I don't care what it's called. Give me one.
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I don't care what it's called. Give me one.
If you put sliced ham in a burger bun, it is not a ham burger. :colbert:
It all depends on the style of the innard. Technically ground, really though, anything that looks burgery counts as a burger. :D But peanut butter and jam in a burger bun is still a peanut butter and jam sandwich.
Yeah pretty much this. I am sure this happens because of laziness on restaurants' parts - it's easier to lump all this similar stuff together under "BURGERS" than have a seperate section which doesn't quite fit anything.
If I do have a chicken breast burger though, I am 100% aware that it is chicken breast (maybe) and not a burger and would not refer to it as such outwith the burger buns, while I can have a beef burger without the bun and still call it a burger.
It's a Chicken Burger. Or more accurately, a Chicken Fillet Burger.
This is a Chicken Sandwich:
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What Aulayna said. I mean, if the item in Aulayna's picture and the item in shion's picture were both on a menu, how would Americans differentiate them? Would you like a Chicken Sandwich That Makes Use Of Sliced Bread or a Chicken Sandwich That Makes Use Of Burger Buns Despite The Chicken Technically Not Being A Burger According To American Semantics?
EDIT: Also I think people here are confusing 'burger' with 'patty'. You put a burger patty inside a burger. Outside of the burger, the burger patty is merely a burger patty, not a burger.
EDITRA: Do you guys also call Veggie Burgers "Veggie Sandwiches" given they do not have any ground meat?
Nope, a hamburger is still a hamburger even without a bun. It's still a hamburger in two slices of normal bread too!
A burger is defined by what's on the inside, not on what bread it uses.
yep. It's a chicken salad sandwich.
Usually a restaurant does this thing where they describe the item on the menu right underneath its name. :D
You're referring to a 'patty'. Do an image search for 'hamburger' then do an image search for 'patty'. You may have to filter through various pictures of people named Patty (alternatively, to save time, search for 'burger patty'), but you'll get the idea. Hamburger = The complete burger. Patty = Just the meat.
And anyone arguing that "it's what inside that counts" needs to consider what a veggie burger is and what a chicken burger is. However, I will concede that a hamburger must be made with red meat. But let's not confuse the word 'burger' with 'hamburger' as they are as different as 'residence' and 'flat'. All flats are residences, just as all hamburgers are burgers. But all residences are not flats, just as all burgers are not hamburgers.
Nope, it's still a hamburger, BoB. I'm sorry, but you're wrong. It's hamburger no matter what kind of bread you use.
Jinx is correct, and so is Quin. A veggie burger is the same thing as a burger. As is a lamb burger. As is a turkey burger. It's ground meat (or edible substance, in the case of a veggie burger) formed into a patty. A fillet of meat, such as a piece of chicken or fish, is not a burger, it is a sandwich. The end.
Hahaha, I like how words change like that based on region. I've found quite a few things like that since moving. It can make me sad sometimes because I get homesick, but mostly I think its interesting to see different words used to mean the same thing, even within the same language. Like sometimes here, people call license plates "tags". I had never heard that one.
Anyways, I don't think it matters too much. It tastes the same no matter what you call it :D I don't think there's a right or a wrong way to say it. I was mostly just curious to see if it was just my little area that called them chicken burgers or maybe sharkys little area that called them chicken sandwiches. Seems like its mostly an American thing to call them sandwiches. So now I know!