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The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. Samuel said, Behold, that which has been reserved! Set it before yourself and eat because for the appointed time has it been kept for you, for I said, 'I have invited the people.' So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

Another version of the creation of the hamburger is that of German cook Otto Kuasw, who created a very popular sailors' sandwich made of a fillet of beef patty fried in butter, served with a fried egg, between two toasted buns in 1891, at a post in Hamburg, Germany.

John's Grill, which actually is seen briefly in The Maltese Falcon, is still a viable San Francisco eatery, counted amongst its regular customers Elisha Cook, who played Wilmer Cook in the movie, and he gave them one of his original plasters of the Maltese Falcon.