Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoName something the Germans invented without googlingsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWasn’t the hamburger invented in the US? There they had Frikadellen, which are arguably much better.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAs far as the story goes, the meat-in-a-bun concept was taken by sailors from Hamburg to the USA, where it was tweaked for local preferences and then called a hamburger. So the Germans invented it, USA marketed it.
Wasn’t the hamburger invented in the US? There they had Frikadellen, which are arguably much better.
As far as the story goes, the meat-in-a-bun concept was taken by sailors from Hamburg to the USA, where it was tweaked for local preferences and then called a hamburger. So the Germans invented it, USA marketed it.