Classic Cheeseburger
CHEEZ-ber-ger — A straightforward American compound word — though who actually invented the dish is still disputed.
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The most-ordered item on food delivery apps worldwide — a dish so ubiquitous almost nobody agrees on who actually invented it.
At least three American diners have staked a claim to inventing the cheeseburger, from a Los Angeles sandwich shop in the 1920s to a Kentucky lunch counter — and Louis' Lunch in New Haven separately claims the burger itself, cheese aside, decades earlier. None of the stories fully agree, which feels appropriate for a dish that's since become the single most-ordered thing on delivery apps everywhere, argument unresolved and appetite undiminished.
What makes it taste like that
A hard sear on a cast-iron griddle builds a crust that a home stovetop rarely manages, and letting the cheese melt directly on the patty — rather than added after — is what makes it cling instead of sliding off in one piece.
Chef's note
Don't press the patty on the griddle — every press pushes out the juice you were trying to sear in.