The burger is not just a food, it's more of a phenomenon. It has become part of the culture of the times. Say the word 'burger' and there isn't a person who doesn't see two buns with meat, cheese, lettuce or bacon. It's also certain that when you read this, you can already see it in your hands, tantalisingly tempting you, and even smell the play of aromas and flavours. The hamburger is now available in many different forms, in fast food chains, restaurants and street food outlets, and has become a food that the world has come to know and love. in gastronomy are made.
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The perfect meat pie
In fact, the perfect meat pie can take several forms. If you really want it, you can make it at home, as there are plenty of homemade recipes to be found. However, if you need a larger quantity, it's better to buy it from a specialist. Basically, the secret to the perfect meat pie is simple, just like any other dish. The essential ingredient good quality raw material. Good meat, good cheese, fine bacon, and of course salad. It's definitely a good idea to think ahead now that spring and garden parties are coming. Simply a garden party or family event is unthinkable without a good burger.
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I wonder where the burger comes from
Based on popular belief, many people still believe that this is a typical American dish, along with the juicy meat pie. This is far from the case. A hamburger innovation has been going on for so long that we can hardly remember where it started. Its history, its development across the continent, goes back a long way.
If you have to start somewhere - it's meat. It's what we've been eating since the dawn of mankind in various forms thanks to the abundance of animal species. Meat pork itself started in the Roman Empire and spread across Europe with the legions. To why it became popular, is its simplicity and speed of preparation. The meat was cut raw, mixed with spices and shaped, and from then on it was only subjected to a heat treatment, i.e. frying. This simplicity was also exploited by migrating peoples. They could easily prepare it after a hunt and then, as our ancestors did, put it under the saddle and use it for a long time. The Tatars also contributed a lot, as they conquered half the world and established their vast empire, which is still the largest in history. They spread their culture and customs, including their gastronomy. Everyone is probably familiar with Tatar steaks. How much!
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How the meat got between two baked goods
In a word, it started with meat, what else, and it has undoubtedly always been a nutritious staple that people have had easy access to. From here on, however, one has to take a leap, because meat itself, or meat patty, has not yet been placed between two loaves of bread. But then came Sandwich Lord of the County, John Montagu. The expression may be familiar, as he put meat between two loaves of bread with noble simplicity, a form of consumption which, again because of its simplicity, spread quite quickly. Then, in the 19th century in Germany and Austria, the meat was put into a bun instead of bread, and the burger began to take on the form we know today.
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How the name Hamburger came about
It was also around this time that Europeans began to colonise the Americas. Several port cities, including Hamburg, became centres of migration. As a result, New York, for example, began to sell dishes named after the city, such as Hamburg steak.
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In America at that time, they were beginning to farm vast areas, raising livestock, and there was plenty of meat available from the free grazing animals. So they also put it in bread and ate it. The result of this as a solution the only drawback - which we still experience today - was that, even with burgers, the ingredients put in the bread or bun regularly leaked out and went to waste. There is no record of who developed it further or when, but it is described that the breakthrough was made at a fair. For his own benefit, to get food to his customers more quickly and to allow them to eat on the go, the owner of a bakery started kneading scones and putting the meat in the bun. This was perhaps the first form of street food, and the ancestor of the hamburger itself. Apparently it was quickly adopted by others, both for its practicality and its cheapness. From there, not much really changed, but in the 1930s McDonald's was founded and the burger went on its world tour. So it was not America, but the Romans, who gave us the meat patty, which has since become a gastronomic success story.
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