If you replace the beef patty in hamburger with a think slice of ham does that make it more or less a hamburger?

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• cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Less. A hamburger is a descendent of the Hamburg steak which is a ground beef patty. It’s got nothing to do with ham.

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    But what does that have to do with Hamburg?

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    • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Funny enough, no one knows. It’s quite possible it comes from Hamburg or maybe was popularized in America by immigrants from there, but no conclusive link is known.

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• Lexam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Then you just have a ham sandwich.

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• ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Probably less. The ‘ham’ in hamburger doesn’t refer to the type of meat. But rather, the ‘hamburg’ in hamburger refers to the origin of the creation. Hamburg in Germany. So putting actual ham in a hamburger would a) make it not really a hamburger, and b) be pretty confusing to people.

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  • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Correct except hamburgers originated in America, only taking their name from the Hamburg steak, whose connection to the city of Hamburg is dubious at best.

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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Close. The creation was the Hamburg Steak, it was not originally a sandwich. A hamburger is a hamburg sandwich.

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    • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      the -er is an adjective ending in German

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• ieightpi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Haha nice

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