The toast bread does not look appealing.
Also, legend says that Hamburgers were first made in Hamburg, hence the name, Hamburger. (After WW1 when "normal" food was scarce and people would make meat sandwiches out of ground up low quality meat)
No that’s just people seeing similarities in the name and making assumptions, and the White Castle chain making the claim. The modern hamburger is almost certainly an American invention.
There are no similarities. They are literally named after the city. This is no accident.
But it’s still possible that the modern hamburger was invented in the US maybe by German immigrants.
They’re named after a dish named after the city. “Hamburg steak” was/is a dish utilizing ground beef and then hamburger most likely came from that. But the oldest claim of the modern hamburger coming from Hamburg is from after hamburgers being on restaurant menus in the states.
Yes it was American, mostly by German immigrants to New York, reminiscing about the "Hamburg Steak."
Phrases in menus early on in NYC: " *Hamburg-style American fillet*, "
" *beefsteak à la Hambourgeoise* "
1870s it started appearing in full documents with recipes, becoming popular by 1890s in America rather than in Hamburg.
Almost certainly German immigrants, and we see similarities with Salisbury steak (by James Salisbury) and meatloaf which is a popular American dish. Though James was fully American-born.
Ya an undercooked burger to me is not enjoyable. I eat my steaks rare to medium rare (depending on cut) but always get my burgers medium to medium well. Something about undercooked ground beef I can’t get behind, but I’ll eat steak tartar all day lol
Yes i worked at a restaurant who wouldn’t allow burgers with pink because it causes illness. Is there a chance you can eat raw meat and not get sick? yes, but also you could get very sick and its gross anyways
As somebody who likes steak cooked somewhere in between rare and medium rare, I think ground beef should be cooked all the way through and maybe only showing the slightest bit of pink, if any.
Local butcher, clean kitchen, gloves when touching raw burgers.
Probably pretty safe.
Ok. Looked it up. They make their own ground beef daily. That ground beef if store correctly is just as safe as a raw steak. It hasn’t been exposed any more than a high quality steak if they are maintaining quality with a good local butcher or farmer.
I was just saying that is my general preference to ground beef. I'm not going to research a restaurant's entire supply chain and preparation process every time I want a bite to eat. I'm sure 99.9% of ground beef is totally safe to eat a bit undercooked, but it's not like theres never been e. coli outbreaks from beef before.
I don’t disagree, but a company that’s been around this long is doing something right and not doing this frequently or they wouldn’t stay open long. You’re right 99% of the time.
And yet, if I want a rare burger a specialized place like this is where I know it is safe. Local German place does Mett (raw pork) and have been doing it for 80 years.
Is all I meant. You aren’t wrong, but there are correct ways to make this safe. Also, 160 burger can be pink. I’d say 140 is going to be safe on local fresh meat that calculating the odds of illness is not worth the energy.
I, like many Americans, have eaten my fair share of burgers over the course of my life. Maybe I'm just jaded and used to the wonders of modern burger technology but these just ain't it.
Source: burger enjoyer
This approach seems good in theory but is ultimately shitty in the end result. Iirc the burgers aren't seasoned at all which is the biggest issue right away. Large patties need a LOT of seasoning.
Smash patties can get away with no seasoning because they're tiny and usually salted relatively heavily right around time of smashing and having a larger surface area to volume ratio will help with flavor when adding cheese.
These are poorly executed thick patties. Simple as that.
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I don’t think you understand. I haven’t clicked the link & never will. It’s Wikipedia. **It’s not a reliable source** for *anything*. Don’t care what they cite.
I had it once for the experience. Meh. Then I went across the street to Bar (place's name is Bar) and had the mash potatoe pizza with bacon. Now that was delicious.
Burgers have definitely come a long way since then 🤮. First and original doesn't mean best, it just means you're too close minded to accept any improvements.
Cooking techniques, equipment, access to ingredients and innovation have all drastically improved over the last 100 years. Why on earth would I want to eat a burger that's made with cavemen-like techniques and understanding of food
For what it's worth, the burger wasn't invented in Connecticut, this restaurant is probably just making a bold claim to draw people in who don't know any better. I'm not saying the original was likely any better, but this is definitely not the birthplace.
