"Bob" > wrote in message
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> Dimitri replied:
>
>>> I make variations on Jamie Oliver's "Botham Burgers". Minced beef,
>>> finely chopped red onions, mustard, ground coriander and egg, baked in
>>> the oven.
>>>
>>> K
>>
>> With all do respect to Mr. Oliver - that is a meat loaf not a hamburger.
>> AKA he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.
>
> I thought the same thing when I read the post, but as I mentioned in a
> previous post, you *can* make burgers out of uncooked meatloaf. If that
> meat
> mixture had been grilled or pan-fried instead of being baked, would you
> still say it isn't a burger? I'll concede that it wouldn't be a HAMBURGER,
> but I think it would be a burger of sorts. Regardless of the
> classification, the description sounds pretty good, and I'm going to try
> it
> one of these days -- and that's what this newsgroup is all about, right?
>
> Bob

About every meatloaf recipe I have ever seen uses egg as a binder. It's not
necessary with a hamburger.

Dimitri

hamburger
1. Said to have made its first appearance at the St. Louis Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in 1904, the hamburger is one of America's favorite
foods. It consists of a cooked patty of ground beef sandwiched between two
bread halves, usually in the form of a HAMBURGER BUN. The meat can be mixed
with various flavorings including finely chopped onions and herbs, and is
sometimes topped with a slice of cheese, in which case it becomes a
cheeseburger. It's also commonly referred to as a burger and hamburger
steak . The name "hamburger" comes from the seaport town of Hamburg,
Germany, where it is thought that 19th-century sailors brought back the idea
of raw shredded beef (known today as BEEF TARTARE) after trading with the
Baltic provinces of Russia. Some anonymous German chef decided to cook the
beef . . . and the rest is history. 2. Ground, shred-ded or finely chopped
beef. See also GROUND BEEF.