{"id":1232,"date":"2025-06-03T16:47:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribsaus.p11.sol1.net\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2025-06-20T12:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T02:30:56","slug":"elementor-1232","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/news\/elementor-1232\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes the aussie burger &#8216;Aussie&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1232\" class=\"elementor elementor-1232\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3404f4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3404f4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337b7f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"337b7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Classic Aussie Burger<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-164e629 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"164e629\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Beefier than Chris Hemsworth, saucier than Margot Robbie and more Australian than Russell Crowe (who was really born in New Zealand), the Aussie burger is a national icon.<\/p><p>But where did Australia\u2019s meatiest treasure originate, and what makes an Aussie burger Aussie, anyway? We investigate.<\/p><h3>The origins of the Aussie burger with \u2018the lot\u2019<\/h3><p>As ubiquitous as they are today, burgers are a relatively recent addition to the world and even more recent to Australia.<\/p><p>While the exact origins of the humble burger may never be known, most experts on the matter agree that they were invented by a chef who put a Hamburg steak between two slices of bread in a small town in Texas in the late 18th or early 19th century. Genius.<\/p><p>After that, burgers took a while to make the trip to Australia \u2013 several decades in fact \u2013 with the earliest sightings happening around the \u201830s, most likely thanks to our post-First World War relationship with America.<\/p><p>When an Aussie burger became\u00a0THE Aussie burger we know today is a little murky. One theory says it coincides with the opening of the Edgell and Golden Circle canneries in the \u201820s and \u201840s, which brought a surplus of canned beetroot and pineapple to our local shores.\u00a0<\/p><p>Another more hilarious theory suggests the trend for putting \u2018the lot\u2019 on a burger was born from a prank on US troops visiting Australia on R&amp;R.<\/p><p>In any case, our national love of the Aussie burger with the lot was cemented just shy of a century ago \u2013 and we\u2019ve never looked back since<\/p><h3>The anatomy of an Aussie burger<\/h3><p>So now you know the history of the Aussie burger, what goes into one? This is a subject that\u2019s cause for much discussion amongst foodies and pub-goers around the country. Some say pineapple is a travesty. Others say they wouldn\u2019t be caught dead with a beetroot-soaked burger wrapper.<\/p><p>While there\u2019s no legally-binding definition, most agree an Aussie burger should have\u2026<\/p><ul><li>A bun.\u00a0Pretty self-explanatory. It wouldn\u2019t be a burger without a bun.\u00a0<\/li><li>A meat patty.\u00a0A juicy patty made with chuck or brisket steak is the name of the game.<\/li><li>Sauce.\u00a0Tomato and BBQ sauce are acceptable. Save the chutneys and relishes for fancier fare.<\/li><li>A fried egg.\u00a0The oozier the yolk, the better.<\/li><li>Bacon.\u00a0A couple of rashers with crispy edges will do the trick.<\/li><li>Cheese.\u00a0Swiss or cheddar, melted to perfection atop the meat patty.<\/li><li>Pineapple.\u00a0Sweet, slightly tangy and 100% essential.<\/li><li>Beetroot.\u00a0If your burger isn\u2019t dyeing your hands purple, it doesn\u2019t cut the mustard.<\/li><li>Lettuce, tomato and onion.\u00a0The usual suspects.<\/li><\/ul><h2>Say g\u2019day to a bloody good Aussie burger<\/h2><p>At Ribs &amp; Burgers, we take our role as the purveyor of this cultural symbol very seriously. That\u2019s why our Aussie burger is served up with a 100% premium flame-grilled beef patty, juicy pineapple, perfectly cooked bacon, real beetroot, Swiss cheese, egg, pickle, and fresh lettuce, tomato, and onion.\u00a0<\/p><p>And don\u2019t worry, we\u2019d never forget Aunty Joan\u2019s pink sauce and BBQ to finish off this masterpiece. Choose between a single or mighty double patty at Ribs &amp; Burgers\u00a0near you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Classic Aussie Burger Beefier than Chris Hemsworth, saucier than Margot Robbie and more Australian than Russell Crowe (who was really born in New Zealand), the Aussie burger is a national icon. But where did Australia\u2019s meatiest treasure originate, and what makes an Aussie burger Aussie, anyway? We investigate. The origins of the Aussie burger &#8230; <a title=\"What makes the aussie burger &#8216;Aussie&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/news\/elementor-1232\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What makes the aussie burger &#8216;Aussie&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}