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Today is National Cheeseburger Day
http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/09/18/...day/?hpt=hp_c2
National cheeseburger day
While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday.
September 18 is National Cheeseburger Day.
Ah the cheeseburger. It's as American as, well, American cheese. But that’s as far as the patty’s origin gets narrowed down. Various eating establishments (mostly in California) claim to have invented the cheeseburger. The Pasadena Sun did due diligence in investigating the burger’s background and while it heavily leans toward one over the other, it’s left undecided.
The front runner for the American classic is “The Rite Spot” in Pasadena, California. Legend has it, one of the cooks there, Lionel Clark Stenberger, slapped a piece of cheese on his burger and the rest was history. The year was around 1924, but could have been more like 1927. Backing up this assertion, the other main family laying claim to cheeseburger’s fame reportedly worked at the Rite Spot before going out on their own.
Whatever the history, the cheeseburger has cemented its place at the American table. Chefs across the country have jumped on the meat wagon, coming up with ideas like Kobe, lobster and brie burgers, or burgers laden with Swiss cheese foam, seared foie gras and Coca-Cola ketchup.
Sound a tad fancy? We've got some advice for cooking up amazing burgers at home, from backyard basic to late-night lunacy
- Advice from a backyard expert: Best. Burgers. Ever.
- The secrets behind America's Best Cheeseburger (according to Food Network)
- Step-by-step guide: Making the World's Best Bacon Cheeseburger (according to the London Observer)
- Killer cheddar sliders from our battling spouses
Here's what to drink with that cheeseburger (and a few extra suggestions for Chardonnay fans)
While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday.
September 18 is National Cheeseburger Day.
Ah the cheeseburger. It's as American as, well, American cheese. But that’s as far as the patty’s origin gets narrowed down. Various eating establishments (mostly in California) claim to have invented the cheeseburger. The Pasadena Sun did due diligence in investigating the burger’s background and while it heavily leans toward one over the other, it’s left undecided.
The front runner for the American classic is “The Rite Spot” in Pasadena, California. Legend has it, one of the cooks there, Lionel Clark Stenberger, slapped a piece of cheese on his burger and the rest was history. The year was around 1924, but could have been more like 1927. Backing up this assertion, the other main family laying claim to cheeseburger’s fame reportedly worked at the Rite Spot before going out on their own.
Whatever the history, the cheeseburger has cemented its place at the American table. Chefs across the country have jumped on the meat wagon, coming up with ideas like Kobe, lobster and brie burgers, or burgers laden with Swiss cheese foam, seared foie gras and Coca-Cola ketchup.
Sound a tad fancy? We've got some advice for cooking up amazing burgers at home, from backyard basic to late-night lunacy
- Advice from a backyard expert: Best. Burgers. Ever.
- The secrets behind America's Best Cheeseburger (according to Food Network)
- Step-by-step guide: Making the World's Best Bacon Cheeseburger (according to the London Observer)
- Killer cheddar sliders from our battling spouses
Here's what to drink with that cheeseburger (and a few extra suggestions for Chardonnay fans)
