Burger battle brewing between Texas, Connecticut

[anysia]

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) -- A burger battle is brewing between a Texas state legislator and the owners of a restaurant who claim the hamburger was invented in New Haven, Connecticut.

With the new session of the Texas legislature now under way, Republican State Rep. Betty Brown has proposed a resolution declaring Athens, Texas, the original home of the hamburger.

Brown, an Athens resident, says that a long-ago resident of the town had a luncheonette in the late 1880s and sold the first burgers there.

Those claims are not sitting well with Ken Lassen Sr., 89, the third-generation owner of New Haven eatery Louis' Lunch, established in 1895. He says his grandfather came up with the first hamburger there.

Lassen said it happened in 1900 when a man rushed into the restaurant asked for something he could eat on the run. Ken Lassen's grandfather grabbed a broiled beef patty and put it between two slices of bread.

Mayor John DeStefano Jr., advocating for his city, backs the Lassens and their claims.

"We are even the birthplace of George Bush who wants people to think he's from Texas," the mayor said. "So yes, the hamburger is as much a New Haven original as President Bush. Get over it, Texas."

Personally I think both parties should put on boxing gloves and the LOSER has to take the blame errr credit for Shrub.

Comments

[willnobilis.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I think the women in the Texas legislature would bet up most politicians anywhere else in the world.

Besides, hardly anyone here in Tx wants to claim responsibility (or kinship) to Shrub. He should go back home to Connecticut.

[anysia.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I think the women in the Texas legislature would bet up most politicians anywhere else in the world.

Yeah, but I am betting like most politicians, she will get someone else to fight her battles and bleed for her.

Besides, hardly anyone here in Tx wants to claim responsibility (or kinship) to Shrub. He should go back home to Connecticut.

I have actively corrected the false 'info' about Bush being a good ol' boy from Texas.

[willnobilis.livejournal.com]

Politicians: You are correct. They usually get someone to fight, bleed and/or take the fall for them.

Bush and birthright: I greatly appreciate you doing so as well. Funny how they bought their way into Texas but cannot seem to ever be accepted as such.