Inna Cooking

11/06/2022

Creamy pasta with chicken strips

11/06/2022

The sandwich was popularized in 1762 by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Apparently, Montagu had a gambling problem that made him spend hours at the card table. He asked the house cook to bring him something he could eat without leaving his seat. Finally, the cook presented him with what we now know and love as the sandwich.

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Cooking Facts
1. Roasting was the first known form of cooking in the Paleolithic period.
2. Steaming in rolled leaves soon followed.
3. Cooking helped humans digest food easier, which developed their brains and shrunk their gut throughout time.
4. Pastries date back to Ancient Greece, Rome and Phoenicia.
5. The art of preparing, cooking, and presenting food is called culinary arts.
6. Gastronomy refers to the cooking styles of a certain region or the relationship between food and culture.
7. The very first restaurant in the world opened in Paris in 1765.
8. The restaurant served only one dish: sheep’s feet in white sauce.
9. Spice trade boomed in the 13th to 14th century.
10. Cooking can be done through indirect chemical reactions such as with ceviche.

INTERESTING FACTS
1. A chef traditionally wears white because the first prime minister’s chef in France (1815) believed white was the most hygienic of all colors.
2. The pleats or folds in chefs’ hats used to indicate how many dishes they have mastered.
3. Cheese is the most stolen food.
4. The earliest ovens dating back to 29,000 B.C. were found in Central Europe.
5. Chefs in 17th century Europe often worked naked or in underwear because of the intense heat.