{"id":3282,"date":"2018-05-03T22:57:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T05:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2021-11-24T13:52:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T21:52:54","slug":"national-hamburger-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/national-hamburger-month\/","title":{"rendered":"National Hamburger Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3283 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May is National Hamburger Month! And May 28th has been declared National Hamburger Day (at least here in the U.S., where the hamburger is king). Who knows how these holidays get started? I had a hard time even trying to figure out who invented the hamburger. After doing some research online, the only thing that seems certain is that there are conflicting stories and several people are taking credit. But the consensus seems to be that the city of Hamburg, Germany, wasn\u2019t really the origin of the hamburger sandwich\u2014rather, it was where we got the hamburger <em>steak<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>OK, once I start hearing everybody claiming to be the inventor of something, I lose interest. But the best story I read was that Genghis Khan can actually take credit for ground beef. He apparently had to figure out a way to feed his troops while they pillaged and conquered as a mobile army on horseback, so he packed wrapped slices of raw meat under the saddles of his men. Eww! The meat would crumble under the pressure and movement as they rode, and the friction would mince the meat\u2014how about that; a successful raid and a ground beef patty at the same time! I\u2019m not sure whether they ate it raw or not.<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s something else you may not know, unless you\u2019re Japanese. When I first started working in Tokyo, I found out there is a difference between a <em>\u201chambah<strong>gah<\/strong>\u201d<\/em> and a <em>\u201chambah<strong>gu<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>, with the emphasis on that last syllable. Our beloved All-American sandwich is a <em>\u201chambah<strong>gah<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>; considered to be a distinctly foreign food by the Japanese. The <em>\u201chambah<strong>gu<\/strong>\u201d<\/em> is really a traditional hamburger steak, introduced to the world by the Germans and adapted to Japanese tastes. These are the subtleties you\u2019ve got to learn!<\/p>\n<p>American <em>\u201cHambah<strong>gah<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hamburger-single.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hamburger-single.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe sure know how to make \u2018em, don\u2019t we?<\/p>\n<p>Japanese <em>&#8220;Hambah<strong>gu<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hambaagu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hambaagu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNote the sauce, a rich <em>demi glace<\/em> that is the heart and soul of this dish, in my opinion. The patty is usually a combination of ground beef and ground pork, with a bread crumb filler to make the ingredients go further. I love it this way\u2014it\u2019s a similar texture to our American meatloaf. Served with a plate of plain white rice on the side, the <em>hambahgu<\/em> is one of my favorite childhood memories, and one of the best dishes you can eat with rice. Although I prefer the classic <em>demi glace<\/em> on mine, you can find <em>hambahgu<\/em> at restaurants served with tomato sauce, <em>ponzu<\/em> with grated <em>daikon,<\/em> and\/or topped with a fried egg or melted cheese.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Hamburger Fun Facts:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burger-group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burger-group.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u2022During WWI, hamburgers were known as \u201cLiberty Sandwiches\u201d because we wanted to avoid using any reference to Germany, which was considered the main instigator of the war.<br \/>\n\u2022Current eating champion Sonya Thomas (aka Lee Sun-kyung), who holds records in over 25 eating competitions, once ate a 9-pound cheeseburger in 27 minutes. She is known as the \u201cBlack Widow\u201d because she continually defeats men 4 to 5 times her size in eating contests. Sonya is 5 feet tall and weighs 98 pounds. LOL.<br \/>\n\u2022In the 70s, a Big Mac\u00ae advertising campaign became very popular when a catchy jingle was nothing more than naming all the ingredients in the hamburger. Everyone would try to memorize it and sing it. Even if you\u2019re too young to remember this commercial, can you name the ingredients in a Big Mac?<br \/>\n\u2022In 2003, animal rights group PETA offered the city of Hamburg, NY, $15,000 to change the name of their town to Veggieburg. They said the city\u2019s name \u201cconjured up visions of unhealthy patties of ground up dead cows.\u201d Hamburg declined the offer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUESS THE BURGER<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/main-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/main-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTry to guess the name of the fast-food burger just by looking at the picture. For the answer, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/?p=2305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">my post<\/span><\/a> for more hamburger fun. There are hints everywhere!<\/p>\n<p><strong>HUNGRY YET?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Zo-page.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Zo-page.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTry these hamburger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/app\/recipe\/other-electric-products?query=hamburger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">recipes<\/span><\/a> from Zojirushi\u2014it\u2019s another excuse to use your griddle or grill while you celebrate National Hamburger Month!<\/p>\n<p><em>photo credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98756468@N04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Media News<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/profile.hatena.ne.jp\/sasaq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">sasaq<\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">creative commons license<\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em> other photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ironchefmom\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">@ironchefmom<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cTwo all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions\u2014on a sesame seed bun.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May is National Hamburger Month! 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