1. The Birth of the Burger


The name hamburger is nothing to do with ham, but comes from the German city of Hamburg. A burger was originally called a Hamburg steak. In 1889, the word hamburger first appeared in a restaurant review in the US newspaper Walla Walla Union. It was in a phrase that was itself a mouthfyl:"You are asked if you will have porkchopbeefsteakhamandegghamburgersteakorliverandbacon".

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