Burger Wars, Part Two
Disputing the origins of the hamburger is exhilarating, at least according to Rep. Betty Brown, R-Athens. Today, she recounted her exciting week -- "great fun," she said -- in an email to constituents. Her little-noticed resolution declaring Athens as the "Original Home of the Hamburger" landed her on a national cable-TV news channel.
Ms. Brown apparently relished her on-air debate with the mayor of New Haven, Conn., a rival claimant to burger-birthdom. They appeared on Fox News' "Fox and Friends". In today's email, she quoted Dallas Cowboys founder and Athens resident Clint Murchison Jr. as saying that if Connecticut can "get away with claiming the invention of the hamburger sandwich, they'll be going after chili con carne next."