During our lives, we absorb many different dishes from a variety of ingredients. Food can surprise even everyone who has seen everything. There are many ratings telling about the most delicious burgers or the most expensive restaurants. From this article you can find out some more amazing stories related to food and the surroundings of the dining table. Perhaps after reading it, you look at many things differently. Your “idols” in food will be deposed, and “outsiders” will become your favorite dish.
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Nutmeg
Muscat tree is a unique plant of its kind, supplying two types of seasonings at once. The first is the classic nutmeg, known to all the mistresses of the world. The second is the so-called matsis. This part of the muscat tree was popular in the 18th century. With its help, cooks made meat dishes more flavorful, and also used as the main ingredient for the preparation of French white sauce. Mix the nutmeg with onions in heated milk, add the butter and flour and make the sauce consistency - this is how the world famous bechamel sauce, which is one of the base European sauces, was prepared (and is still being prepared). In the picture you can see the fruit of a nutmeg tree, where brown seed is nut and red fiber is matsis.
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Sushi
Contrary to popular belief, sushi was not invented by the Japanese. Their story begins from the 5th century BC. e., when the inhabitants of Southeast Asia in order to preserve fish pressed it with rice. After several months, the fish was separated from the rice, with the last ingredient thrown away. Sushi came to Japan only in the 8th century from China. Thrifty Japanese did not throw rice, but ate the dish as we know it. Thanks to the fashion for healthy food, which boomed in the 80s of the XX century, sushi became popular around the world. If the type of raw fish does not cause your appetite, try Korean kimbap rolls. In appearance, they are no different from Japanese, but not fish is put inside, but cooked meat.
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Russian service
If most recipes of European dishes were invented in France, the service method, including table setting individually for everyone present, is a Russian invention dated from the time of the reign of the tsars. The French way of serving was to place the finished meal on a separate table, located on the side of the dining room. Everything looked unusually generous, but wasteful, as as a result, most of the food remained untouched or cooled by the time the meal began. The Russian service, invented by the Tsar’s chef, was so convenient that it quickly gained popularity around the world and is still in use today.
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Oldest restaurant
The first restaurant in the world is Stiftskeller St. Peter, located within the walls of the Abbey of St. Peter, in Salzburg, Austria. It is also considered the oldest inn in Central Europe, as evidenced by a document dated 803 A.D. e. A summary of the oldest restaurant and hotel in the world is supported by its owners, who posted on the institution's website the slogan “Real hospitality of Salzburg with a length of 1200 years”. The Abbey of St. Peter is also considered the oldest monastery among the German-speaking parishes, founded at the end of the 7th century by St. Rupert.
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Can-opener
The world's first tin can for food storage was invented in the Netherlands in the second half of the 18th century, and was intended for supply to the Dutch fleet. The appearance of a patent for the manufacture of cans is dated 1810, it was registered by the British Peter Durand. Tin cans of that time were heavier than their contents and opened by any available means using improvised means. Although it was enough to follow the instructions that read: "Cut the top of the can using a hammer and chisel." The first opener was invented only in 1855, reminiscent of the design of an ordinary knife. The opener with a wheel was patented in 1870, but its use required considerable effort. The modern type of can opener with a double wheel was invented in 1925, which greatly simplified the task of extracting the contents of the can.
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Low calorie soda
The world's first diet soda was invented by Morris Kirsch and his father Hyman in the early 1950s and was called No-Cal Soda-Pop. They were Russian immigrants living in Brooklyn, and since 1904 making a living selling soda. The collaboration of a family of merchants with the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital contributed to the invention of sugar-free soda, suitable for patients with diabetes. Morris and Hyman prepared low-calorie soda with the taste of black cherry and chocolate, which did not contain sugar. At the beginning of the XXI century, the beverage company INOV8 revived the production of the famous soda.
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What is put in Coke
Contrary to the name, most of the cola is filled with ingredients such as tamarind, acid, squeezed citrus trees (lime or lemon, orange), vanilla, cinnamon and, of course, sugar. Various flavor enhancers are also added to the drink, but there is no question of the fruits of a nut called Cola. Nutmeg may be added instead. Nevertheless, the main microcomponents providing a unique taste of cola are vanilla and cinnamon. Manufacturers achieve an acidic taste using citrus fruits or the addition of phosphoric acid. As you can see, there is no Coke, much less “coke” in the world famous soda.
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First meal delivery
The world's first takeaway catering establishment appeared at the site of a Naples outlet opened in 1738. In the first half of the 1800s (1830), the owner reorganized the work of the shop, retraining the merchants as pizza delivery men. It was cooked in special wood ovens, after which it was laid out on tin trays that retain heat, and was carried on the heads of delivery men. As soon as possible, the Port’Alba restaurant, which is what it was called, became very popular as a meeting place. The pizzeria attracted students, writers and artists who could not afford lunch in expensive restaurants. Dishes at Port’Alba were affordable because of their simplicity: usually, pizza cakes were filled only with butter and garlic. The owner was a great businessman, who came up with a special payment system called "pizza a otto", which allows you to pay for food for 8 days. The institution is successfully working today!
By the way, if you have not read our article about interesting facts about pizza, then be sure to do it. In addition, on most-beauty.ru there are many more fascinating articles about food and not only.
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Tasteless organ
You know that the language itself is not able to determine the taste of food. This organ is a muscle with glands, body fat and sensitive receptors that provide salivation. Only by irrigating food with saliva, you can understand its taste. For example, pouring sugar on a dry tongue, you will not distinguish it from semolina or salt until the sand is moistened with liquid. Melted in saliva, sugar “opens”, allowing you to feel its taste. But no saliva will affect taste in the absence of smell. The sense of smell takes a key position, helping to determine what is good and what is not good for the body.
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Honey
Science has proven that honey is a unique food product. Its feature is the ability to store raw unlimited time. Excavating Egyptian tombs, T.M. Davis found in the tomb a vessel with honey, which had been lying there for 3,000 years and was perfectly preserved. For centuries, honey has been used as the main sweetener. Archaeologists have found drawings on the walls of Egyptian tombs, depicting the process of collecting honey in the hives. Poets and writers of ancient China dedicated their works to honey, cultivating the process of its consumption. Today, honey is the most important component in the kitchen books of any culture in the world.
Summary
Many products seem so ordinary to us that unknown facts about them cause genuine interest. Who would have thought that Japan is not the land of sushi, and the Russian service option is considered the best in the world. Who knows, maybe in a few years, new secrets of the appearance of dishes or options for using products will open for us. Food is a whole world in which a person is assigned the role of an artist who is free in his work!