People v. Enders

This ease involves the hamburger — that ubiquitous meat dish, the piece de resistance of every roadside eatery (H. L. Mencken, The American Language [4th ed.], *747pp. 155, 220). Imported from Northern Germany, hamburger is nothing’ more than finely ground beef served with seasoning, in small patties, either grilled or fried. (2 Craigie, Dictionary of American English, p. 1211.) Though this definition is very close to the official definitions given by the United States and New York State Departments of Agriculture (post), untold numbers of hamburger aficionados insist that this definition is too…