California Burger (recipe below)
photo by Styrous®
One of Tom's favorite eat-out meals was a very sloppy hamburger (the very best kind) from A+ Burger in the West Oakland part of Telegraph Avenue. A+ makes many kinds of burgers other than the California Burger shown with avocado above (link below).
The avocado
The avocado, botanically a large berry containing a single large seed, is native to the Americas, with archaeological evidence of early human use dating back thousands of years across various regions of Central and South America, now cultivated in the tropical and Mediterranean climates of many countries.
The hamburger
Originally just a ground beef patty, as it is still interpreted in multiple languages, and the name "hamburger" may be a reference to ground beef sold in Hamburg; evidence also suggests that the United States was the first country to create the "hamburger" as it is known today, where two slices of bread and a ground beef patty were combined into a "hamburger sandwich" and sold as such. The hamburger soon included all of its current characteristic trimmings, including onions, lettuce, and sliced pickles. I'm not keen on pickles in a burger so I always have them left out. Fries (known as Pommes frites in French, papas fritas in Spanish and Patates fregides in Catalan) usually go hand in hand with a good burger.
There is still some controversy over the origin of the hamburger – mainly because its two basic ingredients, bread and beef, have been prepared and consumed separately for years in many countries prior to their combination. However, after controversies in the 20th century, including a nutritional controversy in the late 1990s, the burger is now readily identified with the United States, as well as a particular style of American cuisine, namely fast food. Along with fried chicken and apple pie, the hamburger has become a culinary icon in the US.
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Net links:
News Point ~ CJP Spokesperson removed Following Burger Controversy
Table for Two ~ California Burger recipe
Visit Oakland ~ A+ Burger
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