Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)

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Two interesting news articles on the "hamburger" are below.
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"Hamburger schnitzel" is, according to the Wikipedia, schnitzel with a  fried
egg on top ("Hamburg-style"?). However, citations for "Hamburger  schnitzel"
are almost non-existent. What is it?
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The 1868 "hamburger schnitzel" citation from San Francisco is interesting.
It appears that the San Francisco post-gold rush people ate a lot of (mostly
weiner) schnitzel!
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_http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-smith4jul04,1,220865.story?coll=la
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(http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-smith4jul04,1,220865.story?coll=la-headlines-food)



Andrew Smith, ketchup guy, turns burgermeister
But there's more: The editor of the new 'Oxford  Companion to American Food
and Drink' really has an eye for icons.
By Charles Perry, Times Staff Writer
July 4, 2007
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_http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070704/LIFE/707040309/
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(http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070704/LIFE/707040309/1005)
Burger background
Chopped meat ancient, but L.A. cooked an icon

By Charles Perry
Los Angeles  Times
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_Wiener  schnitzel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_schnitzel)      Hamburger Schnitzel: "Hamburg-style
schnitzel", topped with a fried egg. Holsteiner Schnitzel: "Holstein-style  schnitzel";
breaded; topped with a fried egg, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_schnitzel - 44k  -
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13 May 1868, San Francisco (CA) Daily Evening Bulletin, pg. 3 ad:
BILL OF FARE--IN PART.
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Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel...12c
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CALIFORNIA COFFEE SALON
612 and 614 Montgomery st., near Clay.





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