Why patties are called patties, since they are not patted?!
Answers: what is the patties. we call patty to the grandmother. Can you explain.
They resemble cow patties
Not all words "sound like" what they mean.
Our word "patty" is derived from the French word Pate'.
French pate' is similar to Merriam Webster's second definition of the word patty:
"2 a: a small flat cake of chopped food <a hamburger patty>"
You take a ball of meat and pat it back and forth the flatten it...Whats not Patty about that I don't know.
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