Antedating of "Hamburger Steak"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 1/1/06, Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> hamburger steak (OED 1889)
>
> 1873 _N.Y. Times_ 19 Jan. 5 (ProQuest)  We can have a Hamburger steak,
> which is simply a beefsteak redeemed from its original toughness by being
> mashed into mince-meat and then formed into a conglomerated mass.

I believe Barry beat you to that...

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--Ben Zimmer