The History of Hamburgers | Food: Now and Then

The History of Hamburgers | Food: Now and Then | NowThis

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6 жыл бұрын

This is the hotly disputed history of the hamburger.
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People have some serious beef about who invented the hamburger.
The classic condiment-filled fixture we know and love today is only about 100 years old, and five American cities claim to be the home of the hamburger.
The dish arguably evolved out of steak tartar, which consists of raw meat, raw eggs and onions. The dish came to Hamburg, Germany, from Russia, and German immigrants brought it to the states. American restaurants then started selling “Hamburg-style” chopped raw steak.
Raw meat was used to aid digestion at the time, but New York doctor James Salisbury suggested that cooking the meat would be just as healthy, and the Salisbury steak was born.
In terms of the invention of the actual hamburger, there are several potential backstories. Some say the Menches Brothers from Akron, Ohio, came up with the beef burger after running out of pork sausages to sell. Some also say “Hamburger Charlie,” from Hortonville, Wisconsin, came up with the sandwich. However, the Library of Congress gives actual credit to Louis Lassen, who began serving beef patties between two pieces of toast.
Fast food restaurants then helped popularize them in the late 1900s, until they became the delicious, decadent mealtime staple they are today.
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@NYXINCARNATE 3 жыл бұрын

Me: It’s getting pretty late, maybe i should go to be- My brain: H A M B U R G E R

@schnozberries98 3 жыл бұрын

Oh boy 3 AM!

@EnchantedSmellyWolf 2 жыл бұрын

@@schnozberries98 To In-and-Out! In-and-Out is always full even at night.

@charles_sumner3088 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, I used to live in Costa Rica and there people put ham on their hamburgers

@Snarkythecat 4 жыл бұрын

Do you call them.........steamed hams?

@kangaroofuno 3 жыл бұрын

That's weird

@zeeeebra6788 3 жыл бұрын

Dang Otto tell us how did you get to prussia

@boii2cooll820 2 жыл бұрын

In England we take bacon and put buns on it bacon bap it’s delicious

@doinitoutback 2 жыл бұрын

Was the ham on hamburgers the fun Fact or was it the fact you used to live in Costa Rica?

@georgederuiter1412 4 жыл бұрын

Steak tartar and hamburger are two separate things that came to the US. while steak tartar was ( and still is) something for fancy restaurants, the so called hamburger derives from a German style preparing meat, including breadcrumbs, onions etc. Steak Tartar only uses raw meat with some pepper and a raw egg. The Hamburger Steak, as it was called in the US, then evolved to the Hamburer and finally burger. And raw meat is still a popular dish in Germany: Hackepeter or Mett!

@mrmjb1960 3 жыл бұрын

The name itself comes from Hamburg,the city where it gotten its upgrade,but back then,it was called "Hamburger Steak".

@jqyhlmnp 2 жыл бұрын

Meh

@deason2365 2 жыл бұрын

You eat your burgers like meatloaf??I've only ever seen the beef Patty's made with just meat and egg like steak tartar

@carltonlambert7608 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrmjb1960 I'll stick with that with the irony of as American as apple pie which is actually English. First peoples food is real to that region.

@MadMax-qy8gg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. God Bless you and your ancestors for Beef Hamburgers!

@Justin-Hill-1987 4 жыл бұрын

The cheeseburger was invented by Lionel Sternberger, a frycook at The Rite Spot in Pasadena, California in 1926. The bacon cheeseburger was first introduced at an A&W Drive-In restaurant in Lansing, Michigan in 1963.

@deebonanno3165 3 жыл бұрын

How was the Bacon Cheeseburger invented to before the actual Cheeseburger? Lol

@vintotschannel4616 3 жыл бұрын

My kind of comfort food. I always would choose this over pizza or pasta. French fries is a must have too that goes along with my cheeseburger.

@pipemartz Жыл бұрын

Instead of fries and a burger, I prefer to just have two burgers.

@Jew-Gi-Oh_419 8 ай бұрын

Americans: Claimed to have invented hamburgers Germans: I see you've chosen... LAWSUITS!

@lt4109 3 ай бұрын

a raw piece of ground beef with egg yolk ontop of it is not a hamburger

@riplettuce8076 21 күн бұрын

Hamburger steak and Salisbury steak aren't burgers and every story seems to originate in the US especially when more ingredients were added

@moosefactory133 4 жыл бұрын

I just ate a Frisch's Big Boy hamburger as I was watching this. Yummy!

@bignatec1000 3 жыл бұрын

Who’s eating a hamburger while watching this?

