Erin Martin

Professor Lacey

English 111

2 October 2019

Britannica, T. E. of E. (2008, July 14). Hamburger.

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/hamburger

In this short article, it talks about the regulations in the United States with the Department

of Agriculture known as( USDA) standards of beef. Beef is a type of meat that comes from an

animala cow, it explains. By inferencing the importance of standards made. Since beef is the

main source to make the aAll-American hamburger. It , the entry explains the main differences

in meat production including beef in the different centuries until now. With It also talking talks

about how hamburger meat can be either ground beef or chopped. It goes along describesing the

different fat content that is used for hamburger has due food laws. With tThe variety of fat Commented [KL1]: ?

content differs between if its regular hamburger or lean. The author illustrates the content by

repeating and making the audience aware of the differences in meat today. This article source is

trying to explain the many different health laws by the USDA by informing anyone about the

main facts about beef when that’s the source of a hamburger. This source isn’t a lengthy, hard

article to read. It includes facts throughout the article with no biased opinions. Overall, it’s an

appealing, informal article about beef that is used by many Americans with other countries.

@bryanrwalsh, B. W. (2013, December 16). The Triple Whopper Environmental Impact of Commented [KL2]: Bryan Walsh is the author. Don’t use a
Twitter handle in a citation (unless you’re citing a Tweet).
 Global Meat Production. Retrieved September 27, 2019, from

http://science.time.com/2013/12/16/the-triple-whopper-environmental-impact-of-global-

meat-production/

The magazine article published by Times, tribute in discussinges the agriculture system Formatted: Font: Italic

but focuses on the livestock production in America. Livestock includes meat, milk and eggs. He Commented [KL3]: Use the author’s name.

compares the differences in livestock production in the different regions, the results showed a

significant differ ration. An average American eats 270 pounds of meat in a year. Livestock deals

with the farming factories in the industry. Over the years, public health attitudes changed. It’s

because farmers are over using hormones, antibiotics, other unknown chemicals and putting bad Commented [KL4]: Do you mean “finished”?

chemicals in the air to make pollution rise. Farmers in this industry can’t keep up with the

livestock in producing the measures needed to be met. The author goes into depth about the what

livestock is and how it is affecting Americans. This article from the magazine is informal but yet

highly effective for audiences. It’s an eye-opener by consumers who not only eat meat but have

milk and eggs in their diet to understand the danger of consuming these products. Some readers

could incorporatesee, the article being misleading or biased towards of the issue. Reading tThis

piece of information , advises and notifies the audience of the dense information in what’s been

happening and what is still happening today.

Catholics make mince meat out of the humble hamburger. (2000, November 10). Express, The

(London, England). Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://0-infoweb-

newsbank-com.library.svsu.edu/apps/news/document-

view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0F2A830F542C48A7.

In tThis news article report, by an Italian journalist, compares that Catholics believe

hamburgers are atheist towards one another. It leads that the American burger by stating that Commented [KL5]: I’m confused by the meaning of this
sentence. Does the article compare Catholics and Atheists
using burger terms?
America’s fast-food culture is horrific. It’s by comparing the views of the culture in Italy to

America. With notifying us that he believes it’s destroying American tradition’s and the social
exchange it provides to each other. Which This leads him the author going into touchy topics and
Commented [KL6]: Again, this is slightly confusing. It
would be helpful to your readers to indicate if it’s a
metaphor. Give some specific detail.
Commented [KL7]: What is “it”? Name it to clarify.

views to explain the information. He demonstrates the meaning of a burger in a negative way.

With, including the fact, he talks about fast-food places as well. This news article report is

extremely biased and all personal opinions. Meaning aAnyone can say a certain food shouldn’t

be eaten. He brings most of all his information in by using religious people with the catholic

theologian. This would be more towards someone who agrees with his views rather than

disagreeing. The viewers of this news report will be from Italy. This news report did get

published since the Roman Catholic Church announced that hamburgers shouldn’t be allowed. Commented [KL8]: Ok, this would be useful at the
beginning of the paragraph. It would help clarify what the
article is about.
Some areas where he states quotes are facts, but it is not interesting overall. This report is on

theories of one certain religion.

Larsen, L. (2019, June 26). The Classic All-American Burger is Delicious, Juicy, and Perfectly

Cooked. Retrieved September 27, 2019, from https://www.thespruceeats.com/all

american-burgers-480989.

