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Birthplace of Hamburgers: White Castle

December 12, 2014 by Top Bun 1 Comment

According to White Castle, in 1891 Otto Kuase was the inventor of the hamburger. You see, in 1802 the Oxford English Dictionary defined ‘Hamburg steak’ as salt beef. Although it was a budget meat for the time, it wasn’t a hamburger — or ground hamburg steak on a bun. In 1891 Kuase supposedly created a beef patty cooked in butter, topped with a fried egg. German sailors brought the recipe to the United States, where the egg was dropped.

I’m noticing that some of these "claims" to hamburger fame involve German sailors!
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  1. Hot Dog says

    December 12, 2014 at 11:02 pm

    So many claims to be the inventor of the hamburger from so many people and places. Must be worth their fight for some reason. Fame? Money?

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