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#692483 - 06/03/11 02:43 PM
Re: Ponder's Corner
[Re: Phyllis Doyle Burns]
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How true it is I don�t know Phyllis, but perhaps worth a 'ponder'. Was told the origins of a Hamburger were long ago in Asia, when cooked �ground� meat, mutton, lamb or beef, was the easiest way for the nomadic tribes and warriors to carry and eat a meal while on horse back
Moscow was invaded by armies who had brought their favourite way of eating with them, which was than taken up by the Russians who christened it �Steak Tartare�, (Tartars being their name for the tribe who had fought with them), and various versions of it, especially with raw meat, became part of Russian cuisine.
By the middle ages ground beef was popular throughout Europe, and in the 1600�s ships brought �Steak Tartare� from Russia back to their home port of Hamburg.
At the end of the 18th century sailors and emigrants sailing from Hamburg to the USA on the Hamburg Line were served grilled ground beef, still no �ham�, between two pieces of bread during the crossing, and called Hamburg steak, because it came from Hamburg etc. presumably, it began to be adopted by New Yorkers, and was later shortened to Hamburger.
In the UK ground beef patties were known as �beef burgers� for years and in Germany now, although of course there are Hamburgers everywhere thanks to McDonalds etc., the original type of German �hamburger� still exists, and is mixed with onions, various spices and fresh breadcrumbs according to area, while in different regions they are known as Frikandelle, Frikadelle or Bulette.
A really well made, and spiced, Bulette is delicious. Not the biggest meat eater so don�t eat them more than once a year, and then with gravy which is apparently an absolute �No No� but nevertheless definitely yummy.
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