In Soviet Russia, Ham Burgles You!

So, hamburgers. The quintessential American food, with a German name. Oft served with cheese. But of course, the variations are countless, not just bye changing/adding toppings, but by changing the variety of patty. Of course, as "hamburger" also refers to ground beef, a sandwich with a fish-, soy-, or even grain-based patty might not necessarily be a hamburger, technically speaking. Thus, other names are given, but almost always are variations on this name, using -burger as a suffix to mean "sandwich with patty of or with aformentioned material." the "with" portion is mostly for the classic cheeseburger, which is not a sandwich with a cheese patty, but rather a hamburger with cheese melted onto the patty.

This switch in the meaning of the -burger suffix from "person who lives in a city" to this sandwich-related meaning has become completely absorbed by our culture, so that the idea of a burger not being a sandwich throws us for a loop, and indeed causes some to question why a hamburger is not generally made with ham. These people, of course, are the same types who question why "bacon" is not baked, and should be put away in a small prison camp and forced to read the etymology segment of every word in the English dictionary.