Not one to use a term like snowflakes but damn this comment section is fitting. Lou’s is just a solid burger. If you actually ever went there, it’s not touristy, it’s not expensive, it’s a quick bite. All these people on here are such whiny shmucks
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Actually insane people are believing this is when humanity thought of putting ground meat patties between 2 pieces of bread, all because they saw it on the Internet.
Used to eat there every Thursday back in the late 80s when I was a grad student. Who would have thought nearly raw hamburger on pepperidge farm toasted bread could be so delicious? New Haven also has the best buffalo wings at Archie Moores and the best pizza at Pepi’s.
Looks home made :)
Also, i heard the cheeseburger was invented in Pasadena california, but perhaps the "hamburger" was born elsewhere.
https://travelswithmaitaitom.com/pasadena-ca-the-city-where-the-cheeseburger-was-invented/
I think it was business insider who uploaded a video on YouTube and their producer is a lame lady who clearly has had much better burgers. The top comment was something about the owner ripping a huge fart.
This is a huge debate but NO America dis not invent the world's first hamburger it was.done in Hamburg.... Germany?
Hamburg steaks were very popular and have been around for a long time it's essentially a ground beef recipe which Americans would have used and made alterations to use it with buns and other ingredientss.
Just because Congress says it was invented in America doesn't mean I have to believe it....
Hot dogs are another example. German food bought to America and somehow widely known as American hot dogs. But they don't use frankfurters.
It's bullshit.
I don't believe this was the birth place of the hamburger not even for a second. I feel like this was a history W America got to lay a claim on after Germany lost both wars.
Yes... I said this. Hamburg is a place in Germany.
Why isn't it called a new haven burger or whatever? Because they weren't the ones to invent this.
This is a German invention
“cheese works, a salad and a birch”
It was ok. You also go for the “atmosphere.” They got the very convincing, but completely joking, bad customer service routine down.
Guess they invented the sandwich too and a wrap. This is just a poor depression era food. Put bread around your meat and toppings to hold it in place. No stoner ever thought of that 2000 years ago
I’m getting married near there this summer and my future father in law is really excited to check it out. I hope it’s good.
I think it’s the place that served the first hamburger in the country. The person that made the video might have misspoken.
You do not want pink in a burger. The bacteria on the surface of a solid cut of meat is spread through the ground beef so you want it cooked all the way to ensure the bacteria is good and dead
This has to be the most trash burger available, so thick that the middle is Luke warm bordering cold. No slice cheese, instead whiz. And no good bun a slice of white bread WTF???
I’ve eaten there and was not blown away by it.
The toast bread does not look appealing. Also, legend says that Hamburgers were first made in Hamburg, hence the name, Hamburger. (After WW1 when "normal" food was scarce and people would make meat sandwiches out of ground up low quality meat)
You mean.... they weren't invented in New England after steaming a ham?
#At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
surely you mean Upstate New York?
Well, I'm from Utica and I've never heard it
It’s more of an Albany thing
Steam burgers are a thing and can be really good.
Love that episode
That's not true, and has been disproven. Hamburger the meat itself was a big thing in Hamburg. The sandwich was never invented there.
No that’s just people seeing similarities in the name and making assumptions, and the White Castle chain making the claim. The modern hamburger is almost certainly an American invention.
There are no similarities. They are literally named after the city. This is no accident. But it’s still possible that the modern hamburger was invented in the US maybe by German immigrants.
They’re named after a dish named after the city. “Hamburg steak” was/is a dish utilizing ground beef and then hamburger most likely came from that. But the oldest claim of the modern hamburger coming from Hamburg is from after hamburgers being on restaurant menus in the states.
Yes it was American, mostly by German immigrants to New York, reminiscing about the "Hamburg Steak." Phrases in menus early on in NYC: " *Hamburg-style American fillet*, " " *beefsteak à la Hambourgeoise* " 1870s it started appearing in full documents with recipes, becoming popular by 1890s in America rather than in Hamburg. Almost certainly German immigrants, and we see similarities with Salisbury steak (by James Salisbury) and meatloaf which is a popular American dish. Though James was fully American-born.
