Why isn't a hamburger called a 'beef burger'

[SandyCat]

If you use a turkey patty, its a turkey burger. If you're using buffalo its a buffalo burger. So and so forth. But if you throw beef on there its suddenly a ham burger

But if you put cheese on your """""""""""ham""""""""""burger its now a "cheeseburger" implying its nothing but buns and cheese with no meat

Why is english so gay kiwifarms?

 

[NigKid]

Cause it's not called that because of ham, it's named after a city iirc

 

[Finder]

Why is english so gay kiwifarms?

The British made it, why would you expect it to be good?

 

[I Love Beef]

I petition this, Hamburgers are now Beef Burger

 

[Mender Bug]

It is derived from a cut a steak that was particularly popular in the city of Hamburg.

 

[SandyCat]

It is derived from a cut a steak that was particularly popular in the city of Hamburg.

fuck them, call it a beef burger for consistency

 

[Solid Snek]

fuck them, call it a beef burger for consistency

As other users have pointed out, hamburger (or just burger for short) is not a "ham burger", but rather a cut of beef that originated in the city of Hamburg. The words "hamburger" and "burger" naturally imply beef; therefor, calling something a "beef burger" is redundant. You'd basically be calling it a beef beef.

 

[Henry Wyatt]

why do they oven when its of in but should be of out because you ovout it

 

[Shig O'nella]

The British made it, why would you expect it to be good?

Don't blame us. We call them beef burgers.

 

[Billy Beer]

It's a cut of meat between bread invented in Hamburg. America originally called it the Hamburg-er, as in, the one from Hamburg.

The name changed during the war, as a middle-finger to Gerry - Much like how French Fries became American freedom fries. And just like the fry name change, it didn't catch on so it was kept as the hamburger.