it's ingredients? Hot dogs are not made from dog. A Napoleon desert is not made from bits of a long dead dictator.

Food is often named for the creator of the dish, or the region of its origin, even the cooking school where a technique is developed.

Think of dishes such as:

Neopolian ice cream

Rocky Road Ice cream

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Hungarian goulash

Welsh rarebit

Sandwiches

What the heck is an encherito?

Answer 6

I believe because it originated in the town of Hamburg, Germany

Answer 7

its named after a city in Germany where it was created called Hamburg

Answer 8

It is named after the German city of Hamburg and not after an ingredient. Just like Frankfurters are named after the German city of Frankfurt and Vienna sausages are named after the Austrian city of Vienna. It is a name not a recipe.

Answer 9

a guy named Hambuergerstein invented it in the late 1400's in China, he moved through asia to europe passing on he's creation to anyone who would listen, people from all over marveled at his juicey creation, to the dismay of cows everywhere. Hambuergerstein ended his travels in England. He later took a job on a ship as a short order cook and landed on a rock in what is now know as America and to this day we honor him by calling ground meat Hamburger cause Hambuergersein is way to long....

Answer 10

The Duke of Hamburger in England in 1745 was trying to find a way to eat meat since he had lost all his teeth from gum disease and had his cook grind up his meat and form it into patties.