Hot dog and hamburger are two absolutely very important parts of America. But do the names really come from America? Does hot dog have something to do with dog meat ? And what about hamburger ? is it ham-burger ? or maybe hamburg-er ? read and you may find the answer....

According to concessionaire Harry Stevens, who first served grilled franks on a split roll in about 1900, the franks were dubbed hot dogs by that prolific word inventor sports cartoonist T.A. Dorgan after he sampled them. “TAD” possibly had in mind the fact that many people believed frankfurters were made from dog meat at the time, and no doubt heard Stevens’ vendors crying out “Get your red hots” on cold days. Dorgan even drew the hot dog as a dachshund on a roll, leading the indignant Coney Island Chamber of Commerce to ban the use of the term hot dog by concessionaires there (they could be called only Coney Islands, red hots and frankfurters) . . . . Dorgan at least popularized the term hot dog, which may have been around since the late 1880s. . . . In fact, hot dog for a frankfurter is recorded in the college newspaper The Yale Record in 1895 in a humorous poem about someone who “bites the dog” when it’s placed inside a bun.

Hamburger refers to the cooked patty of ground meat by itself. The patty alone is also known as a beefburger, or hamburger steak. Adding cheese makes the sandwich a cheeseburger. Hamburger is actually a distinct product from ground round and other types of ground meat. However, ground beef of any form is often commonly referred to as "hamburger." A recipe calling for 'hamburger' (the non-countable noun) would require ground beef or beef substitute- not a whole sandwich. The word hamburger comes from Hamburg steak, which originated in the German city of Hamburg. Contrary to what folk etymology might lead one to believe, there is no actual 'ham' in a hamburger. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the term "hamburger" comes from Hamburg steak, which was first recorded in English in 1884 but was probably used much earlier. A form of pounded beef called "Hamburg Steak" was common in Hamburg in the middle of the 19th century. The recipe was brought to North America by the large numbers of people emigrating from Germany at the time, many of whom passed through the port of Hamburg. There is indirect evidence for its use on an American menu in 1836. The form hamburger steak first appeared in a Washington state newspaper in 1889. The first recipe close to the current idea of a hamburger, using ground beef mixed with onion and pepper, dates from 1902. In a time without refrigerators, when it took weeks to travel from Europe to the USA, cured meat was a standard food for poor US immigrants, who often started from Hamburg (which was and is the biggest German seaport and one of the biggest in the world). In a tween deck, where cooking is nearly impossible, cutting tough cured beef into pieces and putting it between slices of bread may suggest itself

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