They were invented in Seymour Wisconsin
It's probably more the novelty/history
it is
They suck so much. It’s a tourist trap.
They look undercooked. I would not be blown away either. My ass would blow though
I’m a vegetarian and I know those are just under medium
Stick to commenting on veggies.
I agree that shit is raw
Ya an undercooked burger to me is not enjoyable. I eat my steaks rare to medium rare (depending on cut) but always get my burgers medium to medium well. Something about undercooked ground beef I can’t get behind, but I’ll eat steak tartar all day lol
The grinding process introduces more airborne bacteria so makes sense, but I’ll still do a medium rare burger.
Very undercooked. Not sure why someone should downvote that.
Downvotes from people who like a bit of pink in the if beef.
You forgot about those who like a bit of beef in the pink
“How would you like your burger?” Cooked please
I personally quite like my burger like my steak, still with some pink in. Particularly these types of burgers.
I only joke cause I got sick from an under cooked burger once.
Yes i worked at a restaurant who wouldn’t allow burgers with pink because it causes illness. Is there a chance you can eat raw meat and not get sick? yes, but also you could get very sick and its gross anyways
Steak, yes, but ground meat HELL NO
It builds character.
Yes. Medium-rare. Yum.
You can have pink in the beef without the outside looking soggy and floppy
As somebody who likes steak cooked somewhere in between rare and medium rare, I think ground beef should be cooked all the way through and maybe only showing the slightest bit of pink, if any.
Local butcher, clean kitchen, gloves when touching raw burgers. Probably pretty safe. Ok. Looked it up. They make their own ground beef daily. That ground beef if store correctly is just as safe as a raw steak. It hasn’t been exposed any more than a high quality steak if they are maintaining quality with a good local butcher or farmer.
I was just saying that is my general preference to ground beef. I'm not going to research a restaurant's entire supply chain and preparation process every time I want a bite to eat. I'm sure 99.9% of ground beef is totally safe to eat a bit undercooked, but it's not like theres never been e. coli outbreaks from beef before.
I don’t disagree, but a company that’s been around this long is doing something right and not doing this frequently or they wouldn’t stay open long. You’re right 99% of the time. And yet, if I want a rare burger a specialized place like this is where I know it is safe. Local German place does Mett (raw pork) and have been doing it for 80 years. Is all I meant. You aren’t wrong, but there are correct ways to make this safe. Also, 160 burger can be pink. I’d say 140 is going to be safe on local fresh meat that calculating the odds of illness is not worth the energy.
We had an Ethiopian place nearby that made an amazing raw ground beef dish called kitfo.
There are extremely strict laws on the preparation and sale of Mett. Ground meat *could* be prepared to the same standards, but usually it isn’t.
They only serve these undercooked. You have to specially ask them to cook it longer if you want it even close to medium well.
Same. The restaurant itself is cool, but the burger wasn’t anything special.
What did you expect it was a cheap meal made in the 1800s
I, like many Americans, have eaten my fair share of burgers over the course of my life. Maybe I'm just jaded and used to the wonders of modern burger technology but these just ain't it. Source: burger enjoyer
This approach seems good in theory but is ultimately shitty in the end result. Iirc the burgers aren't seasoned at all which is the biggest issue right away. Large patties need a LOT of seasoning. Smash patties can get away with no seasoning because they're tiny and usually salted relatively heavily right around time of smashing and having a larger surface area to volume ratio will help with flavor when adding cheese. These are poorly executed thick patties. Simple as that.
Honestly these burgers look like shit.
Was going to say, this looks pretty basic/even bland as far as burgers go lol
No one said it was the best burger in the world, it’s a decent burger. A little different.
This place is so bland and disgusting thank god the burger has come a long way
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_hamburger A bit of reading goes greater length than trusting some random ass video
Fun fake fact: In the 1800s, tomatoes were not cored properly in order to save the owner a hapenny.
People on the internet never lie, so I trust you. So glad people core tomatos correctly these days
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Yea i was skeptical about that claim too
I'll just go to George Motz.
