Why are hamburgers called hamburgers when they're made from beef and not ham?

[Valstrax]

I was in one of the food threads and decided to pike up about how I liked chicken burgers more than hamburgers when I had a stark realization: Hamburgers are made from beef, so why are they called hamburgers if they're not made of ham?

 

[Thomas Paine]

Hamburg, Germany

 

[Valstrax]

Hamburg, Germany

I feel so fucking stupid for not knowing that, thank you for answering my question.

 

[Vingle]

I feel so fucking stupid for not knowing that, thank you for answering my question.

It means they are made from the people living in Hamburg.

 

[Complete Reprobate]

It means they are made from the people living in Hamburg.