Amaze your friends with these totally worthless facts about food and restaurants! Have fun or be bored, your choice.
The word restaurant is French meaning "restorative". The first known restaurant in the Western World was in Paris and sold only soups and broths (restoratives)
TIPS stands for "to insure proper( some say prompt) service" and was originally given before a meal. George Washington was an especially generous tipper but demanded the best for his money. At a country Inn, it is alleged, he refused to eat with the pewter spoon provided and sent the waiter to a neighbor's house to get a silver one.
Plum pudding contains no plums.
Caesar salad was created in Tijuana as a special dish for Clark Gable.
French Fries were created in Belgium.
At first, Europeans thought tomatoes were poisonous and used them only as decorative house plants. Later they learned to like them and called them 'love apples".
The first slave revolt in North America took place in New England when slaves refused to eat yet another meal of lobster.
Italian law dictates that a specific amount of the whey from Parmesan cheese factories MUST be fed to pigs to produce Prosuitto Ham. The remaining whey is used to make ricotta (re cooked) cheese.
Most chefs and food critics consider Julia Child to be the most influential American chef of the twentieth century.
Fanny Farmer, in addition to writing a good cook book, is better known for standardizing kitchen weights and measures.
Opera singer Nellie Melba is the only person to have two dishes named for her; Melba Toast and Peaches Melba.
Henry the Eighth knighted a joint of beef naming it "Sir Loin"
Strawberries are the only fruit to have their seeds on the outside.
Lettuce is the only food that is never served any way but fresh.
Balsamic vinegar (the REAL stuff) is aged 13 years in wooden barrels.
Potato chips originated in Saratoga New York.
The ice cream cone and the hot dog were "invented" at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
The Rueben sandwich was first served at an impromptu all night poker game at a New York City hotel hosted by the hotel's owner. When the players became hungry he used that he could find and created the sandwich which was warmly received. A few years later a waitress who was serving the event entered the recipe in a nationwide contest and took first place.
More to follow if you all want it.(I got a million of 'em) Maybe you guys can give me some about cows.
Stay tuned for the story of the "Horseshoe Sandwich"
The word restaurant is French meaning "restorative". The first known restaurant in the Western World was in Paris and sold only soups and broths (restoratives)
TIPS stands for "to insure proper( some say prompt) service" and was originally given before a meal. George Washington was an especially generous tipper but demanded the best for his money. At a country Inn, it is alleged, he refused to eat with the pewter spoon provided and sent the waiter to a neighbor's house to get a silver one.
Plum pudding contains no plums.
Caesar salad was created in Tijuana as a special dish for Clark Gable.
French Fries were created in Belgium.
At first, Europeans thought tomatoes were poisonous and used them only as decorative house plants. Later they learned to like them and called them 'love apples".
The first slave revolt in North America took place in New England when slaves refused to eat yet another meal of lobster.
Italian law dictates that a specific amount of the whey from Parmesan cheese factories MUST be fed to pigs to produce Prosuitto Ham. The remaining whey is used to make ricotta (re cooked) cheese.
Most chefs and food critics consider Julia Child to be the most influential American chef of the twentieth century.
Fanny Farmer, in addition to writing a good cook book, is better known for standardizing kitchen weights and measures.
Opera singer Nellie Melba is the only person to have two dishes named for her; Melba Toast and Peaches Melba.
Henry the Eighth knighted a joint of beef naming it "Sir Loin"
Strawberries are the only fruit to have their seeds on the outside.
Lettuce is the only food that is never served any way but fresh.
Balsamic vinegar (the REAL stuff) is aged 13 years in wooden barrels.
Potato chips originated in Saratoga New York.
The ice cream cone and the hot dog were "invented" at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
The Rueben sandwich was first served at an impromptu all night poker game at a New York City hotel hosted by the hotel's owner. When the players became hungry he used that he could find and created the sandwich which was warmly received. A few years later a waitress who was serving the event entered the recipe in a nationwide contest and took first place.
More to follow if you all want it.(I got a million of 'em) Maybe you guys can give me some about cows.
Stay tuned for the story of the "Horseshoe Sandwich"
