Beets!

No you didn't.

#18 In 1969/1970 the hamburger ship had long sailed... Growing up in the colonies we were eating them regularly, american style...long before McD's made a dent.

remember the Wimpy ?

Perhaps some don't appreciate nutrax's wide-ranging and in-depth info. and sense of humour. Personally, I look forward to it-- always amazing, often jaw-dropping. Wouldn't want to do without it.

Weaver, thank you! That is one of the most wonderful complimentsI have ever gotten.

Yes, do please Google on.

But do not use any advise from people who have been there, just Google on and bad mouth people you have.

I would suggest that the Aussie burger is far more closer than the hamburger, that did first see the light the city of Hamburg.

And please do not speak of cheese, and the spay on variety that that is used in some hamburgers, that are tasteless and are like wet cardboard.

Isho - It doesn't seem to me that any one is bad mouthing you. I've found this to be an interesting and enlightening discussion. It's possible that your father's experience were regional (in other words other areas of Australia than where he was had hamburgers sooner) or that the Google info is wrong. At this point in time there's really no way to know. I hadn't ever thought about hamburgers in Australia so I find this quite interesting either way.

Isho, tell us about the hamburger that first saw the light of day in Hamburg.

Then about the invention of Hawaiian pizza in Hawaii, the Chinese origin of pâte chinoise, the New York butcher who first cut a New York strip, the Italian who invented Italian dressing, and the German who invented German chocolate cake

The original "hamburger" was a hat/beret,no?

#26, my late father grew up in Brisbane and he evidvidently never heard of a hamburger, and used to tell us his first experience with US style fast food in the hamburger was when he first encountered US serviceman when they used the barracks and airfield at Townsville, that is what he told us OK?

And #26, the supposed first hamburger did seem to have come from the northern German port city, hence the name, and the theory is that it was spread to the USA by seaman from that city..................And i know nothing of the other foodstuff's that you talk about, can i suggest you Google them?

did seem

Link, please, isho.

The other foodstuffs, like hamburgers and frankfurters, are named after places other than the places they originated.