A hamburger (also called a hamburger sandwich, burger or hamburg) is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat

(beef, pork, turkey, chicken, etc.) usually placed inside a sliced hamburger bun. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, bacon, tomato, onion, pickles, cheese and condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup and relish.[1] The term "burger" can also be applied to the meat patty on its own, especially in the UK where the term "patty" is rarely used. The term may be prefixed with the type of meat as in "turkey burger".
Contents [hide] 1 Etymology 2 History 2.1 Claims of invention 2.1.1 Louis Lassen 2.1.2 Charlie Nagreen 2.1.3 Otto Kuase 2.1.4 Oscar Weber Bilby 2.1.5 Frank and Charles Menches 2.1.6 Fletcher Davis 2.1.7 Other hamburger-steak claims 2.2 Early major vendors 3 Hamburgers today 4 Variations 4.1 United States and Canada 4.2 Mexico 4.3 United Kingdom and Ireland 4.4 Australia and New Zealand 4.5 China 4.6 Japan 4.7 Other countries 5 Unusual hamburgers 6 Slang 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links