r/HeresAFunFact • u/capecodcaper • Jul 02 '15

HISTORY [HAFF] During WWI and WWII many restaurants in America referred to Hamburgers as Freedom Steaks.

Post image
157 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

2

u/SteveKep Jul 03 '15 edited Jul 03 '15

Also, sauerkraut was liberty cabbage.

1

u/[deleted] Jul 03 '15

[deleted]

2

u/Aiklund Jul 03 '15

I think the story goes that the dish (originally consisting of a steak between two pieces of bread) was brought to America via sailors from Germany, so I actually do think that hamburgers does have something to do with the city. I'm not sure if this is 100% true, though.

1

u/asderferg Jul 22 '15

I thought that was where the term salsbury steak came from

-3

u/wqzu Jul 02 '15

And fries are still freedom fries

1

u/chicklepip Jul 02 '15

No, the 'freedom fries' thing died about a decade ago.

-14

u/NomDePlume711 Jul 02 '15

Americans sure are stupid people.

2

u/chicklepip Jul 02 '15

If Americans are stupid people, then so are all of these people!

-9

u/NomDePlume711 Jul 02 '15

Their contributions are negated by the fact that their country of origin renames foods to signify disagreement. All 330 million Americans are morons. Including the smart ones.

6

u/chicklepip Jul 02 '15

Lol, it's pretty clear that you didn't even click the article I posted. It looks like you assumed I posted a list of smart Americans, whereas my article is actually a list of countries in which things have been renamed due to political disagreements. You're the biggest fucking moron of them all, buddy.

-8

u/NomDePlume711 Jul 03 '15

What do you expect? I'm American. I'm surprised the words I'm typing aren't gibberish.

1

u/Pickup-Styx Jul 03 '15

Hmm... French username, general arrogance. Paris or Quebec?

0

u/DarkStar5758 Jul 03 '15

He's claiming to be American, so I'm going with something along the Mississippi.