Why is a cheeseless burger called a hamburger?!
Answers: Why is a burger that doesnt have cheese on it called a HAMburger. There is no ham in the burger...its beef!! Ham and beef dont even come from the same animal. I was just curious as to why they would call it a hamburger. So. Does anyone know why? Dont give me answers that say im stupid and thats a dumb question or anything like that.
Menches Brothers 1885, Hamburg, New York. Western New York history recorded that Frank and Charles Menches ran out of pork for their sausage patty sandwiches at the 1885 Erie County Fair. Their supplier, reluctant to butcher more hogs in the summer heat, suggested they use beef instead. The brothers fried some up, but found it bland. They added coffee, brown sugar, and other ingredients to create a taste which stands distinct without condiments. They christened their creation the "Hamburg Sandwich" after Hamburg, New York where the fair has been held since 1868; the name was probably later condensed by common use to the shorter contraction "hamburger" (and so explaining why a beef sandwich--which never contained any pork--bears this name). A little known fact is that the Original Hamburger indeed had its own recipe spiced with coffee and brown sugar - much different from what most Americans have tasted over the last one hundred years.
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cuz it only has ham in it!
It is a reference to hamburg, Germany, or more specifically, people who emigrated from Germany to America.
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Hamburg is a city in Germany. Hamburger refers to the city, not the meat.
It's a good question and I've always wandered about it, I think because hamburgers used to have ham or something like that, I'm really unsure.
Cuz it don't got no cheese on it... It is originated from Hamburg Germany..
Thats a cheesy question...
some said it because it comes from the ham part of the beef, but I'm not sure. that is a good question
Because the first known sandwich made with a bun and meat was made in Hamburg, Germany.
Cause it came from Hamburg Germany.
It was originally called a Hamburger Sandwich.
A hamburger sandwich is cooked ground beef on a bun. Nothing to do with ham.
A New York Pizza does not have any New York sprinkled on it.
Because the recipe originated in Hamburg, Germany, hence the name.
The term "cheeseburger" is actually a corruption of the word "hamburger"
It was invented in Hamburg, Germany.
It a meat burger ham is still a meat get it haha
Because of HAMburg, you know, where it originates from?
Maybe the person's name was Ham.
Because the hamburger was named after the hamburg steak, which was named after Hamburg, Germany.
You can read more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger
Because there is no cheese?
Go to wikipedia and type in "hamburger" It gives the history
They call it that because it was first made out of pork.
also - it was first made in HAMBURG german
Because the meat in a hamburger was named after Hamburg Steak, after the city Hamburg.
i believe the hamburger was originally conceived in Hamburg, Germany. There is no ham, correct. But what is a burger? It's just part of the name...
because originally the burger was just a meat patty, but in hamburg in germany the put to buns on it, so it became a Ham-as in hamburg-burger
The "hamburger" was developed in Hamburg Germany and brought to the USA during The Worlds Fair some 50 + years ago.
Because in 1885, in Hamburg, NY, a sandwich was created and they called it the Hamburg Sandwich. It's been shortened since then to the hamburger!
look your looking to much into this, just because something has a name in it that has meaning to another word does not mean that it has to do something with every word that has a same spelling, the point of the word is burger ok. don't let this kill your day of nothing, I am still dumbfounded on what REALLY is in half-and half but that will never be known either and if someone can show me the true ingrediants I would love to see them
A cheeseburger is called a cheeseburger because it has cheese and a hamburger is called a hamburger becasue it has ham in it.
A cheeseburger has cheese and ham in it because it is cheese with ham and a hamburger is just ham. But they both have ham so they have different names.
we can say the same for many English words like
Driveway - we park in the driveway
Parkway - we drive on the parkway
I have no idea!
well, apparently it has NOTHING to do with beef nor ham, it comes from a city.
ORIGIN German, from the city of Hamburg in Germany.
HAHAHAHA...FUNNY QUESTION..But ii got no clue
Originate from Hamburg in Germany.
People put cheese and other relishes in it later afterwards.