5 fabulous burger facts

1- The Mongolians were the first to eat hamburgers

While his nomadic troops were riding to battle, they would keep scraps of lamb or mutton, formed into patties, under their saddles to tenderize the meat. When they stopped to make camp, the horsemen would cook the patties over open flames or eat them raw. The dish was taken to Russia, where it became “steak tartare.”

2- The Germans introduced the hamburger to America

From Russia, the dish made its way to Germany, where pork or beef was used in the patties. Then the burger found its way to America via the crew and immigrant passengers of the German Hamburg-Amerika shipping line. On board, the passengers ate a dish of ground meat that was spiced and stretched out with onions and breadcrumbs.

3- The average American eats 100 hamburgers a year

A staggering 14 billion hamburgers sold in the U.S. every single year

4- An Oklahoma farmer created the burger bun

There is a lot of debate over where in the U.S. the first hamburger, as we know it, was served, but there seems to be general agreement that Oscar Weber Bilby, a farmer from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was the first person to serve one on a bun.

Although, there are records of German immigrants serving grilled, ground meat patties between slices of bread, Oscar was the first known to serve them on a bun. In this case, the yeast buns were made by his wife, Fanny. The hamburgers served at his Fourth of July party in 1891 were such a hit that he made a tradition of serving them every year. He opened a hamburger stand with his son, Leo, in 1933, and it still operates using the same grill on which those first Hamburgers were cooked.

5- Other cultures have their own version of the hamburger

In Xi-an, China, Rou Jia Mo are a hugely popular local delicacy. They are made of slow-cooked chopped beef or, more usually, mutton, served in a flatbread made of wheat flour and topped with a fiery hot sauce.

Found on Askmen.com