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The Hamburger

http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/groundbeefhist.htm

Take the idea of tartare to the fire, and voila! Hamburgers. Although the term hamburger is derived from the city in Germany, the original Hamburg steak was a piece of meat which was pounded until tender, not chopped or ground. The hamburgshows up in print in 1834 in America on the menu at New York's Delmonico Restaurant, where Hamburg steak was a prominent item. The burger on a bun is claimed to be the concoction of Charles and Frank Menches. It seems these two vendors ran out of sandwich pork at the Erie County Fair in 1885 and switched to beef.

Other foods invented in the US include:

  • Cobb Salad
  • Sourdough Bread
  • Fortune Cookies
  • Corn Dogs
  • Smores
  • Philly Cheesestakes
  • Reuben Sandwiches
  • Buffalo Wings
  • Baked Alaska
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