• @Nihilore
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    3610 months ago

    That’s a chicken burger in the picture, love when there’s an article about aus/nz but using American nomenclature

    • @[email protected]
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      -1810 months ago

      Burger is ground meat and chicken sandwiches are often made of whole meat. Cheapo ones are mechanically separated which would count as ground, but the one in the photo is not.

      • @Nihilore
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        3010 months ago

        Over here if it’s on a bun it’s a burger, if it’s on sliced bread it’s a sandwich, simple as

          • @CrayonRosary
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            -410 months ago

            I’m sorry, but we invented English. We say what words are valid in the language.

            • @Girru00
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              110 months ago

              LOL, America did what now? Invented English? Met an English fella the other day, born and raised in New York.

              • @CrayonRosary
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                010 months ago

                I don’t like having to use /s, but there are people like you.

              • @Reddfugee42
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                -210 months ago

                Britain speaks Old English. We speak the newest one.

        • @[email protected]
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          310 months ago

          A Cuban sandwich is on a bun, is that a burger? Same goes for cheese steaks and French dips and subs, served on buns, is burger?

          • @CrayonRosary
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            310 months ago

            No, no, it has to be a round bun.

            • Xyre
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              10 months ago

              So White Castle doesn’t count as a burger? 🤔

              • @EurekaStockade
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                210 months ago

                White Castle does not exist in AU/NZ so the round bun criteria is still consistent

              • @Reddfugee42
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                010 months ago

                You’re expecting logic from the Alcatraz continent?

        • @grayman
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          10 months ago

          What about sandwiches made with rolls and bagels?

          Also, I see the aussie point, but, in the US, burger is short for hamburger, which refers to the meat itself. Do you only say ground beef too? Or is ground beef also called hamburger?

          And also… Is a burger not considered a type of sandwich?

          I hadn’t heard of this dialect difference. Fun stuff!

          • @[email protected]
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            310 months ago

            The meat is beef mince or minced beef (not ground). It’s formed into and cooked as a patty, which is one component of a delicious hamburger.

            I think most people would say yes to “is a burger a type of sandwich” but that’s a very different question to would you call a burger a sandwich, which an Aussie would not.

          • @Nihilore
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            310 months ago

            A roll is a roll and a bagel is a bagel, a sub is a sub, they’re not really called sandwiches here unless it’s on sliced bread

          • @[email protected]
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            110 months ago

            A bagel is a bagel. Two halves of a bagel with something on between are still a bagel. The same goes for a roll. A sandwich is two slices of bread with something in between.