Legend: Genghis Khan came up with an early concept for hamburgers that involved tenderizing meat scraps under the saddles of horses as his Golden Horde ransacked its way to China back in the 13th century. Sailors from other countries came ashore in Hamburg, the country's most important port city at the time, and discovered “Hamburg steak.” In the 1800s, millions …
Author Kim Zachman also collected facts on nutrition and health, and included simple recipes and a single science experiment on how to extract iron from fortified cold cereal. Such bite-size anecdotes are among the truths and folklore included in There’s No Ham in Hamburgers, a new book that serves up the history, science and geography behind a myriad of foods …
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