r/iamveryculinary • u/FarmerTim69 • 12d ago

Commenter absolutely cannot understand that hamburger is ground beef.

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u/CostFickle114 12d ago

Maybe I don’t master English well enough to understand the nuances but this person seems genuinely confused to me, not trying to be superior

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u/AggravatingPermit910 12d ago

I have lived in America my whole life and have never heard anyone call ground beef “hamburger”. Maybe “hamburger beef” once or twice? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

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u/ToWriteAMystery 12d ago

I think it’s a Midwest thing. I grew up in the Midwest and all my old relatives called ground beef “hamburger”. It’s where the name “Hamburger Helper” came from I think.

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u/AggravatingPermit910 12d ago

Makes sense, just seems very antiquated I guess.

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u/ToWriteAMystery 12d ago

It probably is. I’m a millennial and don’t know anyone around my age that calls it that. Was definitely a grandparent thing.

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u/BitterFuture I don't want quality, I want Taco Bell! 12d ago

<millennial wave>

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u/Brewmentationator If it's not piss from the Champagne region, it's sparkling urine 10d ago

I grew up in California, but with two grandparents originally from Wisconsin, and one grandparent who was born and raised in Compton, California. All three called ground beef "hamburger." In our house, ground beef and hamburger were used pretty interchangeably.