Hamburger

1. H AMBURGER A hamburger is a processed food like a sandwich or beef sandwich bonded as steak, cooked on the grill or grill, but can also be fried or baked. Outside of speaking is more common to find the name burger. It comes in a light bread halved having a hemispherical shape. Often accompanied by onion rings, lettuce, some tomato slice, pickles sheets, etc. They usually dress with some seasoning such as: ketchup, mustard, relish, mayonnaise, etc. In the event that put a sheet of processed cheese becomes a cheeseburger (cheeseburger) Sometimes referred to two: the "yellow burger "( yellowburger ).

2. The hamburger name also applies exclusively to beef steak. The invention of the hamburger sandwich in the nineteenth century is controversial, and several authors have attributed the first to have been wearing a beef steak ("Hamburger steak") between two buns.

3. History : There are two theories explaining his birth. A indicates that this dish, based on a piece of ground beef mixed with onion and cooked on the grill, which is placed between two slices of bread as a sandwich, comes from Hamburg, Germany. The following historical data about the first burger recipe coming from the gastronomy of Mongol and Turkish tribes, who in the fourteenth century and biting into strips of meat from cattle low quality to make it edible. The ground beef recipe comes to Germany through the Tartars from Russia (Steak Tartare ), eating raw meat and flavored with spices .

4. The word comes from the city of Hamburg in Germany, Europe's largest port at the time. They were later German immigrants of the late nineteenth century who introduced in the United States the dish called "American-style steak Hamburg ». The first hamburger chain in the world was called White Castle was founded in Wichita (Kansas) in 1921 by A. cocineroWalter Anderson and E. broker W. Ingram whose scope was U.S. Midwest.

5. INGREDIENTS: One can say that a hamburger is a sandwich of ground beef to which have been gradually adding various attributes: condiments, garnishes, and others. The evolution of this food has made it taken at the end of a set, and also throughout its history has been adding different content, such as bacon, American cheese, lettuce, pickles, etc..

6. This now makes the burger is sometimes understood more as a menu as a food ingredient compound. Its popularity is largely due to the ease of preparation, simplicity at the time of ingestion: without special dishes or cutlery .

7. Preparation : A minced meat tends to be added any substance binder is suitably compact and can be easier to swallow, such as egg, bread crumbs. Ground beef should be handled with extreme care because it can carry bacteria that contaminate the meat and cause food poisoning. It is for this reason that the meat should do as much as possible and to reach a temperature of 90 º C inside • Fried: Usually dumped the pieces in a pan containing hot oil and fry until they leave the mince can gain the desired point (see also: meat temperature). It is the method using the fast-food chain McDonalds

8. • Grilling: In this case the meat is usually done directly over the heat source. It is the most common in family barbecues. This cooking method is that employing the chain Burger King. The difference is in the final flavor depends on the tastes you prefer one method over another .