Subj : Re: Favourite Fast Food
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 20:18:39

 pF>  bo> In Australia, they would be called "Chicken burgers", not sandwiches.
 pF> 
 pF> I had a friend in his '80s who would order a "hamburger sandwich with a
 pF> side  order of French-fried potatoes". Proper.
 pF> 
 pF> 

That is probably correct.  I believe the "hamburger" derives from the "Hamburg Steak" which essentially was the hamburger patty we have today, also knows as a Frikadelle.  It was then put into a sandwich form, so it could have originally been called at times as "Hamburger sandwich".

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