DailyDirt: Hamburgers Are American (Not German)

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If there's a food that people think is American, it's the hamburger. The original hamburger probably came from German immigrants in the late 1800s, and the first mass-produced modern hamburgers started selling in the 1920s. Some estimates say that hamburgers account for nearly 60% of all sandwiches eaten in the US (and about 7.5% of all our potatoes go towards making French fries). If you like a good burger, check out some of these links.

• Joe's Cable Car Restaurant has been serving a legendary greasy burger in San Francisco since 1965. If you want to try one, you'd better move fast because the restaurant is closing forever on March 16th. [url]
• Pornburger promotes all kinds of delicious variations of the hamburger. This "Full Monty" burger looks pretty good, but only if you like burgers dripping in sauce and cheese. [url]
• If you always make a mess while eating a hamburger, maybe you should try using this technique. Apparently, this method was devised by a Japanese TV show. [url]

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Filed Under: burger, eating, food, hamburgers, sandwiches

DailyDirt: Meat + Cupcakes = Crazy Delicious

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Cupcakes were really trendy for a while, but they've probably jumped the shark by now. Still, who doesn't enjoy a good cupcake every now and then? Here are just a few examples of some interesting twists on the traditional cupcake -- that include a few more animal parts than you might expect (or want).

• Cupcakewurst is actually somewhat meatless -- it's a sausage casing filled with cupcake batter. This dessert is baked, and then *grilled* a little before serving to provide a sweet ending to a meaty meal. [url]
• The Meatloaf Bakery in Chicago has created a burger cupcake with a cheesy mashed potato frosting. "That'd be a really good dessert for your kid's surprise party, if you didn't like your kid." [url]
• If you live in the DC area, you can get a BBQ pulled pork cupcake for about $9 as a bar snack at the Bourbon Steak Lounge. It's a cheddar-flavored biscuit in the shape of a cupcake, filled with pork... yum. [url]

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Filed Under: burger, cupcakes, cupcakewurst, food, meat, pork
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