Why did the sausage make it to the breakfast table, but not the burger?
gashead
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As I was eating a lovely full English (fE) earlier, it occured to me that although sausages and burgers are essentially the same thing - both being minced bits of animal, with seasoning, h & s, with the sausage having a casing - you'd never put a burger in a fE. Does anyone know/ have any theories why? It obviously goes back decades, but it persists to this day, and I'd bet good money that not one single chef - not even your fancy, shmancy Blumenthals - would advocate it. Historically was it cost? Were pigs just much more indigenous than cattle? Did we even have burgers in England when the fE was 'invented'? Is there a culinary reason why no-one does it (too greasy for e.g.)?
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A burger tends to be just that, a burger in a bun. Sausages can be eaten in many ways, in hotdogs, with gravy and mash, with pasta etc etc. A sausage is a lot more versatile than a burger. Sausages are a lot older than burgers too, it's widely claimed that burgers were invented around the late 1800s and it would have probably been a while until they made it to the UK, whereas sausages date back to Roman times!
But not all sausages are made of pork and not all burgers are made of beef.
http://lousyreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/i-went-to-ireland-and-all-you-get-is.html
Sounds quite nice, will have to try it one day
Perhaps this has something to do with the bacon and sausage for breakfast tradition?
Probably Frikadellen. They're yummy!
Yes ^^^^^ that too