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[-] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 32 points 8 months ago

Hamburgers are also American despite being named after a place in Germany

[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

Cheeseburgers are named after the German city of Cheeseburg.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Oh? I thought it was from Cheesebaden.

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Big Macs are named after Bernie "Big" Mac

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Little known fact, hamburgers are served with a slice of ham 🙂

[-] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 8 months ago
[-] casmael@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Steamed clams?

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

They started life as the hamburg steak, which was brought to the US by Germans.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

So basically Americans or even German American immigrants went "this would be better as a sandwhich" and it stuck.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Disappointed that it’s not a type of burger made of ham tbh

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