>>>Hamburger has nothing to do with the town Hamburg, instead it's a deravite from ham which is an ingredient.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger>>
>>I was just kidding :)
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>I guessed so. And I am also pretty sure that you already knew. But it's amazing how many people believe that the hamburger has it's origin from Hamburg. I guess this is partly because the frankfurter (sausage) actually was developed in Frankfurt, just like the wiener (sausage) was developed in Vienna (Wien).
But there's Hamburg bacon. My dad used to work in the meat processing industry, so I know the recipe was around for a while. Maybe this was the origin.
I see Wikipedia places the legend about it being from Hamburg, NY on top. But then, assuming that the 90% of hamburgers are consumed in US-based establishments, we can safely assume that 90% of the Wikipedia article writers are of the same origin. At least there is a proud mention of pljeskavica, which then leads to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%86evapi which then means I'll be hungry early today, having seen the article :).