Why do they call it hamburgers when its not ham?

Answer #1

Because the origin of the name and not the sandwich is that hamburgers originally came from hamburg in germany but realistically they were only refined and exported from from russian ports as steak tartare in moscow it was then brought from europe to america in the late 18th century

Answer #2

where it thus called a hamburg steak and later i guess slang turned it into hamburger

Answer #3

oh okay thanks

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Why do they call it hamburgers when its not ham?

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