Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:54 AM -0400 7/4/07, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>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"?).

I've always thought of those schnitzels as "Holstein" (maybe after
learning that from The Joy of Cooking in the 60s back when I used to
cook them)--perhaps "Hamburger schnitzel" was the older name, later
blocked because of the very different sorts of object it would seem
to refer to.

LH

>  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
>-headlines-food_
>(http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-smith4jul04,1,220865.story?coll=la-headlines-food)
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>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/
>1005_
>(http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070704/LIFE/707040309/1005)
>Burger background
>Chopped meat ancient, but L.A. cooked an icon
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>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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