> ground beef can be more things than a burger.

I was thinking more as a unit of measurement, but yeah, sorry that was poorly written on my part, sorry.

> every breakfast joint near me in California has some sort of variation on hamburg steak & eggs. Judging by the fact that it's on every menu, it must be popular to some degree.

Sure. The diners near me have that kind of stuff too, just, if I went to a diner every morning my heart would probably revolt after about a month.