Iron County Record | 1978-04-27 | Page 31 | Let's Talk about Meat

LET'S TALK ABOUT MEAT Hamburger is a favorite dish of every American teenager. teen-ager. But, why is it called hamburger when there is no ham in it? You might ask your .children this question the Inext time you serv ground beef patties and give them a history and geography lesson, too. People of every land have enjoyed ground meat in one form or another, but the typically American hamburger had its origin in Russia. As fax back as medieval times, the people of the Russian Baltic provinces considered it fe delicacy to eat raw, red beef, seasoned and chopped fine. The sailors from the seaport sea-port of Hamburg, Germany, became fond of this dish and Eventually introduced it at ?ome. The Hamburgers devel-Dped devel-Dped a liking" great enough to immortalize the dish with their name.