I could only start the new section “Around the World in 15 Sandwiches” with His Majesty, the king of sandwiches: the hamburger!

The word is a linguistic loan between German and English.

In German, hamburger is the demonym of Hamburg.

Beef patties were probably common in the city and port of Hamburg around the early 19th century.

And the recipe was brought to North America by the many German immigrants to the United States at that same time, most of whom departed from the port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest commercial port.

It spread under the name of hamburger steak, or “Hamburg steak”.

It seems that the hamburger was invented by a certain Otto Kuasw, a German cook who tried removing a sausage from its casing, flattening it, and frying it in butter, but the first appearance of the recipe on an American menu dates back to 1836.

In 1902, there is a description of the Hamburg steak similar to the modern concept of the hamburger.

There are therefore a multitude of restaurateurs who claim to be the origin of the true American hamburger, the most famous and credited of which is Louis Lassen, who in 1895 opened the Louis Lunch Wagon, a characteristic establishment in New Haven, Connecticut.

The venue was created from a Food Wagon, a mobile serving carriage popular at the time.

Apparently, a customer was particularly in a hurry and looking for a quick lunch.

Legend has it that Lassen then took leftover steak scraps, ground them, and finally placed them between two slices of toasted sandwich bread, so his customer could take it away and eat it comfortably along the road.

My first real hamburger, I mean the American one, not plasticized as many think all hamburgers are, but with freshly cooked meat, crispy bread, and rich seasoning, I ate it on my trip to San Francisco, at Pier 19.

Over the years, many others have followed (when I could still eat bread!), and if before it was just a type of food linked to “fast food,” now it has become an integral part of restaurant menus that serve meat.

The most famous variant of the hamburger is certainly the one with cheese, or the cheeseburger.

The cheeseburger initially became popular between the 1920s and 1930s in the United States, and there are several claims about who was the first man to create a cheeseburger.

Among them, Lionel Sternberger is known for having created a cheeseburger at just 16 years old while working in his father’s sandwich shop in Pasadena, California, when he “experimentally dropped a piece of cheese on a sizzling hamburger.”

It is a soft bun, usually decorated with sesame seeds on the surface, filled with beef hamburger, bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, onions and sauces like ketchup (or mayonnaise) and served strictly with fries, preferably dippers.

The best cut of meat for making hamburgers is what in the United States is called chuck meat, in Italian it is beef shoulder, choose a piece with a bit of fat to prevent the hamburgers from drying out.

I love it rare, but just as they do in the United States, they should ALWAYS ask you the type of cooking you prefer.

The hamburger bun, which in English is called burger bun, should be soft, slightly sweet, and crispy on the outside but without breaking with every bite, it should absorb the meat’s juices and sauces well without becoming too soggy.

In the video, there’s a “porn” version with bacon, fried eggs, and burrata, and on the blog many more…