Hereford Classic
The Hereford patty dressed simply: iceberg, pickles, red onion, tomato relish, sweet mustard and mayo. The sweet mustard and relish make it taste different from an American classic, tangier and a little sweeter. A good way to judge the beef before trying the richer versions.
The story
Hereford cattle come from Herefordshire in the west of England, where a few farming families began breeding them in the mid-eighteenth century. The white face became the breed’s trademark by the end of that century. Herefords reached Ireland in 1775 and the United States in 1817, and they are now raised in more than sixty countries, with over seven million head reported in 2023.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Hereford Classic yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
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Jeppe Droob opened the first Sunset Boulevard in Odense in 1996 as a sandwich shop. He comes from a West Jutland retail family; his father Keld founded the Dansk Discount supermarkets, later Fakta. The chain started out selling itself on lightness, with the slogan “fedtfattig på den fede måde”, roughly “low-fat in a fat way”, until the Danish food authority ordered it dropped in 2008. Over time the menu tipped from sandwiches to burgers, though sandwiches are still there.
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