Still, it took a while for the burger to shed its Teutonic connotations. Today’s version was made possible by a pair of American innovations: the meat grinder and the hamburger bun. According to Josh Ozersky’s book The Hamburger: A History, the original “hamburg steak” served to German sailors at food stands along the New York City harbor in the early 19 th century was a semi-cured slab of salted and spiced beef. And besides, the modern hamburger is far enough removed from its namesake to merit its quintessentially American reputation. Magazine advertisements of the pre-World War II era encouraged families to stage their own “backyard barbecues” with the aid of the newly popularized charcoal grill.īonus Explainer: Why do we celebrate America’s independence with frankfurters, wieners and hamburgers instead of with meat named after American cities? Because we’re a nation of immigrants. In the 20 th century, as the nation’s population shifted from the country to the city and then the suburbs, the Independence Day cookout morphed from a public free-for-all into a family affair.
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