@Ale-um9to 3 жыл бұрын

@Henry-bs6yc 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao I’m from Hamburg, Germany and everybody here claims that Hamburgers were invented here

@callsigndd9ls897 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was invented in Hamburg. It was called in German "Rundstück warm". It was a sliced bun with a fried mince steak (Frikadelle) and some sauce. It was a quick meal for dock workers that could be bought in the harbor canteens. Emigrants or sailors brought this idea to America. This theory is supported by the fact that the fried minced meat steak was mentioned as "Hamburger Steak" in an American cookbook as early as the 19th century.

@MadMax-qy8gg 2 жыл бұрын

@Yeet_isgold Yeet_king Thank you Hamburg!

@MadMax-qy8gg 2 жыл бұрын

Now If only there were human meat hamburgers instead of animals being slaughtered for meat the people would love this. Hope FDA makes these changes.

@Masbro-ie2jz 2 жыл бұрын

@hermionegranger__ 2 жыл бұрын

Jaaa! 🇩🇪

@Undeadplaysroblox 4 жыл бұрын

a dam burger ad popped up

@cabalofdemons 4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Bob's Burgers

@hoursonly6348 3 жыл бұрын

CT invented the hamburger! And no I am not saying we invented the hamburger we invented a more modern version of a hamburger like how a person from Texas was said to make a newer version of it.

@hoursonly6348 3 жыл бұрын

@Yeet_isgold Yeet_king ??????????????

@Joey-ct8bm Жыл бұрын

How is this even disputed. It's called a HAMBURGer!!

@brandenmanuel2037 16 күн бұрын

Hamburgers 🍔 The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast

@PerceptionVsReality333 6 жыл бұрын

Muh haymburgers...

@surferchef1704 6 ай бұрын

If I made any of this first burger now at any restaurant I’ll be out of work.

@Joey-ct8bm Жыл бұрын

The US also calls Belgium fries, French fries. It must be German.

@Ale-um9to 3 жыл бұрын

Hamburger is from germany not from usa

@darthmaul5712 4 жыл бұрын

Hamburger is from Hamburg Germany

@wesley5729 4 жыл бұрын

but the sandwich is from the US

@mikeyunovapix7181 4 жыл бұрын

the Hamburg steak is from Germany. Also do remember we also have cities named Hamburg here in the US. The very concept of the hamburger was conceived here in the US.

@mycheesecake95 4 жыл бұрын

Mikey Unovapix and after which city was your Hamburg named after then ? Right Hamburg, Germany. The Hamburger meat comes from Hamburg Germany.

@wesley5729 4 жыл бұрын

@ImmigrantMentality we have nothing to prove friend! no disrespect, I'm sure we sould have a beer and a nice cheeseburger and laugh about this haha :)

@mycheesecake95 4 жыл бұрын

スパイダーマン but Hamburgers are still from Hamburg lol

@Da-co8ud 2 жыл бұрын

Eating a burger at Webber’s in Tulsa as I watch this.

@crazycjofficial 2 жыл бұрын

Nowthis News: We do not know who made the burger, but whoever made it, thanks. Germany: Bruh

@Da-co8ud 2 жыл бұрын

Eating at Webber’s in Tulsa as I watch this.

@user-rm8yo4iw6n 3 жыл бұрын

No, kim il sung made the hamburger

@mrmjb1960 3 жыл бұрын

You're full of Beans.

@dizzytheokapi8114 4 жыл бұрын

The original hamburger sandwich was created by "Louis's Lunch" in New Haven, CT. It's still open, run by the original family, but fourth generation. Opened in 1895. One of America's oldest businesses still in operation.

@mrmjb1960 3 жыл бұрын

The Oldest RECORDED Incident was the St. Louis Fair in 1906 Lassen's version never gotten written down so it's questionable.

@up3315 3 жыл бұрын

There's earlier references to a "hamburger sandwich" before 1895, so no Louis' Lunch is out.

@crypt2k958 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrmjb1960 actually the oldest is 1880s

@Joey-ct8bm Жыл бұрын

How is this even disputed? It's called a HAMBURGer!! It can never be American if people at it on a boat from Hamburg to New York. 1906 is way too late for a origin story. Maybe Americans put a bun around it, but without a bun it's still a hamburger.

@gastheleft6535 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like the Hamburger gradually evolved to what we know today. I refuse to call a ball of meat between 2 slices of sandwich bread a hamburger...

