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Battle Brews Over Orgin Of The Hamburger
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| bigjimslade002 |
from the "states that have to much time on their hands" department:
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) -- A burger battle is brewing between a Texas state legislator and the owners of a restaurant who claim the hamburger was invented in New Haven, Connecticut.
With the new session of the Texas legislature now under way, Republican State Rep. Betty Brown has proposed a resolution declaring Athens, Texas, the original home of the hamburger.
Brown, an Athens resident, says that a long-ago resident of the town had a luncheonette in the late 1880s and sold the first burgers there.
Those claims are not sitting well with Ken Lassen Sr., 89, the third-generation owner of New Haven eatery Louis' Lunch, established in 1895. He says his grandfather came up with the first hamburger there.
Lassen said it happened in 1900 when a man rushed into the restaurant asked for something he could eat on the run. Ken Lassen's grandfather grabbed a broiled beef patty and put it between two slices of bread.
Mayor John DeStefano Jr., advocating for his city, backs the Lassens and their claims.
"We are even the birthplace of George Bush who wants people to think he's from Texas," the mayor said. "So yes, the hamburger is as much a New Haven original as President Bush. Get over it, Texas." |
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| Lira |
| So, Athens is home both to democracy and hamburgers? :p |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aristronica
who cares... |
Post thief. |
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| Marc Summers |
| texas thinks it's a country, poo poo on them |
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| bigjimslade002 |
all i know is thank god they did or else we wouldnt have:
THE SIX DOLLAR THICKBURGER FROM HARDEES BABY!
sweet merciful jesus i wanna clog my arteries with one of these right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Aristronica |
| quote: | Originally posted by bigjimslade002
all i know is thank god they did or else we wouldnt have:
THE SIX DOLLAR THICKBURGER FROM HARDEES BABY!
sweet merciful jesus i wanna clog my arteries with one of these right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
ohh i think i'm gonna go get one right now. hardee's is like 5 blocks away... should probably walk there and back... then like run 3 miles after eating it... just in case. |
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| Danny Ocean |
this is what it's all about!
| quote: | It's a whopper with fries, and that's just the price.
A luxury hotel in Indonesia has launched a million-rupiah (110-dollar) hamburger, thought to be the world's most expensive, in a bid to marry the tastes of East and West.
Vindex Tengker, the executive chef with the Four Seasons Hotel who created the dish, said 20 of the burgers had sold since going on the menu early this month.
"The idea is not that we are selling the most expensive hamburger. It is our dream to marry the East and the West through food," he told AFP.
The seven-ounce (200-gram) burger is made from finest Japanese Kobe beef with wasabi mayonnaise and Italian portobello mushrooms in a home-made onion-wheat bun.
It is served with Asian pear and French foie gras plus, of course, French fries and is washed down with a glass of wine.
"Asians have developed a love for food. They appreciate the variety we offer. We had a local couple dining here and the man ordered the hamburger for his girlfriend," Tengker said.
He admitted there were initial reservations about the burger but hoped it would catch on abroad.
"Of course when you start something new, there will be doubts. But those who appreciate food will pay for the hamburger," he said.
"I hope this innovation will make its way across the Pacific."
Kobe beef comes from the ancient Japanese Wagyu black cattle breed which receive a daily massage, reputedly one of the secrets of its famous marbling, flavour and tenderness.
During the final fattening, the cattle are also fed hefty quantities of sake and beer mash, the theory being that mellow, relaxed cows make for good beef.
Regular burger and fries sell for a fraction of the price in Indonesia's fast-food restaurants -- around two dollars.
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| idoru |
I haven't had a burger in exactly one month today. I didn't think I'd be able to make it this far, and I'm surprised I don't have a craving for one.
/random burger-related comment |
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| Frenchie |
| I could go for a burger. |
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| Xenocreator_PG_ |
| The hamburger was invented by a guy called Edward Sandwich in Europe during medieval times |
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