Cheeseburger
 A cheeseburger | |
| Course | Main course |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United States |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Ground beef, cheese, bread buns |
A cheeseburger is a hamburger with cheese on top of the patty. The term itself is a portmanteau of the words "cheese" and "hamburger." The cheese is usually sliced, then added a short time before the hamburger finishes cooking to allow it to melt. Cheeseburgers are often served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, and ketchup. In fast food restaurants, the cheese that is added to a cheeseburger is typically processed cheese, but there are many other variations. Cheddar, Swiss, Mozzarella, Blue cheese, and Pepper jack are popular choices.
The cheese in a cheeseburger substantially changes its nutritional value. For example, a slice of Cheddar can add as many as 100 calories and 5 grams of saturated fat to a burger.[1] Other types and amounts of cheese would have varying effects, depending on their nutritional content.
History
Cheeseburgers were invented by Lionel Sternberger in 1924.[2][3][4] The 16-year-old fry cook "experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger" while working at his father's sandwich shop in Pasadena, California.[5]
In the years after Sternberger's grilling, other restaurants made the claim they invented the cheeseburger. For example, Kaelin's Restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky claimed to have invented the cheeseburger in 1934.[6] One year later, a trademark for the name "cheeseburger" was awarded to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver, Colorado.[7]
Variations
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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.
A cheeseburger may have more than one hamburger patty and slice of cheese. A stack of two is a double cheeseburger; a triple has three. More than three are not common in restaurants.
See also
- Famous specialty hamburgers that regularly come with cheese
References
- ^ Tina, Haupert (July 3, 2009). "Build a better burger". Boston Healthy Living Examiner. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ "Lionel Clark Sternberg obituary". Time. 1964-02-07. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
…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…
- ^ Harvey, Steve (1991-03-27). "Only in L.A.". L.A. Times. p. B2.
Cooking at his father's short-order joint in Pasadena in the early 1920s, [Sternberger] experimentally tossed a slice (variety unknown) on a hamburger...
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Perry, Charles (2004-06-09). "It's an L.A. Thing; Our burgers are the best with good reason: We made them here first". L.A. Times. p. F1.
- ^ "Lionel Clark Sternberg obituary". Time. 1964-02-07. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
…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…
- ^ "Louisville Facts & Firsts - LouisvilleKy.gov". City of Louisville, Kentucky. Retrieved 2006-07-29.
- ^ History of the Cheeseburger Retrieved on 2 October 2008.
External links
- Henerson, Evan (June 23, 1999). "The Tale of the Cheeseburger". San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