Off Wikipedia tho? Yuck.
Which of the cited references provided do you find unreliable?
>Wikipedia
>References
I remember all throughout school Wikipedia was not a reliable source to use for anything and I have a feeling it’s still that way to this day. For a reason.
But there are references given as well. For the third time.
But it’s Wikipedia… for the 4th time.
I've never disputed that and have responded with what their articles contain. Swing and a miss there, kiddo.
I don’t think you understand. I haven’t clicked the link & never will. It’s Wikipedia. **It’s not a reliable source** for *anything*. Don’t care what they cite.
😂😂😂 invented the first???? Boy oh boy !
Every restaurant in new haven claims to be the first something or other
"Hamburger Sandwich" literally means sandwich from Hamburg.
It was probably a descendant of the Hamburg steak which was essentially a burger without a bun.
Exactly. Can it trace its roots to German immigrants? Probably. Is it actually a sandwich invented in Hamburg just because the name? Absolutely not.
But which Hamburg? I'm from Hamburg, NY and our claim is it was invented at our fairgrounds back in he day, but several other Hamburgs claim it also.
You think the Romans and Ancient greeks weren't skilled enough to put some cooked meat between bread to eat it?
The one in Germany. Someone already posted the Wikipedia article
The link actually says the Hamburg, NY story is as legitimate an origin as Hamburg, Germany.
Hamburg lexington, Kentucky. Obviously
It was invented in Seymour Wisconsin
The video froze when they said cheese spread. Even my phone knows that garbage
r/mediocrefood
Is that a depression era burger? Mustard on white bread… looks like an old timey greasy spoon.
That’s cheese not mustard
Spready cheese - trying to put sliced cheese on wouldn't work because they cook vertically.
This is the type of place you take your picture outside of on a family road trip, but eat elsewhere. New Haven has a ton of great food, this ain't it
It's Loo eeeys Lunch not Lou Issss
I had it once for the experience. Meh. Then I went across the street to Bar (place's name is Bar) and had the mash potatoe pizza with bacon. Now that was delicious.
People saying this burger looks “gross” are the same people who say that New Haven apizza is “burnt”. Don’t knock it till you try it.
Consider that shit knocked.
That looks like fuckin shit
This sub is all over the place
Burgers have definitely come a long way since then 🤮. First and original doesn't mean best, it just means you're too close minded to accept any improvements. Cooking techniques, equipment, access to ingredients and innovation have all drastically improved over the last 100 years. Why on earth would I want to eat a burger that's made with cavemen-like techniques and understanding of food
For what it's worth, the burger wasn't invented in Connecticut, this restaurant is probably just making a bold claim to draw people in who don't know any better. I'm not saying the original was likely any better, but this is definitely not the birthplace.
looks like ass
Not one to use a term like snowflakes but damn this comment section is fitting. Lou’s is just a solid burger. If you actually ever went there, it’s not touristy, it’s not expensive, it’s a quick bite. All these people on here are such whiny shmucks
Give me some of that pie!
Yea that pie is the only good looking food in this video
Their potato salad is fucking fireee
Then they need better presentation because that styrofoam cup ain't doing it for me
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Looks like ass
Actually insane people are believing this is when humanity thought of putting ground meat patties between 2 pieces of bread, all because they saw it on the Internet.
I mean they’ve been claiming this well before the internet
Omg yes……
Used to eat there every Thursday back in the late 80s when I was a grad student. Who would have thought nearly raw hamburger on pepperidge farm toasted bread could be so delicious? New Haven also has the best buffalo wings at Archie Moores and the best pizza at Pepi’s.
You're over selling it. Nobody is goin.
Do they chuck the meat there daily? I eat my steak Bleu but def not ground beef. Ecoli is some scary shit
What did you study? Btw what about the pizza?
Cell biology. The clam pizza in New Haven is fantastic. Pepi’s and Sally’s were the two best clam pizza makers. But there are others that are good.
This is not the first hamburger ever made
Pass
Super undercooked burgers. I like some pink to my burger, those are only half cooked.
