Salisbury steak

Salisbury steak or (Hamburger steak), is minced beef shaped to resemble a steak and usually served in brown sauce.

Salisbury steak is popular in the American South, where it is traditionally served with gravy and grilled onions. Salisbury steak is a common staple of public school lunches and frozen dinners. It is sometimes referred to as "country fried steak", which may lead to confusion with Chicken Fried Steak.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition), Salisbury steak was invented by an American physician, Dr. J. H. Salisbury (1823-1905) and named after him. The OED gives an 1897 citation. H. L. Mencken reported (in 1945) that the name was used to replace "hamburger steak" during World War I as a political euphemism.