The Hamburger ReportUnder the Microscope: A Molecular Analysis of Burger Products May 2016 Hamburgers are a classic American food. Its origins are murky, but some speculate that the first burger was served in the late 1880s by Fletcher Davis of Athens, Texas, in the form of fried ground beef patties with mustard and onion sandwiched between bread. Since then, we’ve been grilling burgers in the backyard, ordering the