@royaleclan8498 Жыл бұрын

In Germany we have a meat Patty with onions,breadcrumps and spices like Majoran,pepper,garlic,parsley, caraway seeds, and its eaten in a breadroll with salad,pickels,onions,Tomato, Mustard and nowaydays Ketchup too. Sorry but this is where the Hamburger comes from

@norbertk5400 2 жыл бұрын

Try a McDonald's Burger in Germany, it is much better than in the States.

@Stolz_statt_Scholz 2 жыл бұрын

The Hamburger is from Germany. It calls Hamburger because it is from Hamburg

@PortmanRd Жыл бұрын

No mention of the Roman Isicia Omentata?

@surferchef1704 6 ай бұрын

White Castle the first burger joint

@omuda5556 11 ай бұрын

who's here because of the Tom Holland interview?

@nodymus6519 Жыл бұрын

They should also put mushroom and eggplant into the burger

@sgtredrhino2009 2 жыл бұрын

It was me. I invented the hamburger

@izyaboicallume 2 жыл бұрын

😱

@progameryt4058 2 жыл бұрын

I mean it has to be true

@rubendarioluna3020 5 жыл бұрын

Why does it have to be American if it didn't start in America

@LPdecibal 5 жыл бұрын

Shhhhh Don't tell Americans that they didn't invent most of the things they love

@Lovetrain-io6kt 5 жыл бұрын

I’m american and we didn’t We own it

@mr_boo. 5 жыл бұрын

Hamburgers are german, donuts are french, fries are belgian,.... nothing comes from the US

@TheKnoxvicious 5 жыл бұрын

@@mr_boo. Your username is a dead meme

@kbye2321 4 жыл бұрын

To be fair it kind of reinforces the idea of American multiculturalism so that's that.

@Beanie-Sandals 3 жыл бұрын

I wood lack to buoy a hendurder

@justjo9722 6 жыл бұрын

The Romans made round meat favoured with pinenuts and often bewteen buns.

@TheKnoxvicious 5 жыл бұрын

Too bad. It's ours now.

@TheKnoxvicious 4 жыл бұрын

@Darth Nihilus lol You Europeans act like you invented that food as well without acknowledging that China did it a million years before you did.

@lucianluciannix6924 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKnoxvicious yes pretty much we invented all most everything... Tell me what Colombia invented???

@pongangelo2048 2 жыл бұрын

@@lucianluciannix6924 Pablo Escobar.

@douglas_fir Жыл бұрын

@@TheKnoxvicious Not true.

@LeifPetersen1986 Ай бұрын

Germany is Home of the Hamburger. its hamburger steak between a bun with onion and mustard.

@pt3391 2 жыл бұрын

mmmmmm steamed hams

@karlisbrinkmann6490 Жыл бұрын

Hamburgers are from germany, end of discusion. Mit freundlichen grüßen, karlis

@OfficalTopo Жыл бұрын

1:12 On in Ohio 💀

@johnsanchez5204 Жыл бұрын

So, Zay veren't invented in Hamburg, Germany, Zen?

@picklerick7953 3 ай бұрын

MERIKA!!!

@Mr.flo44 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised, that no one here makes ohio jokes actually.

@ppphhh7871 3 жыл бұрын

Remind me spongebob square pants 🧽😀

@mrmjb1960 3 жыл бұрын

Actually the Caucaisians made Steak Tatare made by putting the meat under a saddle and tenderize it while riding it! They ate it raw!

@surferchef1704 6 ай бұрын

Burger came from germany

@kevinsteel7875 Жыл бұрын

Just downed a double whopper in three minutes while watching this video, no shame. Whoever supposedly invented the hamburger, thank you.

@Ghanshyam00000 7 ай бұрын

Generally whuch animals steak use in the hamburger

@sandilemfeka4658 Жыл бұрын

The name alone should tell you where it was invented.

@donshiromizu1105 Жыл бұрын

Where's hallmark great American Christmas fililmed

@mikeywilde 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff but terrifying music though

@deangregoric4735 3 жыл бұрын

we know for the fact that when first hamburger was made, America didn't even exist.

@pongangelo2048 2 жыл бұрын

Native American tribes before Christopher Columbus and Leif Eriksson: "Maybe we didn't exist until they arrived."

@enriquegonzales8186 2 жыл бұрын

Ignorance is bliss for you I see. Minced meat and the Burgers of the U.S. are not the same obviously.

@turkmapping130 2 жыл бұрын

Its from Turkic peoples. (Tatars)

@mrmjb1960 3 жыл бұрын

White Castle was invented by a Short Order cook called "Hamburger Walt" He had a Volcanic temper. and legend has it one day He'd gotten angry at a Meatball that wasn't cooking fast enough! In a fit of Rage He took his Spatula and Squished it into a patty and put it into a bun!

