Added: 11/06/2005 |
Fire grilled burgers as they are.Let us begin with the historical origin of fire grilled burgers. First fire grilled burger was hamburger. It has a long and contradictory history. The word hamburger probably appeared by the end of the Middle Ages. In 1802 the Oxford English Dictionary defined "Hamburg steak" as salt beef. Modern hamburgers were simple hamburger buns long ago. Hamburger bun was invented in 1916 by J. Walter Anderson, a short-order cook, who went on to found White Castle in 1921. Before the bun, hamburgers were served between two pieces of bread. And first ground beef patty - "Hamburger steak" was mentioned in an American cookbook in 1891. One story even tells that hamburgers came from Seymour, Wisconsin, USA. Charlie Nagreen tried to sell fried meatballs at the Outagamie County fair, but customers found them hard to eat while walking around the fair, so Nagreen flattened it and made it into a sandwich he called the "hamburger" in 1885. But Hamburg, Germany is recognized as the homeland of the hamburger.
Fast-food hamburger became popular when Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald's franchise in the mid-1950s. First hamburgers with cheese, now they are called cheeseburgers, were cooked in 1924. They were made by grill chef Lionel Steinberger of The Rite Spot restaurant in Pasadena, California.
Now hamburgers and cheeseburgers are served as a common picnic and party food, which is cooked outdoors on barbecue grills. They are also good for backyard grilling and for home cooking. Patties for fire grilled burgers are made of ground beef, it may also contain spices or other ingredients. Some cook their patties with egg, bread crumbs, onions, parsley or other ingredients. But be careful, hamburger patties are raw when first bought and may contain harmful bacteria; therefore be careful when handling them. If you are a vegetarian, you can use soy as the ideal alternative for beef patty. Just like beef, soybeans contain lots of high-quality protein, but unlike beef, soybeans contain insignificant amount of fats. Another high protein and low saturated fat alternative to ground beef in a burger patty is canned tuna. Simply take canned tuna flake it up with a fork and use it to replace meat in a burger patty.
A hamburger or cheeseburger with two patties is called double hamburger or double cheeseburger. It contains extra patty for those people who like meat or need proteins. Traditionally fire grilled burgers are offered with lettuce, tomato, onion, and often a pickle. Condiments are usually added to the hamburger. They are mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise and other salad dressings.
Today, fire grilled burgers - hamburgers and cheeseburgers are served in many fast food restaurant chains. You can buy them everywhere. For example, Burger King's restaurants sell a burger called the Angus Steak Burger that is most preferred by customers. "A burger made with 100% Angus beef and dripping with fire-grilled goodness" - claims Burger King's advertisement. This fire grilled burger is made of fire grilled onions, beef patty, cap leaf lettuce, red ripe tomatoes and freshly toasted corn-dusted bun.
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