|
In conjunction with
Media Partner
DONATIONS THAT COST YOU NOTHING
Choose from over 2000 of the UK's best-known retailers
including many popular names such as Amazon, M&S, Argos, John
Lewis and HMV, and when you shop using the links on our site up to
15% from every purchase you make is donated to The Curry Tree.
It doesn't cost a penny extra to shop and raise funds for your
cause using the Easyfundraising site, and as many retailers now give
extra discounts when you buy online, you can even save money! There
Are even monthly competitions so you could be a winner. Go to
www.easyfundraising.org.uk
/causes/currytree
now and sign up completely free. |
Mezze
were founded in 300BC based on the word describing nibbling when
talking as was common amongst Greek politicians.
The
first useable bread oven was invented at the time of Pericles in
500BC. At the time of Augustus in Rome in 30BC there were 329
bakeries all run by Greeks.
Pizza
first appeared in Italy in Gaeta between Naples and Rome in 997AD
During
the reign of King John standard spice and herb mixes were created -
powder fort, powder douce and powder blanch.
The
original meaning of garbage comes from the name for animals innards
or giblets in the time of King John which were later thrown away.
Marco
Polo did not introduce pasta to the world. Pasta is mentioned in
documents from Genoa in 1279 and Polo did not return until 1295.
Confucius
argued that no weapon of agression should grace the dining table,
thus ruling out knives in favour of chopsticks.
The
first hallmarked fork appeared in 1632 in UK
The
first Coffee House in LOndon opened in Cornhill in 1652
Chili
con Carne was first written about in The Camp & Fields in 1857
by S. Compton-Smith in 1896. Chope Suey was created in New York by Li Hung-Chang.
The
first recorded fish and chip shop opened in 1860 in Oldham by John
Lees and outlets grew to 30,000 by 1900.
Coronation
Chicken was invented by Constance Spry and served at the Queen's
Coronation lunch in 1953.
Mr
Kuo from Beijing introduced Peking Duck to Britain at Kuo Yuan in 1963.
In
1889 Rafaele Esposito created a special pizza for Queen Margherita
in Naples. Pizza was brought to Europe by Roman legionnaries in the
first century.
The
word 'consumer' is said to come from 'Khansaman' the house steward
in an Anglo-Indian household.
Japanese
curry is one of the most popular dishes in Japan where people ear it
62 times a year on average. Curry was introduced there by the British
in the 1870s.
The
word fajita originally referred to a particular cut of beef - the
tough skirt steak. It would traditionally be eaten by Mexican ranch
workers who wrapped it in a tortilla with hot sauce and guacamole. In
1970 Mi Senor restaurant in San Antonio refined it to use stir fried
strips of beef, chicken, prawns and pork cooked with onions and peppers.
Dr
Diego Alvarez Chanca took chiles to Spain in 1494 writing of their
medicinal effect. The name salsa was created in 1571 by Alfonso de
Molina, a Spanish priest, as a mix of chilies, squash seeds and tomatoes.
The
first restaurant to specialise in Peking Duck, Bianyifang, was
established in the Xianyukou area of Beijing in 1416.
During
the Napoleonic Wars Russian soldiers placed allspice berries in
their boots to prevent chillblanes.
Avocados
are said to be linked to female fertility due to the vitamin E and
the Greeks named them 'tocopherol' meaning 'bring forth children'.
Chilli
is the most popular spice in the world. It is not soluable in water
(or alcohol) and its stinging pungency can only be countered by
casein, a protein found in milk and its by products.
Coffee
was discovered when an Ethiopian goatherd named Kaldi in 850AD
noticed his goats started acting strangely after eating berries of a
certain tree. He tried them himself and discovered they evoked a
feeling of exhileration. A passing monk noticed and used them to stay
awake during night time prayers.
People
who eat raw or cooked garlic regularly face only half the risk of
stomach cancer and two thirds the risk of colon cancer.
Field
surgeons used honey and cod liver oil dressings for open wounds
quite effectively in WW1 as honey contains a natural antibiotic and
draws out water from bacteria causing them to dehydrate.
The
word 'meat' did not come into use to describe the flesh of animals
until around 1300 until which time it was generally accepted to mean
any type of solid food as opposed to drink.
The
Jewish Tamud debates whether pizza style dough would qualify as
unleavened bread in the 5th century AD and the Persians had a
tagliatelle-like dish they called 'lakhshah' (slippery).
At
the end of the 19th century the US Supreme Court designated the
tomato as a vegetable as they "are usually served at dinner in,
with or after the soup, fish or meat, which constitute the principle
part of the repast and not, like fruit, generally as dessert."
Organiser : Peter Grove
(in conjunction with The Federation of Specialist Restaurants)
P.O. Box 416 Surbiton Surrey KT1 9BJ Tel : 020 8399
4831
email : groveint@aol.com |
