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<blockquote data-quote="OKRuss" data-source="post: 3820434" data-attributes="member: 41777"><p>It all had to do with the depression and using onions as 'filler' so less hamburger meat was used. Some make it by mixing in the onion with the burger, others cook the onions on the flattop with a press to caramelize. I don't like raw onions but love grilled onions on a burger or caramelized in a skillet.</p><p></p><p>According to legend, the onion burger was invented by Ross Davis in the 1920s at the Hamburger Inn in Ardmore, Oklahoma. During the Depression, onions were cheap and hamburger meat was expensive. Ross came up with the thrifty idea of adding onions to the burgers and smashing them into the meat with the back of his spatula. Called Depression burgers, Ross would pound a half onion's worth of shreds into a 5-cent burger. The ground meat and onions cooked together, infusing the patty with the onion until the <a href="https://www.xtremefoodies.tv/food-category/Burger" target="_blank">burger</a> seared around the edges and the onions caramelized and crisped</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKRuss, post: 3820434, member: 41777"] It all had to do with the depression and using onions as 'filler' so less hamburger meat was used. Some make it by mixing in the onion with the burger, others cook the onions on the flattop with a press to caramelize. I don't like raw onions but love grilled onions on a burger or caramelized in a skillet. According to legend, the onion burger was invented by Ross Davis in the 1920s at the Hamburger Inn in Ardmore, Oklahoma. During the Depression, onions were cheap and hamburger meat was expensive. Ross came up with the thrifty idea of adding onions to the burgers and smashing them into the meat with the back of his spatula. Called Depression burgers, Ross would pound a half onion's worth of shreds into a 5-cent burger. The ground meat and onions cooked together, infusing the patty with the onion until the [URL='https://www.xtremefoodies.tv/food-category/Burger']burger[/URL] seared around the edges and the onions caramelized and crisped [/QUOTE]
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