There
____________________
controversy
over
the
German
origin
of
the
hamburger
,
but
it
is
a
U
.
S
.
invention
,
says
'The
Hamburger
:
A
History
"
____________________
Josh
Ozersky
.
However
,
the
origin
of
the
inventor
of
the
hamburger
is
still
not
clear
.
lt
could
be
Chartie
Nagreen
,
____________________
sold
meatballs
between
two
pieces
of
soft
bread
in
1885
.
Or
maybe
Frank
Menches
,
from
Ohio
,
who
____________________
a
sandwich
made
of
meat
and
soft
bread
in
Hamburg
,
N
.
Y
.
____________________
1885
.
Another
possible
inventor
was
Louis
Lassen
,
from
Connecticut
,
who
served
sorne
meat
pieces
between
two
____________________
of
toast
in
1900
.
There
was
also
Fletcher
David
,
a
Texan
who
sold
a
meat
sandwich
with
soft
bread
in
a
world
exhibition
in
1904
,
where
it
got
the
name
"
hamburger
.
"
However
,
meat
and
bread
-
like
today's
hamburger
-
was
more
common
in
Hamburg
,
Germany
,
in
the
nineteenth
____________________
.
lt
was
called
Hamburg
steak
and
was
a
usual
dish
far
the
German
immigrants
that
left
Hamburg
far
the
United
States
.
Anyone
could
prepare
it
,
and
they
could
have
it
while
standing
up
orwalking
.
So
,
the
hamburger
already
existed
in
the
early
twentieth
century
,
but
it
was
only
food
far
workingmen
and
served
in
restaurants
____________________
factories
at
midday
.
However
,
after
the
introduction
of
the
automobile
in
the
market
and
people's
new
wish
for
meals
to
eat
on
the
road
,
the
reputation
of
the
hamburger
improved
in
1920
.
