Top 10 Modern Foods With (Mostly) Delicious Histories
10种拥有美妙历史的现代食物
Everyone has their own favorite foods to choose from, but how many of our beloved foods do we know the history of? Who has sat down with their burger at a fast food chain and asked themselves ‘Where did the idea of burgers come from?’ Probably nobody, as their mouth would be full of burger before the thought would even occur to them. Some of the foods we eat day-in, day-out, however, can have surprisingly long histories behind them.
每个人都有自己喜爱的食物，但我们对它的历史了解多少呢？谁会在快餐店里拿着汉堡坐下，然后问自己：“汉堡的主意来自哪里呢？”可能不会有人这么做，因为在他们这么想之前，嘴巴就已经被汉堡塞满了。然而，我们每天所吃的食物背后可能存在着令人吃惊的悠久历史。
In this list, we’ll be exploring the origin stories behind ten commonplace foods from around the world. Try not to get too hungry.
在这篇文章里，我们将了解全球常见的10种食物背后的故事。可不要太饿哦。
10. Burgers
10.汉堡包

The full name, ’hamburger’, originates from 1880, when German immigrants created the meal within Hamburg, Germany. In order to make a beef steak, they would grind up the meat and create a steak from what remained, calling it a ‘Hamburg steak’. This steak would eventually have its name shortened to ‘hamburger’.
它的全名是“汉堡包（hamburger）”，起源于1880年，当时德国移民在汉堡（德国城市——译者注）发明了这种食物。为了做牛排，他们将肉磨碎，用它制成肉饼，叫做“汉堡牛排（Hamburg steak）”。这种牛肉饼的名字最后缩短成了“汉堡包（Hamburger）”。
There is a little bit of history that states that the Romans created the ‘Isicia Omentata’, regarded as the first burger. However, this appears to be a recipe for a sausage, rather than an actual burger. More on sausages later.
有一些历史表明罗马人发明了“Isicia Omentata”（一种罗马汉堡包——译者注），这被认为是第一款汉堡包。但是，它的制作食谱看起来像是一个香肠的食谱，而非真正的汉堡。后面会介绍更多关于香肠的内容。