Frozen hamburger patties were developed in the 1950s. The White Castle chain is credited with developing the first pre-frozen hamburger patties in the 1930s. The safety step is being introduced to consumers in one of their favorite foods - convenient, frozen beef patties, said Jim Marsden, regents distinguished professor of meat science at Kansas State University. The first double-decker hamburger was created by a California restauranteur. Bob Wian, who founded Bob's Big Boy restaurants, is credited with serving the first double-decker hamburger.
Hamburgers top the list.
Other favorites include meatballs, spaghetti sauce with meat, meatloaf and Mexican food. Ketchup is most frequently chosen as a hamburger topper. Food safety is not a new issue. Information that once might have been conveyed over a party line can now be shared with millions of people in minutes. Newspapers are supplemented by radio, television, and the Internet.