#burger discourse

[pokemonbattletournament]

I have a hypothesis about the "burger"-"chicken sandwich" discourse. I want to see something.

[jesuscrab]

Hey americans yelling about definitions of burgers what do you think of this one

[libraryspectre]

I genuinely don't know where I fall on this, a crab cake meets the criteria of "patty containing meat" (do not argue with me over whether crab is meat its literally called crab meat) but there's a lot of other stuff in there

What I AM sure of is that if it is a burger, it's a crab cake burger NOT a crabburger

[bookofmac]

I do wonder if all the Burger Semiotics Discourse come down to the fact that Yanks will call mince or ground meat hamburger

[fromthemouthofkings]

Okay, Americans (and everybody else) there are at least three different variables getting conflated here. To start, which of these things "count" as a burger?

[bugkrumch]

K fuckos, here’s what’s up

[david-goldrock]

A cheeseburger isn't a hamburger

[tealfruit]

BURGERS 👏 ARE 👏 GROUND 👏 MEAT 👏

enough of this BUN BULLSHIT they're called that because they were MADE. FOR. BURGERS. the BURGER existed BEFORE THE BUN!!!!

and the buns are used FOR OTHER THINGS TOO!!! for example: Chicken Sandwich (NOT CHICKEN BURGER) or Pulled Pork Sandwich (ALSO NOT A BURGER!)

the bun does not make it a burger!!! the state of the PROTEIN does!!! a Chicken Burger can exist but it's made with GROUND CHICKEN not A FRIED CHICKEN PATTY!!!! burger is GROUND MEAT (or meat substitute)!!!!!!!!!

also: burgers Are a sandwich. it's stuff between 2 bread. all burgers are sandwiches. BUT. NOT ALL SANDWICHES ON BUNS ARE BURGERS.

[andthentheywilleatthestars]

Chicken burgers are burgers but in a hagfish way

[toesucker416]

It's called a hamburger bun because it's most commonly used for hamburgers. It doesn't have the magical property of making whatever's placed on it a burger. If I fill a hot dog bun with Sloppy Joe, is that a hot dog? Does tossing buffalo wings in a salad bowl suddenly make them salad? Get a grip.

[ghibli]

watching everyone arguing with americans about whether something is a burger or a sandwich with various levels of gotcha and japan is over here with ハンバーグ (hambagu) like 😬

hamburger.

[incompetentmedic]

Stand back, burger! I’ll defend you from these tumblr villains!

[i-can-do-the-frug]

Of all the topics of 2025 I never thought that it would be the burger discourse to set tumblr on fire.

[vampirecatprince]

Okay just because I've seen so many posts about it over the past few months...

(and when I say "non-patty shaped" I'm saying that it's not a requirement for it to qualify for as a burger, not that I am excluding it)

[primordialwhale]

"okay so is a burger patty between two regular slices of bread a burger or a patty melt"

those are TWO DIFFERENT THINGS with TWO DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS

You cant purposefully find a picture of a patty melt and ask if its a burger!!!! burgers do not regularly have as much cheese on them as a patty melt!!! bc a melt is a grilled cheese with stuff!!! and burgers dont even have to have cheese on them on them at all!!!!

So NO a patty melt isnt a burger!!! nor vice versa!!! theyre different thingssssss get it togetherrrrrrr

there can be exceptions to the patty makes the burger definition man but it isnt a whole fucking type of bread as the bun cmon now.