• JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 months ago

    I mean if you wanna get technical a burger is just ground meat between two halves of a bun. Therefore one could argue a McMuffin is also a burger

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      Nope.

      A burger is ground beef patties between two halves of a bun. Any other meat is a sandwich. The reason is that “burger” is short for “hamburger,” which is the term we use for ground beef, so by definition, a burger is beef.

      Veggie burgers are in a weird place, because they should be sandwiches, but since they’re intended to be a drop-in veggie substitute, we call them burgers. But they’re always prefixed with a qualifier, like “veggie burger” or “bean burger.”

      • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        Wikipedia- Hamburger

        A hamburger, or simply a burger, is a dish consisting of fillings—usually a patty of ground meat, typically beef—placed inside a sliced bun or bread roll.

        Note that “typically” and “always” are of different meanings. I’ve made sliders with ground pork before, what is a slider if not a small burger?

        A burger is a sandwich with a patty made of ground meat. That meat can be beef, pork, turkey, hell, even chicken if that’s your sort of thing. And, like you said, veggies.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          2 months ago

          It’s really pretty uncommon to call a chicken sandwich or a sausage breakfast sandwich a “burger.” The term comes from the meat inside of it, hamburger, so generally speaking, other fillings will be called a “sandwich” instead of a “burger.” I guess you could call those things burgers, but it would be weird.

          And no, a “slider” isn’t a “small burger” (it can be), it’s a sandwich. A burger is also just a sandwich, so calling a specific sandwich a “burger” vs a “slider” means two different things, a “burger” is larger and generally has ground beef (but occasionally veggies or similar), and a “slider” is a small, usually round sandwich.