In tThis recipe for the old-fashion regular hamburger explains everything you will need.

For starters, it describes the American hamburger while incorporating that you can include any

toppings for your taste satisfaction. Meaning dDifferent people like a variety of different

toppings to put extra on their hamburger. It gives a few tricks expressing that adding milk, water

or Worcestershire sauce can make the burgers have extra flavoring. Nevertheless, it can make

your burger extra saturated and moist instead of having a dry hamburger, if you overcook it. It

presents the step by step directions with preparation time. Cooking more than one burger at a

time, it involves a trick to keep all the burgers the same. Simply you would make a small indent Commented [KL9]: All burgers the same…what?
or deviant in the middle of each burger before cooking. This recipe is not formal but gives

important knowledge for anyone that wants to consider using this recipe for cooking their

hamburger. I don’t believe any of this information is biased. The audience could be for anyone

that likes to try new recipes. It is very helpful with the addition ofng pictures and showing step

by step instructions. T that would help the reader with understanding the recipe better.

Mitchell, P. B. (2002, November 2). Burger Business. Retrieved October 9, 2019, from

https://www.foodhistory.com/foodnotes/leftovers/hamburger/biz/.

In this personal story article, it portrays a burger and the surprised she had. Mitchell lived Commented [KL10]: Who had a surprise? The way this is
worded makes it seem like it’s the burger.
in a rural area down South. She describes her life experience about when she was a little kid. She

recalls that the access of getting a burger was trouble. During her teenage years, wais when

burgers started becoming common in the everyday world. However, milkshakes, drinks and

French Fries were becoming very popular as well. In a short, few paragraphs, she describes her

life when she had a family. She never knew how rapidly more burger places were opening. She

expresses all the places she visited, such as, New Orleans, Mississippi and Ocean Springs and

how each burger was different but perfectly amazing. She emphasizes on the story of the

beginning’s burger until present time. She was surprised how the all-American favorite fast food

chains, turned into a classic. This article is a personal story that readers can connect well with.

While she is talking between different times in life, she adds emotions from being sad, mad and

shocked. With her adding emotions to her story, it will have readers interested in her experience.

This article is informal but effective to whom may read this.

Ozersky, J. (2008). The Hamburger: A History. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press.
 Retrieved from

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=278458&site=eds

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In the novel, “The Hamburger”, it symbolizes that the American burger has vast amounts Commented [KL11]: Refer to non-fiction texts as books or
texts. Only fiction can be called novels.
of background history in America. How it’s not a simple, basic burger, it’s meaningful. Most

Some people have a myth or story of the hamburger. Hearing the many stories about the wide Commented [KL12]: Avoid generalizing

range of countries creating a new level of a hamburger exploded. The chapter, “Hamburg- Commented [KL13]: Exploded what? Be specific.
Formatted: Font: Not Italic
American Line” describes the significant all-around American burger. Which means: a ground

beef patty on a white bun. This rich meaning is how America was able to define this concept.

The chapter enriches the overall content with going from past to current times. Giving the

timeline of major events in America including what the American burger was during that time

period. This novel wouldn’t be something anyone would read unless it’s a requirement since its

lengthy and boring. It’s a formal novel including the deep true meaning of the history and how

powerful the symbol is. The author makes its clear in what he wanting to say. As a result, during

certain times of the chapter includes some biased information. While there are no pictures or

illustrations, the dense novel is more difficult to incorporate. Which leads this reading to be Commented [KL14]: Incorporate into what? Be specific.

intense.

The great American hamburger debate. (2004). National Provisioner, 218, 12.

Retrieved from

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=14578776&site=eds-

live

In “The great American hamburger debate”, tells about the knowledge of the simple

hamburger. There is no true background since there are multiple claims are abouton who first
invented the burger. However, the immigrants from Germany, had an unknown recipe called,

Hamburg Steak which came to America eventually. The explanation varies in the different types

of hamburgers between the 1930s and 1990s. How magnificently popular burgers were, the

company Weber in 1952, invented the first grill for families. It justifies that the hamburger

debate will never have a clear understanding with the claims made. During the 1990’s, as the Commented [KL15]: The hamburger was developed well
before 1990
country was expanding vastly, cities, automobiles, and the basic hamburger was the prefect food

creation. It illustrates readers the knowledge of Americanized this popular famous dish is while

educating the audience with facts through history. Readers will interpret understand the Commented [KL16]: Try reading your paper out loud. You
will catch many of the errors just by doing so. This sentence,
for instance, makes little sense.
importance of this sandwich and how Americans went crazy over it during the 19th century.

