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Hamburg Mett Broetchen

Believe if it or not, but these open faced sandwiches with the onions and cucumber slices are the predecessor to America's most prominent cultural achievement: the Hamburger.

The main component of these sandwiches is mett, which is a high quality (think sushi quality) beef that is served raw on a bun. Some emigrant to the US from Hamburg attempted to introduce this sandwich to the US, but the US market refused to eat raw beef. So the sandwich was changed over time and became the Hamburger.

Posted by Mayhem at May 13, 2005 09:58 AM | TrackBack