Behind the name!

mm, Hamburger ? it's so yummy!!
Hotdog? what a weird name, but I like Hotdog!



For sure you all are familiar with the name of the various kinds food below. But, Have you ever wondered how they got their names?
Check this out!..

Margherita Pizza

hmm, yummy isn't it? yeah! ..This italian pizza called margherita. you can easily spot this kind of pizza just by looking at its topping that symbolizes the italian flag: red(tomato) , white(mozarella) , and green(basil). In 1889, the Italian Queen Consort, Margherita of savoy, visited Naples and was served this pizza. that's how it got its name.

Chicken Tandoori. This Indian traditional food is made of chicken marinated in yogurt and uses some typically indoan seasoning. This food is cooked at high temperatures in Tandoor ( clay oven ). that's why it's called chicken tandoori.

Corned Beef. A long time ago, salt was the only thing used to preserve food without cooking it first. At that time,ppl in England liked to put meat in a large clay container and covered the meat with big amounts of salt that were refered to as "corn of salt". From then on, the term corned beef has stuck. the word ''corned'' has been in the Oxford English Dictionary as early as 888 AD.

this is it! the most famous fast food! HAMBURGER! this kind of food that's commonly associated with the US actually originates from Russia. In medieval times Russian ppl liked to eat shredded with raw meat seasoned with salt, peppep, and onion. German sailors who happened to visit baltic ports liked the food and brought the recipe back to the Hamburg, Germany. That's how it got its name-Hamburger.But German liked the meat grilled that raw, In the 19th Century, German immigrants took the recipe with them to America. then, in 1900,Louis Larsen, an American, served the dish between two slice of bread and the American hamburger was born.

Sandwich. the idea of eating meat between bread was first introduced by the Romans over 1.000 years ago. But the name of this food was taken from a British politican, fourth earl of sandwich. who had a habit of eating beef between slice of toast so he can play cards without stopping to eat.

Taken from C'n S