Since it is a magazine news article, it’s mostly all factual but not boring. However, they did make

it interesting by including pictures with a timeline to help understand the important dates. It

doesn’t tend to have many or at allany biased concepts in this source of magazine article.

Press, A. (2016, November 4). USDA Suspends Rural Oregon Slaughterhouses.

Retrieved October 1, 2019, from https://www.agweb.com/article/usda-suspends-rural-

oregon-slaughterhouse-apnews.

The USDA suspendeds rural Oregon sSlaughterhouses due to animal cruelty. It The

USDA announcesd that the slaughterhouses in Oregon benefits feeds multiple states in America.

Oregon hasn’t been the only state put on suspension, but it was the largest takedown that has

happen by the USDA. The shutdown was for inhumane practices towards the animals. With our

meat demand already being at such a high demand, this shutdown wasn’t helping. In the Federal

Meat Inspection Act explains when illegal practices and inhumane practices occurs, an intense

operational search and suspension will take place immediately. Now the FSIS will strictly start Commented [KL17]: Explain this acronym

enforcing better inspections. The Federal Meat and Poultry Inspections Acts has to require theses
shutdowns along with monitoring and recording the findings. Since slaughterhouses aren’t doing

their job, it affects the rest of us. This article will inform all readers about the slaughterhouse

illegal practices being done across the world. Since only a few states been put on suspension, the Commented [KL18]: There’s no need to repeat information

largest take down was in Oregon. It is a factual understanding of the USDA and why they

shutdown slaughterhouses. It affects our meats especially where beef comes from. Most

audiences will find this reading educational and will learn the issues happening to the animals,

where we get our meat from.

Schroeter, J., & Azzam, A. (1990). Measuring market power in multi-product oligopolies: the

US meat industry.

Applied Economics, 22(10), 1365–1376. doi: 10.1080/00036849000000107

This article journal article enhances discusses on the economic system in agriculture in

the United States’ meat industry. Over the past decades, the demand of beef has grown

tremulous. The major effects with our high demand in meat, is causing farmers to be in trouble. Commented [KL19]: I think you mean tremendously
Commented [KL20]: There’s more than one author
He They describes that our farmers across the nation, been running into trouble. W, which has

been leading to bad choices. With these bad choices being made, it has been affecting humans

slowly over time. We all know that everything we eat affects us; farmers have been putting

hormones in the animals to meet the demand. The authors state how farmers can’t keep up,

which leads to artificial meats being consumed more. The authors are discussing the issues by

enchaining on the agriculture system today. It lets the readers be informed by educating them on Commented [KL21]: ?

the economic demands in meat especially beef. Since there is an abstract to this journal, you can

easily determine that research and facts are put into this article. It’s not only educational

knowledge but it’s what most Americans eat in any meal. In the world today, this journal should
be for anyone especially people in the farming industry along with health sciences to understand

the issues.

Shah, K. (2015, April 17). The Average Price of a Burger Across American Cities. Retrieved

October 9, 2019, from https://www.eater.com/2015/4/17/8447769/the-average-price-of-a-

burger-across-american-cities.

In this article, it expresses what an average American will pay for a hamburger in a

restaurant. This article did a report on major tourist cities across America. The results varied

from city to city. However, the highest burger price was $9.52 while the lowest was $6.24. These

prices came a variety of different restaurants. Burgers are one of the most popular foods all over

the world especially in the US. Since the standard of living is different in America, in certain

regions the prices vary tremendously between food and nonfood items. The price for a burger in

major cities such as New York City, Atlanta, Seattle, and Chicago along with others, prices were

high. This annual report article of what the cost of a bBurger will be across America. This will be

an interesting reading for the audience, since it’s not biased nor informal. It shows different

illustration’s along with graphs to show the different areas where a burger will cost more. This

will give a reader the insight of major cities and how much the cost of food will be. I think this

will be helpful for travelers in knowing the different prices and what to expect.

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