Hamburger Day 2024 is on Tuesday, May 28, 2024: My refrigerator can't keep hamburgers for 3 days?
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 is Hamburger Day 2024.
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The standard hamburger is a standard feature of western culture. Hamburger joints, takeaway food shops and all sorts of-evening-eateries serve them in their millions – with cheese, salad, gherkins and pickles, sausage and sauces. Why don't you celebrate Hamburger Day by looking into making your personal burgers?
Okay, fist of all, you don't wrap ground meat in aluminum foil. You need to wrap it in plastic wrap, or and air tight bag. The brow spots or due to oxidation which does not mean it's BAD. But holding any ground meat for longer than 3 days (raw) is not a safe idea because bacteria can spread quickly throughout the mixture -- ergo, buy only what you will use for a couple of days, or make them into patties and put them in the freezer.
What fraction of meals a day are hamburgers in America?
Two weeks ago, I reported a study by NPD Group revealing that Americans were eating fewer french fries. Well, now this group, in conjunction with Datassential, reports that hamburger sells are booming.
According to an article in Nation’s Restaurant News, hamburgers made up 14 percent of all restaurant orders in 2007, and in the year ending in March, total hamburger sales increased 2 percent over a year ago.
Just in case you thought Americans are eating healthier because of the fry decline, this study shows that fat is thriving: The bacon cheeseburger made up 42 percent of all burger sales, up more than 5 percent from a year ago.
The article pointed out that many higher-end restaurants are trying to reinvent the burger with premium meats and artisan breads. In fact, Angus burgers have experience double-digit menu growth over the past two years, but still are a minor player in the overall picture.
Perhaps the most startling figure to me was that 44 percent of all restaurants, including fine-dining establishments, have a hamburger on the menu. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve seen such high- end places as Spruce, Epic Roasthouse, Serpentine, Nopa, Flora and Wood Tavern, both in Oakland, feature burgers on their dinner menu.
In related news: A White Paper released yesterday by the James Beard Foundation called the “The State of American Cuisine” reported that on a national survey 44 percent of the respondants named hamburgers and cheeseburgers as our most iconic food. The full report can be downloaded on the James Beard Foundation website.
Hamburgers?
As others have said it is because this originated in Hamburg, Germany. But I have a solution to your potential frustration over the illogic of it: Have a cheeseburger and call it a day!!! Somehow the minute you slap some cheese on the hamburger, the ham leaves town.
