Submitted by aquaticquiet t3_10j7yv0 in Pennsylvania
Unique-Public-8594 t1_j5j56gb wrote
infernaldragonboner t1_j5jazc8 wrote
I’m having a weird flashback to my grandmother (from the suburbs outside of Philadelphia) making what she’d called “California cheeseburgers” that were actually burger paddies without buns with tomato sauce. I wonder if this was the origin of that. I googled California cheeseburger and I just see a bunch of stuff about in-n-out and stuff.
jek39 t1_j5jg5yz wrote
That sounds like a depression era meal. My grandmother (also Philly burbs) used to make “muscle makers”. Slice of white bread, yellow mustard, sprinkled with sugar.
dalex89 t1_j5jhhpv wrote
In Georgia we had sugar sandwiches, just slightly toasted buttered bread with some sugar sprinkled on
allthingsparrot t1_j5jzvuy wrote
My grandmother (from Philly) used to make SOS aka Shit on a Shingle. Creamed beef on white bread lol
dalex89 t1_j5jl9ts wrote
I think the mainstream perception of Cali cheeseburgers is just a regular cheeseburger but with lettuce, tomato and onion, maybe mayo.
infernaldragonboner t1_j5jsh04 wrote
Yeah I think this may have just been a within-family name for the dish. I know she moved to California with my grandad for a bit before they got married so it may be that they ate it a lot out there and named it that, but that’s just speculation on my part
steampunkedunicorn t1_j5lluji wrote
I moved here 3 years ago from California and the lack of lettuce, onion, and tomato on burgers was an unwelcome culture shock.
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