what did americans call hamburgers during word war i?

The onion burger that I’ve been making for years, the one that I make specifically, is very similar, almost exact to the one you can find in Oklahoma. We were actually already stopped at that point. It was 10 o’clock when I got there, and you were… I think I got the very last one. The onion burger is sort of your specialty, even though it originated in Oklahoma. I love this neighborhood so much.Īnd Farrell’s, of course, an institution, iconic old school Brooklyn working class, hard drinking bar. This sort of pop-up situation you do from time to time. You were out grilling burgers in front of Farrell’s.

This came together incredibly last minute. You can listen to it in its entirety in the player above or wherever you get your podcasts. This interview has been edited for concision and clarity. And he (reluctantly) shares a few of his favorite Brooklyn burgers past and present.

We talk about the history of the burger in America, beginning with its late 19th century state fair roots. So Motz is this week’s guest on “ Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast,” where he joins me to discuss all things hamburger, with a couple deep dives into some very specific regional burgers. “I had one of my burgers last night and I made a fist pump like, ‘Woohoo!’ And some guy next to me was like, ‘It’s that good, huh?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, it’s that good’.” “Why am I not sick of burgers?” he asks me rhetorically.

This week, a revised and expanded edition of his 2016 regional cookbook called “ The Great American Burger Book” is also being released. His 2004 documentary “ Hamburger America” was made as a side project, and spawned books about burgers, a TV show about burgers, magazine spreads about burgers, a YouTube series about burgers and, coming, hopefully, in July, a burger restaurant in the Lower East Side.

He is the pre-eminent historian of the American hamburger and best known scholar of their different regional styles cultural significance. George Motz is the current reigning burger king. Then I introduced myself to the man who had just flipped his last Oklahoma onion burger of the night. I ran out the door and down the street to Farrell’s and ran up to the griddle and asked for an onion burger. Under it was the message: “George Motz Fried Onion Burgers!” And even though I had just eaten dinner, I knew what I had to do. It was of a man standing at a griddle in front of Farrell’s Bar in Windsor Terrace. I was sitting at home, minding my own business last Thursday night, when a friend texted me a photo at 9:45 p.m. Like what you’re hearing? Subscribe to us at iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Google, Amazon, Stitcher and TuneIn.

What did americans call hamburgers during word war i?