10種擁有美妙歷史的現代食物(1):漢堡

Top 10 Modern Foods With (Mostly) Delicious Histories

10種擁有美妙歷史的現代食物

Everyone has their own favorite foods to choose from, but how many of our beloved foods do we know the history of? Who has sat down with their burger at a fast food chain and asked themselves ‘Where did the idea of burgers come from?’ Probably nobody, as their mouth would be full of burger before the thought would even occur to them. Some of the foods we eat day-in, day-out, however, can have surprisingly long histories behind them.

每個人都有自己喜愛的食物，但我們對它的歷史瞭解多少呢？誰會在快餐店裏拿着漢堡坐下，然後問自己：“漢堡的主意來自哪裏呢？”可能不會有人這麼做，因爲在他們這麼想之前，嘴巴就已經被漢堡塞滿了。然而，我們每天所吃的食物背後可能存在着令人吃驚的悠久歷史。

In this list, we’ll be exploring the origin stories behind ten commonplace foods from around the world. Try not to get too hungry.

在這篇文章裏，我們將瞭解全球常見的10種食物背後的故事。可不要太餓哦。

10. Burgers

10.漢堡包

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The full name, ’hamburger’, originates from 1880, when German immigrants created the meal within Hamburg, Germany. In order to make a beef steak, they would grind up the meat and create a steak from what remained, calling it a ‘Hamburg steak’. This steak would eventually have its name shortened to ‘hamburger’.

它的全名是“漢堡包（hamburger）”，起源於1880年，當時德國移民在漢堡（德國城市——譯者注）發明了這種食物。爲了做牛排，他們將肉磨碎，用它製成肉餅，叫做“漢堡牛排（Hamburg steak）”。這種牛肉餅的名字最後縮短成了“漢堡包（Hamburger）”。

There is a little bit of history that states that the Romans created the ‘Isicia Omentata’, regarded as the first burger. However, this appears to be a recipe for a sausage, rather than an actual burger. More on sausages later.

有一些歷史表明羅馬人發明了“Isicia Omentata”（一種羅馬漢堡包——譯者注），這被認爲是第一款漢堡包。但是，它的製作食譜看起來像是一個香腸的食譜，而非真正的漢堡。後面會介紹更多關於香腸的內容。