![]() ![]() It’s a different style that provides the customer with more meat. They DO smash their burgers, and they do get caramelized, but their “Classic Smashburger” is 5 ounces of meat and looks like they are about a half inch thick instead of a quarter inch or less. Then, there is the restaurant chain with the name Smashburger. It is smashed so flat that it is thin enough to get very crispy edges and is about a quarter of an inch thick or less. It is rolled into a meatball and then smashed flat with a metal press. The original smashburger is 2.5 – 3 oz of meat. When I posted one of these smashburgers in our Facebook group, a discussion ensued with some saying that it was not a true smashburger. There are some smashburgers on the list, and obviously if they’re on the list that means that they are really good. They almost always have cheese on them, so it’s safe to say that a hamburger / cheeseburger is the epitome of almost everyone’s favorite American food. ![]() One thing that is not disputed is that they are definitely thought of as the quintessential “American food”. It is actually disputed whether the hamburger was invented in Germany or the U.S.A. I also recently learned that there is a Japanese Hamburger Steak. “The Hamburg steak was served raw or lightly cooked and was accompanied by a raw egg… A variant of Hamburg steak is Salisbury steak, which is usually served with a gravy similar in texture to brown sauce …” – Wikipedia It’s because they get they their name from Hamburg, Germany, home of a dish called the Hamburg steak that eventually evolved into what we now consider hamburgers. Hamburgers! Who doesn’t get excited by hamburgers? I used to wonder why they were named this when there was no ham involved. ![]()
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