Hamburg steak, as it was called in the 19th century, was served on voyages from Germany to the United States. The meat patties were cooked quickly and served on two pieces of bread. To attract many of the European sailors and visitors to their food stall vendors. They would offer the Hamburg style steak on the menu.

With the Hamburg steak firmly entrenched in American culture in the late 1800s, claims for the way it is served in today’s standard is according to Congresswoman Rosa DeLaurao.

A ground beef patty served between two pieces of bun was created in the United States in 1900 by Louis Lassen, a Danish immigrant who owned Louis Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut. This is a disputed fact. We give you some more names and places of the Burger in the United States.

Fletcher Davis of Athers Texas sold hamburgers at the cafe in the late 1800s before bringing them to the 1904 World’s Fair.

Frank and Charles Menches vendor at a county fair ran out of his sausage sandwiches and started using beef instead. This was recorded as taking place in 1892 at the Summit County Fair in Akron Ohio.

In 1885, Charles Nagreen, now known as Hamburger Charlie, made sandwiches that were easy to eat while walking through the Seymour Fair. He was only 15 years old at the time.

Evidence that Oscar Bilby in 1891 was the first to serve the hamburger on a bun in Tulsa Oklahoma. In 1995, Governor Frank Keating proclaimed that the first true hamburger on a bun was created and consumed in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

With 40 billion served in the United States alone, it has truly become America’s favorite sandwich. It may never have happened because Upton Sinclair’s 1906 journalistic novel “The Jungle” detailed the unsavory parts of America’s meatpacking industry. Ground beef became the subject of much scrutiny, as it was easy to add leftover meat, fillers, and preservatives.

In 1921, Billy Ingram and Walter Anderson of Kansas had the vision to open the White Castle restaurant. It became the main path for the current success of fast food hamburgers. The White Castle restaurants shone with cleanliness bringing with them the reputation of hamburgers.

Other national chains that followed were McDonald’s and In-n-Out Burger in 1948, Burger King in 1954, and Wendy’s in 1969.

The combinations that have come with the hamburger are endless and the ideas are generated endlessly. Many of you have your own favorite recipe for the burger of your choice.

So the next time you walk into your favorite fast food restaurant, fire up the grill, or put one on the George Forman Grill, you’ll know a little about the evolution of the burger.

That’s some good information about ground beef and how our food always has a bit of a story behind it.