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A '''cheeseburger''' is a [[hamburger]] which additionally contains a slice of [[cheese]]. It is not uncommon for larger cheeseburgers (such as a cheeseburger constructed with two large hamburger patties) to have more than one cheese slice. As a variant, melted or grated cheese is occasionally used in place of, or in addition to, sliced cheese. The cheese is usually added a short time before the hamburger finishes cooking to allow the cheese to melt and come up to the same temperature as the meat. |
A '''cheeseburger''' is a [[hamburger]] which additionally contains a slice of [[cheese]]. It is not uncommon for larger cheeseburgers (such as a cheeseburger constructed with two large hamburger patties) to have more than one cheese slice. As a variant, melted or grated cheese is occasionally used in place of, or in addition to, sliced cheese. The cheese is usually added a short time before the hamburger finishes cooking to allow the cheese to melt and come up to the same temperature as the meat. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 13:55, 24 August 2007
A cheeseburger is a hamburger which additionally contains a slice of cheese. It is not uncommon for larger cheeseburgers (such as a cheeseburger constructed with two large hamburger patties) to have more than one cheese slice. As a variant, melted or grated cheese is occasionally used in place of, or in addition to, sliced cheese. The cheese is usually added a short time before the hamburger finishes cooking to allow the cheese to melt and come up to the same temperature as the meat.
History
In 1924, Lionel Sternberger grilled the first cheeseburger in Pasadena, California. When Sternberger died in 1964, Time magazine noted in its February 7 issue that:
…at the hungry age of 16, [Sternberger] experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger while helping out at his father's sandwich shop in Pasadena, thereby inventing the cheeseburger…[1]
Other places have claimed the invention of the cheeseburger as part of their local legend. Louisville, Kentucky-based Kaelin's Restaurant has claimed to invent the cheeseburger in 1934.[2] The following year, the mark for the name "cheeseburger" was awarded to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver, Colorado.
Variations
A cheeseburger can be served with many other toppings such as pickles, tomato, lettuce, onions, bacon (a bacon cheeseburger), mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, barbecue sauce or whatever is desired. A double cheeseburger is a cheeseburger consisting of two pieces of meat with cheese in between.
A Jucy Lucy is a type of cheeseburger, developed and popularized in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the cheese is placed inside the raw meat and then cooked until it melts.
Trivia
In the My Female Trouble episode of Scrubs the orderlies snuck in cheeseburgers for certain patients. In 2005 version of The Longest Yard, Cheeseburger Eddie sells cheeseburgers to other prisoners.
References
- ^ "Lionel Clark Sternberger Obituary", Time, February 7, 1964, retrieved 2007-05-18
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Louisville Facts & Firsts - LouisvilleKy.gov". City of Louisville, Kentucky. Retrieved 2006-07-29.