The origin story of your favorite foods

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The origin story of your favorite foodsEvery dish, like every person, has a story. Your favorite delicacy can tell you which country is its homeland, what path it had to overcome to be on your table, how old it is and who cooked it first. What do you know about your favorite culinary creations? Here are some delicious and exciting stories.


Lasagna

Lasagna is one of the most popular dishes in the world. Hot flat dough sheets with Ricotta, oregano, basil, tomatoes, olive oil, pork belly or other ingredients of your choice. Contrary to popular belief, this dish has Greek roots, not Italian. The word "lasagna"In Greek means" flat sheets ". In ancient times, lasagne was prepared in the homes of wealthy citizens and poor artisans. The only difference was in the filling. When the Greek civilization fell into decay and the Roman Empire replaced it, they borrowed only philosophy, but also cooking, including lasagna. In addition, in Latin there was a similar word "lasagnum" and it meant "cooking pot." Finally, the Italian origin for lasagna was fixed in 1692, when the first cookbook was published in Naples with a detailed recipe for this dish.


Gambureg

Today there are many types of hamburgers: with beef patties, poultry, bacon, costing from 1 to 100 dollars, depending on the institution where it is served. The predecessor of the hamburger appeared in the 15th century in Europe. The bread roll with minced meat, vegetables, eggs and onions was to the taste of the working people. A hearty, quick lunch could be eaten on the go without getting your hands dirty. In the 17th century, sailors from Hamburg set off on a long journey to the shores of America, taking with them a recipe for their favorite dish. The inhabitants of the new world liked it, and they gave it the name "Hamburg Steak". New name - "hamburger”Appeared in the 20s of the last century, and mass popularity came with the beginning of rapid industrial growth in America.


Meatloaf

Just like the hamburger, meatloaf was popular in the Middle Ages in northern Europe. In an ancient Roman cookbook from the 5th century BC, there is a dish called "Apicius" that strikingly resembles a common meat delicacy. Since the influence of the ancient Roman empire stretched for many thousands of kilometers, not only Europeans, but residents of the Middle East and even Asia got acquainted with the roll.


Caesar salad"

In North America and Europe Caesar salad" popular as in Russia "Olivier". Despite the name, this dish has nothing to do with the Roman rulers. It all started at the dawn of the 20th century in the small town of Tijuana in northwestern Mexico, at the Hotel At Caesar's, named after its owner, Caesar Cardini. Hollywood celestials loved to relax there. One day on Independence Day, the hotel was full of guests, there was plenty of booze, but the food ran out quickly. To save the day, the innkeeper quickly came up with a dish of ingredients he had left at hand: lettuce, olives, herbs, tomatoes, grated cheese and fried croutons. The cinema bohemia was delighted with the salad. When the resourceful hotelier was asked what this culinary miracle was called, he quickly came up with the name Caesar.


Beef stroganoff

Although the dish has an exquisite French name, hardly the French know how to prepare it. At the culinary masterpiece "beef stroganoff»Deep Russian roots. It was invented by the chef of diplomat P.A. Stroganov - one of the most influential people in Russia of that era. First, the dish was served with the family for lunch, and then at receptions. An elegant combination of beef, onions, sour cream and mushrooms in 1890 won the first prize in a culinary competition among the chefs of the famous houses of St. Petersburg.


The origin story of your favorite foodsNapoleon cake"

There are two versions of the origin of this dessert. According to one of them, the cake was named after the victory over Napoleon. A competition was announced among the best confectioners of St. Petersburg, Moscow and surrounding cities. The author of the best delicacy that will please gourmets from high society was promised a pound of silver. History has not kept the name of the winner, but a cake made of the finest cakes, smeared with sweet cream, dominates the minds of the sweet tooth to this day.

In an arc version, Napoleon cake" was invented in Naples, after which it was named.


"Chicken Kiev"

Empress Elizaveta Petrovna adored everything French, including the cuisine of this great country. It was during her reign that the first French restaurants appeared in Russia, in one of which the local aristocracy served the dish "cotelette de volaille" (cutlet de volaille): beaten chicken fillet, coated with an egg, with a piece of butter inside.

The cutlet received a new name in Soviet times, when it was accepted to fight everything bourgeois. Many dishes were liked, but the proletariat did not like their names very much, so the chef of a Kiev restaurant planted a cutlet on a bone, making it look like a chicken leg, and gave a new sonorous name - “Kiev cutlet».

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