HAMBURGER

Hamburger



Hamburger

The origins of the hamburger are uncertain, but possibly were first brewed in the period from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century's. The patty comes from modern culinary needs of a society that enjoys the benefits of recent industrialization and, because it takes a more accelerated pace of life.

The origin of the food processing is unclear largely because many people (all Americans) that compete for the honor of being the first to put two slices of bread to a fillet of beef and veal("Hamburger steak "). Shortly after composing the burger with two pieces of bread, began to dress with all its characteristic accompaniments: onions , leaf lettuce , sliced ??pickles , beverages, etc. It should be noted that the basic ingredients used in its preparation, ie the bread and beef, were consumed separately for a long time.

The history of this food is notable for several reasons. Throughout the twentieth century, this story is accompanied by several controversies, such as nutritional controversy of the late1990's. The burger was identified with a country, the United States, and with a style power pop: the fast food . The burger with the fried chicken and apple pie is part of the whole food icons of the culinary U.S. (Harper, 2009)

Its expansion across all continents shows the process of globalization for human consumption; it is conceivable that many other foods have followed suit globalizes: diner kebab Turkish, the pizza Italian, the sushi Japanese, etc. The hamburger as food has spread around the world, perhaps because it is easy to understand in different culinary cultures on Earth. Their global cuisine has occurred, in part, by a new concept of selling processed foods that created in the 1920's with the restaurant chain White Castle (the ideologist is Edgar Waldo "Billy" Ingram ) and was perfected in the decade of 1940 with McDonald's (led by the executive Ray Kroc ). This global expansion has provided economic and compare the Big Mac Index, for comparing the purchasing power of different countries where they sell the burger Big Mac from chain fast food restaurants McDonald's (U.S. Library, 2009).

The hamburger is a food which reflects part of the twentieth century history and who, for various reasons, has ...