why "hamburger"

[Philip Trauring]

I had always assumed hamburger and frankfurter originated from
Hamburg and Frankfurt, Germany, although I've never know why.
Frankfurter has always made more sense to me since I associate hot
dogs with German sausages. I think Hamburger may be somehow related
since the hamburger meat was run through a sausage grinder.

Philip Trauring

At 3:41 PM +0000 9/26/02, Casey :-) wrote:
>I hope this is not a stupid question but where did the word hamburger
>originate?  We call it "hamburger" but it is actually beef.  Why or how did
>the "ham" get placed in there?
>
>Casey