Hamburger vs hamburg

[Dennis R. Preston]

Right behind a tube steak, I'd say, as for culinary excellence.

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>Douglas G. Wilson said:
>>I've certainly never seen this contrast.
>>
>>Lately I did run across "Okie steak" = "hamburger"/"ground beef",
>>apparently from ca. 1936, southern California. Presumably "Okie" < "[person
>>from] Oklahoma" as usual.
>
>And where does Salisbury steak fit into the picture?
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