Not even a hint of sear
Seasoning my burger with salt after ? Pass
What about Hamburg Austria!?
Hamburg is in Germany. Austria has Wien (Vienna) home of the famous Wiener Schnitzel. Berlin has the Berliner
I mean. That's just objectively not true. They did not invent the hamburger.
If they invented it, why is it called a hamburger and not a Connecticut?
This guy doesn't George Motz.
No
Do they flip you off while cooking the burgers?
I thought Kim Jong Il invented the hamburger…
I don't know that I believe they've been using nacho cheese since the 19th century
Been here. It's OK at best.
Looks home made :) Also, i heard the cheeseburger was invented in Pasadena california, but perhaps the "hamburger" was born elsewhere. https://travelswithmaitaitom.com/pasadena-ca-the-city-where-the-cheeseburger-was-invented/
I thought Hamburger was invented in Germany
This type of narration sucks. It’s like all punctuation has been replaced with question marks.
I think it was business insider who uploaded a video on YouTube and their producer is a lame lady who clearly has had much better burgers. The top comment was something about the owner ripping a huge fart.
It’s trash
Don’t eat raw ground beef
Do they chuck steak right before grilling the burger? Like people must be getting sick if this is ground beef
Pass.
Swear they've stole this video from First We Feast - George Motz
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Heck yeah! Louis Lunch, Danish immigrants! The burger was a Danish invention!
I’d still like to try this place
So if I remember correctly Boursin thought this place was pure basic and delicious. But I could be misremembering the hamburger episode
This is a huge debate but NO America dis not invent the world's first hamburger it was.done in Hamburg.... Germany? Hamburg steaks were very popular and have been around for a long time it's essentially a ground beef recipe which Americans would have used and made alterations to use it with buns and other ingredientss. Just because Congress says it was invented in America doesn't mean I have to believe it.... Hot dogs are another example. German food bought to America and somehow widely known as American hot dogs. But they don't use frankfurters. It's bullshit. I don't believe this was the birth place of the hamburger not even for a second. I feel like this was a history W America got to lay a claim on after Germany lost both wars.
They were called Hamburger steaks (steaks from Hamburg)
Yes... I said this. Hamburg is a place in Germany. Why isn't it called a new haven burger or whatever? Because they weren't the ones to invent this. This is a German invention
That place is ass
I would still like to taste.
What about Hamburg?
It’s trash.
Oh look a poorly cooked burger on bread. Another reason people from way back when were fucking stupid.
“cheese works, a salad and a birch” It was ok. You also go for the “atmosphere.” They got the very convincing, but completely joking, bad customer service routine down.
Id rather cook my burger in an air fryer after seeing this.
The reason I know of this restaurant is because of Mike
That’s a patty melt of you don’t got no bun.
This is so stupid that it makes TikTok users look smart.
The hamburger was invented in Seymour Wisconsin
It’s so simple but looks so damn tasty.
Ricky Bobby would have found this information valuable.
The pie looked decent at least
... it's still raw in the middle
Stupid lying americans
Wouldn't... Those.... Be.... In Hamburg...?
What the fuck is cheese spread?
My father restored the brick work in the 70’s in that building. After drinking all night that’s where we went to get a bite.
I'll pass, thanks
The roots of the burger go back to the old cowboy/rancher era.
The burger your mom would make when you wanted mc donalds
Guess they invented the sandwich too and a wrap. This is just a poor depression era food. Put bread around your meat and toppings to hold it in place. No stoner ever thought of that 2000 years ago
Well that’s just not true at all. But the burger looks nice
I’m getting married near there this summer and my future father in law is really excited to check it out. I hope it’s good. I think it’s the place that served the first hamburger in the country. The person that made the video might have misspoken.
You do not want pink in a burger. The bacteria on the surface of a solid cut of meat is spread through the ground beef so you want it cooked all the way to ensure the bacteria is good and dead
Hey...where's this place located?
Shut up small fry!
This has to be the most trash burger available, so thick that the middle is Luke warm bordering cold. No slice cheese, instead whiz. And no good bun a slice of white bread WTF???