@callsigndd9ls897 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps there are many legends about the Tatars, but this is nonsense. Tatars were never in Hambulg (lol). Tatar is also raw meat, not grliied. In any case, there were canteens for dock workers and seafarers in the port of Hamburg as early as the 19th century. There you could get a "Rndstück warm" as a simple meal for little money. It was a fried piece of minced meat (a flat meatball) that you put between two halves of bread rolls with a little sauce. Immigrants and sailors took the idea with them to America and called it hamburger steak or just hamburger because the idea came from Hamburg. There were no limits to later variations like Cheeseburge and so on.

@olooorrrddd8097 2 ай бұрын

Nah the cooked ground beef between two pieces of bread is American.

@sergen3744 3 ай бұрын

Hamburger is originally Greek..

@lt4109 3 ай бұрын

raw ground beef is not a Hamburger

@grrumakemeangry 4 жыл бұрын

So actually its russian lmao

@Bayar-oe7rj 4 жыл бұрын

That's not Russian. It's Mongolian food. You can search from Wikipedia. Tartar is not even a russian word. Lmao!

@bennycostello2472 4 жыл бұрын

Hamburgers, As American as-*USSR ANTHEM BEGINS*

@alanlo3678 4 жыл бұрын

No!!! Just like pizza, it is from Korea!!

@callsigndd9ls897 3 жыл бұрын

Russian, no. Then it should be a "Petersburger" and not a Hamburger (lol).

@mrmjb1960 3 жыл бұрын

@@alanlo3678 You're so clueless.

@thewhitehammer124 2 жыл бұрын

Germans invented burgers Americans try take credit for everything 😂 u search up who started drill apparently Americans did 😂 they try take credit for everything it’s so annoying

@progameryt4058 2 жыл бұрын

As a German i agree but i am happy that the Hamburger evolved over time

@Andrew-it7fb Жыл бұрын

The facts disagree with you. I'll go with actual historians on this one. Germans invented the hamburg steak while the hamburger sandwich was invented in the US.

@rng8119 Жыл бұрын

the origin is rundstuck warm, a hamburg dish, invented in germany, end

@jqyhlmnp Жыл бұрын

Ok boomer 🙄

@Andrew-it7fb Жыл бұрын

The rundstuck warm is not a hamburger. It was served with sliced pork or beef on bread and covered with gravy. If someone ordered a hamburger and got that, they'd ask what it is because they ordered a hamburger.

@recoswell 4 жыл бұрын

and the reality is nobody is arguing over anything - your delusional

@wesley5729 4 жыл бұрын

you'd be surprised. sometimes it gets ugly

@aspieotaku3580 3 жыл бұрын

Hamburgers American, even if Not the Cheese Burger is American, it seems the burger was invented at the same time. But like it or not Burgers are American food.

@mrmjb1960 3 жыл бұрын

as an import yes.

@callsigndd9ls897 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrmjb1960 Idea Import from Hamburg Germany in the early 1800s years and exported back to Germany from the USA 150 years later.

@elvergudo2487 2 жыл бұрын

It's not

@enriquegonzales8186 2 жыл бұрын

@@callsigndd9ls897 The burger as we know it today is an American invention. The minced meat version in Germany is not the same as its American counterpart.

@callsigndd9ls897 2 жыл бұрын

@@enriquegonzales8186 Nevertheless, the idea of the hamburger comes from Hamburg, otherwise you wouldn't call it a hamburger. In an old American cookbook from the 1890s, the meat ball was referred to as hamburger steak. At the beginning in the 18th century there were canteens in the port of Hamburg where sailors and dock workers could buy fast food. For example, there was a bun with a meat balls (in German Frikadelle) and spicy sauce. This was referred to as "round piece warm" (in German Runstück warm). Sailors or emigrants brought this idea to America. That the appearance and the recipe have changed in 150 years is normal. The meatballs (meatballs) used to be handmade and rounder than today's industrially manufactured MacDonalds brake discs from the USA. MacDonalds Hamburger meat balls are pure beef. German meat balls (Frikadelle) are mixed beef and pork.

@stephaniebrock6619 4 жыл бұрын

It’s comfort food

@numberlog9 Жыл бұрын

Hamburger was made in Mongolia then Russians just made a farsh and make tartar

@osmanefeakdag7985 3 жыл бұрын

The origin of the hamburger comes from the Tatar Turks. Tatar Turks put their raw meat under their saddles on their long journeys and see that it is edible, and the German, who comes to Asia, takes this meat to the hamburger city of Germany and cooks it, and it calls it hamburge