Today is International Cheesburger Day
An experimental piece of cheese on a patty resulted in this crowd pleaser.
Cheeseburger Day is celebrated annually on 18 September, and is marked in a number of different ways.
To celebrate the day, many burger makers will use their creativity and culinary skills to make new variations on the traditional cheeseburger. This usually involves using premium types of cheese, other meats and a variety of unusual garnishes.
The cheeseburger was introduced to the world in 1926, by 16-year-old Lionel Sternberger. He was working as a fry cook at his father’s Pasadena sandwich shop, and experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling meat patty, although another source claims that a passing homeless man suggested that Lionel should add a slice of cheese to his hamburger order.
Lionel then added this to the main menu and the cheeseburger was born.
See also:
•Today is National Spumoni Day
•Today is National Cheesecake Day
•A year ago today: Springboks braced for different challenge from Japan
