Thus, The Hamburger Was Born
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (92013)
United States
April 15, 2021 6:47pm CST
How things happen sometimes astonish me. Something as simple as a hamburger. Something so iconic to America, you'd think it would be a no brainer. But it apparently wasn't.
A guy had an idea for a sandwich, and he used ground beef to make it. He formed the beef into a round ball and cooked it and put it on bread with a few simple condiments.
He was the founder of White Castle.
Being that cooking essentially what is a meatball took some time, apparently the founder of White Castle got annoyed by a customer who complained that it was taking too long to make his food.
Enraged and irritated the founder of White Castle smashed his cooking meatball with his spatula, forming a patty, and quickly realized it cooked much faster.
And thus, the hamburger was born, creating a multi billion dollar business that exists to this day.
Who knew?
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21 responses
@porwest (92013)
• United States
17 Apr 21
@popciclecold But cheap and good. Something about them.
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@lovebuglena (44630)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Apr 21
This actually happened? Interesting. I would've never thought that the founder of White Castle came up with it.
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@lovebuglena (44630)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Apr 21
@porwest When hubby and I first started dating he told me he thought of taking me to Castille de Blanco (not sure if I spelled that right 
) for dinner. I got all excited thinking he wanted to take me to some fancy restaurant. Turned out he meant White Castle. 
He never took me there.
) for dinner. I got all excited thinking he wanted to take me to some fancy restaurant. Turned out he meant White Castle. He never took me there.2 people like this
@porwest (92013)
• United States
19 Apr 21
@lovebuglena lol. That's too funny. It may not been funny at the time if he actually took you there, but I am sure you'd be laughing about it now. lol
@1creekgirl (41500)
• United States
16 Apr 21
That's a cool story! Have you ever wanted to cook a hamburger but you only had a hot dog bun? I cut the hamburger patty in half and it fit well enough.
enough.2 people like this
@porwest (92013)
• United States
20 Apr 21
@1creekgirl lol. I thought so too. But my wife laughed at me.
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@LindaOHio (179565)
• United States
16 Apr 21
Don't you wish you would have thought of it first? Amazing story. Have a great weekend.
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@LindaOHio (179565)
• United States
18 Apr 21
@porwest Well, I didn't win the lottery last night; so I will plod along as usual. lololol
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@porwest (92013)
• United States
19 Apr 21
@LindaOHio Me either. I guess I will plod along and get another ticket. lol
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@moffittjc (121621)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Apr 21
I'm sure that, as young as America is, that someone elsewhere in the world will educate us on the "true" origin of the hamburger. But I think your version is probably funnier than anyone else's.
It's actually pretty cool to read how many of our products today were created. So much of what we enjoy and take for granted these days were accidents or mistakes that inventors stumbled into that actually worked out as viable products. Such fascinating stories out there.
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@porwest (92013)
• United States
18 Apr 22
@moffittjc You are probably right. I mean, the hamburger seems like such a no brainer to me that it seems almost impossible this is how it ACTUALLY got its start.
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@just4him (317122)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Apr 21
That's interesting.
We have a claim of our own in Wisconsin, right in my backyard - Seymour.
In 1885 Charlie Nagreen put a hamburger between two slices of bread at the Seymour Fair and the rest, as they say, is history. Seymour has a huge Hamburger fair every August to celebrate the invention.
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@dgobucks226 (35637)
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17 Apr 21
Interesting story! A rare case where anger resulted in a favorable outcome. And the term "slider" became part of the food (not baseball) vocabulary, lol.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84076)
• Rupert, Idaho
16 Apr 21
I sure didn't! But that is very interesting to learn.
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@popciclecold (39095)
• United States
16 Apr 21
You are so right. I watched Food That Built America, it was so good, and yes like you said who knew.
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@popciclecold (39095)
• United States
16 Apr 21
@porwest I was so amazed the first time I saw this.
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@porwest (92013)
• United States
17 Apr 21
@popciclecold The whole show is entirely fascinating.
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@kaylachan (70464)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Apr 21
Seems like most great inventions happen by accident, doesn't it? Glad we have hamburgers though.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
28 May 21
Thanks for sharing this. I love hamburgers. I want them everyday but it's not healthy
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@RasmaSandra (80142)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Apr 21
I think there are many businesses that began by accident and worked out just fine,
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@porwest (92013)
• United States
31 Jan
Way, way too many to list. It is actually fascinating to learn about them. Hell, even the TV dinner was created out of a company that bought a bunch of turkeys because they got a great deal on them and then had to figure out what to do with them. They invented frozen dinners. lol
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
16 Apr 21
I've seen at least 5 different stories as to who invented the hamburger.
Doubt it'll ever be known for sure who invented the very first one
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