Tammy Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Same here....hamburger meat! I grew up in SC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 It was always ground beef in our house. My mother grew up in New Jersey but her mother was from Iowa. ETA: I was born in Kansas, moved to NC when I was six, and spent the remainder of my childhood there. My MIL and husband call it chop meat, and I have never told them that I think that sounds like a bad horror movie. MIL was Brooklyn born, dh Manhattan. :001_smile: Doran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajama Mama Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Ground beef--I'm from Philly. Here in Pittsburgh it's hamburger(or hamburger meat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Ground beef. All over Tx. BUT...mil calls it hamburger meat, & she grew up in S Tx. And...I think that's what we called it as kids. My parents grew up in Tx, but they were from poor families. That may make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Hamburger. Grew up in the South but spent the last 30 years in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 South Africans call it minced meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theodwyn Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Ground beef now; growing up it was hamburg (grew up in NH). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diann Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I have always called it ground beef because that's what my mother called it. I grew up in Indiana. Diann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I also thought it was a southern thing! You go to a place and say you want a coke (as in a soda) and they say what kind. Kind of like generic for xerox or q-tip. I haven't heard that much outside the south though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 mince - Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIY-DY Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Even if it is for tacos or meatloaf instead of burgers...it is hamburger. Grew up in S. California (of Kansas-reared parents). Even if it's venison. LOL. Doesn't matter. It's hamburger. Grew up in AZ. DH says it the same way. He grew up in NM. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violin69 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Ground Beef. Elementary years in MD and upper years in New England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.griff Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 ground beef, grew up in the South. I think my mom calls it hamburger meat and ground chuck. I don't make hamburgers with it though, LOL, so I don't call it hamburger meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 my parents labeled each type: Ground Chuck Ground Round Ground Sirloin. I used the term "ground round" in a paper in fourth grade and the teacher made fun of it in front of the whole class, so I, shy and mortified, stopped using those terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TX Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I call it hamburger because that's what my Mom called it. I grew up in CA but my Mom grew up in Minnesota. Susan in TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Ground beef....I grew up in Ottawa, Canada. We found an old recipe of my grandmother's that said "hamburger meat" in it. Her ancestors were from England but she was born in Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommieeeee Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 We called it hamburger meat. We are from CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I'm from Michigan and I call it "hamburger meat"...but my mom is from Alabama and I got it from her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hen Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 ground beef Philadelphia area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in NY Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 "hamburger meat" growing up in Oklahoma Now I live on Long Island and here it is called "chopped meat". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon in MO Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 grew up in central MO. Now we live in rural MO & mostly eat my dh's catch of venison - YUM! I call that deer burger. Oh, a funny: a friend of mine's daughter asked her mom why hamburger wasn't really made of ham ;0) Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I grew up calling it hamburger meat, in Canada. But Canada, like the States, varies with where you grow up. I grew up in BC right by the ocean, my mother is from Manitoba, and I don't remember if I picked that up just from her or if everyone there said it that way. Now I say ground meat or ground beef/pork/chicken/turkey to be more specific, and I live in New England. I have heard hamburg, probably when I worked in Boston, and maybe people right here say it but I haven't paid that much attention. fwiw, I grew up saying pop (now say soda), chocolate bars (instead of candy bars), and pronouncing dicotyledon with the emphasis on the tyl syllable and no long e (just saying that because dh and I had the biggest laughs when each of us, both with postsecondary education relating to plants, learned how the other pronounces it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jail warden Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 We've always called it Hamburger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Ground beef. I'm from Michigan. What else would you call it?:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Growing up in Ohio it was "hamburger". Now, in Iowa it is "ground beef". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary in KS Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Ground beef. (Except we usually buy ground chuck, which is different than just "beef.") I grew up in the northeastern US until age 9, and then moved to Idaho. I've heard linguists say that when listening for accents, etc., you want to know where people grrew up from ages 6-12. I kind of split my time, though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Ground beef. I've heard linguists say that when listening for accents, etc., you want to know where people grrew up from ages 6-12. I kind of split my time, though.... This is interesting. I split my time, too. But what about for people like me who change accents with where they are, and not on purpose? I've always wondered if a good linguist would be able to place where I grew up if they met me here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 hmmmmm. . . . . .or maybe I remember calling it hamburger when I was little? Definitely call it ground beef now. I lived in Ohio 'til I was 9, then moved to CT. What are you finding out? Do tell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staci in MO Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 First generation to grow up with electricity and indoor plumbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raders Fan Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Hamburger. Born and raised in So. California, lived in Reno, NV, for 20 years before moving to KCMO. Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS in NZ Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 California - ground beef. Here, in New Zealand it's called mince... beef mince, pork mince, mutton mince (yuck). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I call it ground beef (grew up in the South). I have a friend from here (Mass) who calls it hamburg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 What are you finding out? Do tell! Well, the main thing I wanted to know was whether "hamburg" was as narrowly regional as I suspected it to be. It clearly is. What's interesting is that it's used in areas that haven't picked up other Boston food words, like "tonic" as the generic term for carbonated beverages. "Chopmeat" is also limited to a very specific area, which doesn't surprise me. I actually wonder if it's a translation from another language (Hackfleisch? maybe via Yiddish?) that has come into English. A lot of American regionalisms are like that. For the rest, I'd have to plot it out on a map, which is probably more than I'm up for, research-wise! ;) Thank you all for the information - it's fascinating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Wisc Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 My mom always called it hamburger, but in a household of 3 4-H meat judgers, we call it ground beef. My kids have memorized the meat cuts of pork, beef, and lamb; know which part of the animal the cuts come from; and know if it is to be cooked dry, moist or dry-moist. Need anyone to judge 3 hanging carcasses and give an on-the-spot memorized speech on why one is better than the other? LOL! Wisconsin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Me Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Ground Beef I have always lived in NC, but my dad is from Illinois. I am not sure what either parent says, although I believe dad says "ground beef" also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 When I lived in Syracuse, everyone said "hamburg". Had me all confuddled, lemme tell ya!! dh calls it hamburger, and he's from Iowa (where they speak a foreign language). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamarley Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Hamburger meat. Orange County, CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsuche Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 We call it gound beef and I grew up in Md but live in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 In the Pacific Northwest, we called it hamburger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 And I grew up in Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 It's just plain Hamburger here in New Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Still do. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 This is the reason that I love the German language. It is just so doggone descriptive. "Hacked flesh", right?Love it!! nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Midwest (OH) - have always called it hamburger. When we order our side of beef each year, they always ask, "And do you want the rest ground into hamburger?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkinelly Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Ground beef. I grew up in WV. A homesteader I knew in western New York called it "hamburg." MRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Grew up in California too. I call it ground beef also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisperlily Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Growing up in the Pacific NW, with parents raised in MI, we called it hamburger. Somewhere along the line I switched, (still living in the Pacific NW) and now usually call it ground beef. I didn't realize I'd made a switch until you posted this question! LOL I also grew up calling carbonated beverages "Pop" and somewhere (college, probably... still PNW) switched to calling it Soda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hamburger meat. And I grew up in the South. Arkansas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 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. Dh grew up in southern VT where they also called it "hamburg." I had never heard that before. I'm from Hawaii and we called it "hamburger." I know, not much difference but it still sounded strange the first time I heard it. Cinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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