National Hamburger Day

Hello folks,

Today is a really special day, or so they think in the US. As you might be aware, celebrating something every day has become a preposterous tradition: Mother's Day, Father's Day, Black Friday, and the list just goes on and on. This tradition has culminated by having a National Hamburger Day, which happens to be today. Well, as you know hamburgers have become quintessential in American cuisine. No matter where you go, you'll always find a place nearby where you can grab this mouth-watering, yet unhealthy meal. But what is the story behind this well-known meal? 

Well, as you know, burger is a clipping from hamburger. Its origin is unclear given that all the countries want to take credit for this yummy invention, but, apparently, hamburgers are the result of immigration. Some German immigrants introduced it in the United States (in its origin called Hamburg steak, named after the city of Hamburg). How did the Americans contribute to the invention? Well, a cook would have come up with the idea of serving patties (the minced meat of burgers compacter together as seen in the photo) between to buns of bread in a fair in 1904 and from that day on, they started selling like hot cakes ! How clever! 

Now that you know about the origin, let's learn some figures about hamburgers:

- It is estimated that McDonalds sells a 75 burgers each second! Wow! 

- 60% of the sandwiches in the world are actually burgers

- Americans eat an average of 50 billion of burgers per year.

- Today there are countless types of burgers including veggie burgers. Most of them have a name (and tons of fat).

Well, in order to know more about hamburgers and National Hamburger Day, here you have two very interesting videos. See you around.