cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50562993

EU lawmakers voted on Wednesday to ban the use of the term “veggie-burger” and limit food descriptions such as steak, escalope and sausage to products containing meat, part of a proposed EU law to protect farmers.

    • AxExRx@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      a hamburger refers being in the style of, or a resident of hamburg Germany.

      A burger should only be allowed to refer to the residents, or styles of, any legally defined Burg- ie a german walled town or fortress.

      Hamburg should claim a DOC for ground beef, like champagne’s for sparkling wine.

      Although that might be disingenuous, as a practice of making the minced beef steak into a sandwich wasnt developed until the dish made its way to america.

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        Imagine if the term hamburger was under the protected designation of origin, just like feta cheese and champagne. You couldn’t produce hamburgers anywhere besides Hamburg. The rest of the world would have to call them something else, like beef sandwiches.

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          Only sandwiches made by by the Earl of Sandwich are allowed to be called sandwiches. Y’all just eating savory bread cake.

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        Fun fact, there is an ancient Roman recipe for hamburger (though they didn’t call it that). Apparently it was a common street food.