Poll: What do you call...

[Plaid Dad]

the ground meat that you use to make hamburgers? And with your answer, could you also say where you grew up?

 

I promise this is not a trick question. ;) I just didn't know before I moved to MA that there was more than one way to say this, and I'm wondering what other regional variations there are.

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

the ground meat that you use to make hamburgers? And with your answer, could you also say where you grew up?

 

I promise this is not a trick question. ;) I just didn't know before I moved to MA that there was more than one way to say this, and I'm wondering what other regional variations there are.

 

Hamburger meat.

[homewithtrinity]

ground meat

[angela in ohio]

Ground chuck (even though we buy ground round, LOL)

[Janet in WA]

I grew up in the South calling it "hamburger". I now call it "ground beef" because I'm a sophisticated woman of the world -- or something like that.

[Emmy]

ground beef, I'm in Illinois

[Michelle in MO]

but back in Minnesota it was just ground beef.

 

:D

[abbeyej]

"Ground beef"

 

I grew up generally in the South.

[elegantlion]

Ground beef. If you get the fancy stuff it's ground chuck. I grew up in Missouri too.

[Crissy]

Ground beef. But my mother always called it hamburger.

We were both raised in the Pacific Northwest.

[gandpsmommy]

But there are also many people in Southeastern Ohio who call it hamburger.

[Old Dominion Heather]

Another Ground Beef vote and a silly joke:

 

What do you call a cow with no legs?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground Beef! :D

[BizyPenguin]

ground beef. I've lived in CA since age 10.

[CookieMonster]

Is there any other name? It's ground beef. Whatever fancy label it has on it (ground round) or not, it's called ground beef around here.

 

I grew up in California and Florida.

[Perry]

Ground beef, or ground chuck for the more expensive stuff. Iowa.

[sleepy]

ground beef.

 

I grew up in Georgia.

[Plaid Dad]

My own answer would be "ground beef." Growing up (NY metro area), my mother (from western PA) ordered "chopped chuck" or "ground round" at the butcher's, but we called it all ground beef at home.

 

My dw, who grew up in NH with Boston-born parents, calls it "hamburg." I even see that on menus here, but I've never heard it in any other part of the country.

[percytruffle]

Ground beef here in upstate NY. If I wanted ground round or ground chuck or ground sirloin I'd ask the butcher for that specifically, but just regular old already-in-the-package hamburger meat is ground beef (no body parts specified;)).

[Lostinabook]

My dw, who grew up in NH with Boston-born parents, calls it "hamburg."

 

The only person I've ever heard use the term "hamburg" was from the Boston area.

[Magnolia]

Ground beef or hamburger meat. Grew up in New England.

[Sorbie]

I call it hamburger meat. I grew up in San Diego.

[Mama Lynx]

Ground beef.

 

I grew up everywhere, but mostly in the South.

[Josie]

But if I want a specific type I specify ground chuck or whatever. I also specific the fat/lean content I want. Grew up in midwest. Never knew to call it anything but hamburger until I left that part of the country.

[KidsHappen]

Hamburger meat.

[Rich with Kids]

Ground beef. GH calls it hamburger meat. He's a native Houstonian. I was born in MO, but moved to TX when I was 7.

[mcconnellboys]

I say hamburger and ground beef about equally, but what I actually buy is ground round.

 

Regena

[Amy loves Bud]

Hamburger meat. I didn't look at the other answers first, either.

 

Of course, around here it's usually buffalo meat. :)

[Tami]

Ground beef. I grew up in Minnesota.

[Tutor]

Ground beef. I grew up in Jersey (New Jersey to everyone outside the tri-state area. Actually, I usually call it "New Jersey" and it seems to disappoint my new neighbors down here in Dixie... it also seems to disappoint them that I don't sound like I stepped off the set of Goodfellas or The Sporanos.) :D

[Closeacademy]

Hamburger and you drink it with a coke (generic name for any sort of soft drink).

 

Grew up in WI but my parents are from KY/IN. :001_smile:

[EKS]

Ground beef or hamburger meat. I grew up in Los Angeles.

[Robin in Tx]

Us too! Hamburger meat. Sometimes ground beef, but that is the formal name whereas hamburger meat is more everday, casual speak.

 

Robin (native Houstonian)

[Lisa at Home]

:)

 

~Lisa

[Barbara in NH]

I used to call it hamburger meat, but now I call it ground beef because we also use ground pork, lamb and turkey. I grew up in Florida.

[Barbara in NH]

I used to call it hamburger meat, but now I call it ground beef because we also use ground pork, lamb and turkey. I grew up in Florida.

[Janet in WA]

 

and you drink it with a coke (generic name for any sort of soft drink).

Hey! I thought that was just a southern thing.

[JudoMom]

I was raised in Memphis by native Kansas parents.

[Krista in LA]

And that was in Iowa. I guess we've called it ground beef sometimes too.

 

In NW Louisiana, everyone calls it hamburger meat which always sounds a little redundant to me.

[Antonia]

We called it hamburger in upstate NY. My mil from Long Island always called it chopmeat.

[orangeblossom]

ground beef, unless I'm using ground turkey.

 

I'm from Canada

[Amanda's Mommy]

My own answer would be "ground beef." Growing up (NY metro area), my mother (from western PA) ordered "chopped chuck" or "ground round" at the butcher's, but we called it all ground beef at home.

 

My dw, who grew up in NH with Boston-born parents, calls it "hamburg." I even see that on menus here, but I've never heard it in any other part of the country.

 

Hamburg, I was born in CT, grew up in MA, lived in NH for 10 years.

Ground beef here in OR. I ordered a hamburg pizza after we got here and the guy didn't know what I was talking about.

[KIN]

hamburger. And not hamburger meat, just hamburger. :) I live in Northern Indiana, rural area.

[Plaid Dad]

My mil from Long Island always called it chopmeat.

 

Chopmeat! I had totally forgotten about that! I heard that a lot growing up from other kids' parents, but we never said it at home. Too funny!

[Miss Peregrine]

Ground beef.

 

I'm in SoCal.

[Caroline]

Ground beef. I have never heard it called anything else. I come from a long line of beef cattle farmers. (Not that I am one, city girl that I am.)

[GraceinMD]

Hamburger meat. Sometimes ground beef, but that is the formal name whereas hamburger meat is more everday, casual speak.

 

 

 

Just what I thought: "Well, if you want to be *formal* about it...."

 

Hamburger meat. 2nd generation Floridian (but north FL, which is pretty southern).

[Mom2legomaniacs]

ground beef and I grew up in Western KY

[CactusPair]

Always called it hamburger no matter what the cut it was actualy ground from. Lived in Michigan all my life.

 

My grandparents, who were a bit snobby, called it ground steak. One was from PA, the other from KY.

[susie in tx]

The only person I've ever heard use the term "hamburg" was from the Boston area.

 

 

My great aunt called it hamburg. She was from Philly. I can't remember what her sister, my grandmother, called it. I wish I could. :(

[AussieInWyoming]

Just to be a little different I "used" to call it beef mince... I grew up in Australia. :)