Whats the difference between a hamburger and a beefburger?!


Question: Whats the difference between a hamburger and a beefburger!?
As far as i can tell they are BOTH made from beef!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
The reason for the name difference, was back in WWI (1914-1918) americans attempted to remove any german reference to common items!. Like frankfuter was changed to "hot-dog"!. Hamburger was changed to Beefburger because Hamburgh is a city in Germany!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I can't believe that people believe a hamburger is made from ham! This is a reverse etymology - whereby because a beefburger contains beef, it is assumed that the word hamburger must have a similar origin!. However, it is not true!.

The word 'hamburger' is almost certainly a convenient abbreviation of the term "Hamburger steak"!. In German, the suffix "-er" is often used to denote the concept of belonging (trawling back through my German O'Level from 1984 I think this is the genitive case, but I may be wrong) and "Hamburger" in this therefore means "of Hamburg" or "from Hamburg"!.

It is widely believed that minced beef compressed into a patty was a common dish in northern Germany around the time of mass immigration into the US ( I guess the latter half of the 19th Century) and that immigrants brought the concept of the Hamburger Steak with them when they arrived Stateside!.

As it happens, I have often eaten a delicious German dish called Frikadellen (which I THINK comes from the south of the country, rather than the north)!. Frikadellen are very similar to Hamburgers, except made with a mixture of beef and pork!. They are delicious warm or cold - ideally with a dish of Bratkartoffeln (sauted potatoes - which oddly is the subject of another recent question) and of course a large stein of German beer!

Whatever the origin, I'm glad someone invented them!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

the hamburger originated fron Hamburg in Germany basically they are both the same, we changed the name because of the war and we didn`t want anything to do with German products, just like the German sheperd dog and the Alsation, they are both the same just the name was changed in the warWww@FoodAQ@Com

One of them doesn't sell well in Jerusalem or Tehran!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

They are both burgers!. A beef burger is obviously 100% beef!. A hamburger can be either all beef, or a combination of ground beef, pork, veal, lamb - or whatever else you like as meat combos!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

a hamburger is a beefburger inside a bun

believe me, a hamburger is not a burger made of ham!. lolWww@FoodAQ@Com

No difference at all!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

your 100% correct!.!.!.there is no differenceWww@FoodAQ@Com

I always thought dat they were da same but americans called em hamburgers and every1 else called em beefburgers lolWww@FoodAQ@Com

there both pinky ponks!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hamburger made from pig
Beefburger made from cow!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

hamburger - ham
beefburger - beef

oh, i just read the answer above - I have never heard that before!. Interesting!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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