Is a hamburger (or cheeseburger) a sub-genre of sandwich, or a distinct foodstuff independent of the sandwich? (And, in that case, doesn't the meat essentially make the burger?)
No. Sandwiches and burgers are related, but the burger isn't a type of sandwich. The sandwich and the burger, in fact, share a common ancestor, a common virtual parent. It's all in my new book, On the Origin of the Snack. Out August 29th on Amazon.
No. Sandwiches and burgers are related, but the burger isn't a type of sandwich. The sandwich and the burger, in fact, share a common ancestor, a common virtual parent. It's all in my new book, On the Origin of the Snack. Out August 29th on Amazon.
I won't lie, I hovered over the underlined text expecting a link.
Yes, named from Hamburg. Same goes for Frankfurters and Frankfurt.
However, the original German hamburger is said to be open faced with NO top bun. Thus making it not of the sandwich family. Enclosing it with a top bun doesn't make it any more of a sandwich as dressing in drag makes a man a woman.
He's still a man, he just looks like a woman.
The Hamburger is a burger. It just looks like a sandwich.
Edit: It should also be noted that Wienerschnitzel has nothing to do with hot dogs our sausages. Unless you're referring to the fast food restaurant. Which has a bastardized name.
not the hamburgers you eat in america. when i went on vacation to germany, the burgers were a little different. as sean said, it has no bun. and they put some kind of weird marinade sauce on it.
Yes, named from Hamburg. Same goes for Frankfurters and Frankfurt.
However, the original German hamburger is said to be open faced with NO top bun. Thus making it not of the sandwich family. Enclosing it with a top bun doesn't make it any more of a sandwich as dressing in drag makes a man a woman.
He's still a man, he just looks like a woman.
The Hamburger is a burger. It just looks like a sandwich.
I noticed while travelling that Americans suffer under the delusion that anything stuck between two instances of anything else can be deemed a sandwich. Hence, foods that deserve to be celebrated in their own right, like burgers and subs, end up falling under an imprecise catch-all term like sandwich. Terrible!
If you want to play the Wiki game, though:
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Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich
A sandwich is a food item made of two or more slices of leavened bread with one or more layers of filling, typically meat or cheese, with the addition of vegetables or salad.
The burger bun is not an example of leavened bread; hence, the burger is not a sandwich
The burger article's written from an American perspective; the sandwich one from a British one.
I noticed while travelling that Americans suffer under the delusion that anything stuck between two instances of anything else can be deemed a sandwich. Hence, foods that deserve to be celebrated in their own right, like burgers and subs, end up falling under an imprecise catch-all term like sandwich. Terrible!
American logic would dictate that anything stuck between two things is sandwiched between them. Thus a sandwich, so I don't fault my fellow Americans, even if they are painfully wrong.
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