Burgers Are Pretty Tasty By Max Epstein
Hello everybody! Today, I will talk to you about the hamburger, a much praised and beloved food. It has become iconic over time, and is probably the most famous food in the world. This is all thanks to . . . well, there is much dispute over who created the hamburger. This dispute mainly derives from whether or not the hamburger is from Germany, the United States, or Denmark. People who think Germany created the hamburger say that credit goes to Otto Kuase. The story for Otto Kuase goes that in 1891, he served a “burger” at his lunch counter made of fried ground beef patties with mustard and Bermuda onion between two slices of bread, with a pickle on the side. This claim is endorsed by the famous fast food restaurant White Castle, an argument used by Otto Kuase supporters: if such a popular fast food chain is supporting this argument, it must have some solid ground. Also, Otto Kuase was born in the German city of Hamburg, so it would only make sense for him to name it a hamburger. One example of Germans naming foods after cities in their homeland is the famous Berliner, which is a jelly donut. It is also thought that the hamburger was brought to America by German immigrants. Fletcher Davis is another person that people think created the hamburger. In this story, Davis made the hamburger in his luncheonette in a small town in Texas, and then began serving it to the general public at the 1904 World’s Fair. Many of the inventions we have today are from the 1904 World’s Fair, and that could very well include burgers. However, the case for
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