POLL: If they call it a Hamburger then why is there no ham in the burger?

Answer 1

Because it's origin was in Hamburg, Germany. Has nothing to do with the meat.

Answer 2

A common theory is that the word "hamburger" originated from Hamburg, Germany. 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. The hamburger as ground meat can be traced back to the time when the Mongols (c. 1209) carried flat patties of lamb or mutton as a food source. The saddle would tenderize the meat and the meat would be eaten raw. It gave the Mongols the ability to carry food, and eat it all without dismounting from the horse. When the Mongols invaded Moscow, the hamburger was also brought and in turn was adopted as a cuisine named "steak tartare" after the invading Mongols (who were also known as the Tatars). Later the German port of Hamburg had ships that visited a baltic (by that time Russian) port and thus brought with it the new "tartare steak" as they would later call it. Ships from Hamburg, Germany coincidently shipped to New York also and brought what is now known as the Hamburg steak.

Answer 3

L0l I ALWAYS think about this bcuz my bf doesn't eat pork so when we go to Burger King or something, I start thinking about cheeseburgers & hamburgers & wonder why they're called hamburgers & if there's really any ham. He wouldn't eat it if there was so I know there isn't .. he really can smell pork lol itz crzy at times especially since now I'm sensitive to it bcuz I got used to not eating it while around him. Hamburg, Germany, they say?

Answer 4

It call hamburger, because it was invented in Hamburg, a city of northern Germany on the Elbe River northeast of Bremen.

Answer 5

Exactly...cause even a chicken hamburger has not ham.

Answer 6

Because the burgers were acting so cheesy they had to ham it up!

Answer 7

Cause when they first invented it, the guy grabbed the cheese slice by accident instead and called it the hamburger.

After tens of years, scientists investigated in this and now they call it a Cheeseburger!

Answer 8

Serious answer : it was first made in Hamburg, Germany.

and now the "bastardisation" of any great cuisine had taken hold, like - bacon and egg and pineapple and beetroot and bar b q sauce etc....

Cheers - from the walking encyclopædia mouse.
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Answer 9

hamburgers were first made in the city hamburg which is in germany

Answer 10

Uhummm. . . . ;) Well it all started in 1898 when the most brilliant man invented Hamburger ;) . . . . .

Totally just kidding don't know a da*n thing..... ;) HAAAAA good question dear!!! =)