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| Phillips-66 |
 Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:19 pm |
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Courtesy of Yahoo/food:
Don't mess with Texas.
A state legislator there is embroiled in a burger battle with Louis' Lunch of New Haven, Connecticut, over which state can claim to be the birthplace of the hamburger.
Louis' Lunch, which opened in 1895, claims to have come up with the marvelous idea in 1900, when a hurried customer requested something he could eat on the run. Republican state representative Betty Brown, however, has proposed a resolution in the Texas legislature declaring Athens, Texas, as rightful birthing ground, noting that Fletcher Davis sold burgers from a luncheonette there in the late 1800s.
Things have gotten heated. Says New Haven mayor John DeStefano Jr.:
"It's a well-known and established fact that New Haven is the home of the hamburger. In fact, New Haven's claim to the hamburger is even supported and documented in the Library of Congress."
In our own research (admittedly web-based), we found yet another city calling itself the home of the burger: Seymour, Wisconsin. There, in 1895, it's said that "Hamburger" Charlie Nagreen started selling the mighty meaty sandwich. (Here's AHT's History of the Hamburger post.)
This is a debate that will never be resolved, we think, only because there seems to be scant hard evidence as to who and when invented the burger as we know it.
Texas lawmaker challenges burger history [Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader]
Here are the links that go with this article.
http://homeofthehamburger.org/index.htm
http://www.ahamburgertoday.com/archiv...he_history_of.php
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/16466689.htm |
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| never-too-old-to-skate |
| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:08 am |
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And here's me thinking that Hungry Jacks/Burger King/McDonalds invented the burger...
Just as money comes from the bank...
The grass is greener on the other side(because they water their lawn)...
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| Christian |
| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:13 am |
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| i live right near that place, the burgers are really incredible |
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