History of fast food in usa

HISTORY OF FAST FOOD AND FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IN USA

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FAST FOOD

has been designed to be eaten "on the go“

often does not require traditional cutlery

is eaten as a finger food

the term "fast food" was recognized in a dictionary by Merriam–Webster in 1951.

POPCORN Noun A variety of corn, Zea mays everta, having hard

kernels that burst to form white, irregularly shaped puffs when heated.

A small piece, as of polystyrene, used in quantity to protect items during packaging and shipment

Origin: 1810–20, Americanism; short for popped corn.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

POPCORN noun Date: 1823 : an Indian corn (Zea mays praecox) whose kernels on

exposure to heat burst open to form a white starchy mass; also : the kernels especially after popping

adjective Date: 1950 : having widespread appeal but usually offering little

artistic merit or intellectual stimulation <popcorn movies>

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HISTORY OF POPCORN

The Native American Indians;

The oldest ear of popcorn in New Mexico, 4,000 years old;

Aztecs used popcorn in Mexico in 1519 as food and décor;

During the late 1800's, popcorn was being sold by vendors on the street, in parks at Carnivals and Fairs.

MOVIES AND POPCORN At first they were not

welcome; Movie theater owners

thought the vendors were a distraction;

Movie goers went out on the sidewalk to buy bags of yummy popcorn ;

A few of the smarter ones asked the vendors to come inside and split the money with the theater.

HAMBURGER

noun a sandwich made with a patty of ground meat usually

in a roll or bun

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slang a stupid and worthless person—meat

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

HISTORY OF HAMBURGERS

has its origins in Germany

The first recorded use of Hamburg steak is not found until 1884

the first hamburger was served up at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair

"Hamburger Charlie" Nagreen from Seymour, Wisconsin started selling meatballs at the age of 15 at the summer

fair in Seymour, Wisconsin

HOT DOG noun a frankfurter, especially one served hot in a long soft

roll slang a person who performs showy, often dangerous stunts,

especially but not exclusively in sports, for example in surfing or skiing but the relation of this term to the edible hot dog is unknown.

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HOT DOG verb to perform in a recklessly or flamboyantly skillful

manner, as in a sport or athletic activity or to show off.

adjective usage from 1896 meaning "someone particularly

skilled or excellent" with overtones of showing off

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HISTORY OF HOT DOG

was developed in Frankfurt, Germany five years before Christopher Columbus set sail for the new world

the term "dog" has been used as a synonym for sausage since 1884 and accusations that sausage makers used dog meat date to at least 1845.

the complete phrase "hot dog" in reference to sausage was coined by the newspaper cartoonist Thomas Aloysius "TAD" Dorgan around 1900

He was present at the Polo Grounds in New York during a 1901 baseball game and heard the vendors yelling, "Get your dachshund dogs while their hot!"

CORN FLAKES

noun used with a plural verb and means a packaged

breakfast cereal in the form of small toasted flakes made from corn, for serving cold with milk, sugar, etc.

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crisp, flaky, commercially prepared cold cereal made from coarse cornmeal

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HISTORY OF CORN FLAKES August 8, 1894

Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the superintendent of The Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan and an Adventist, used different recipes as part of a strict vegetarian regimen for his patients. The diet he imposed consisted entirely of bland foods.

Accidentally, some cooked wheat which was left to sit had gone stale when Dr. Kellogg and his brother, Will Keith Kellogg attended to some pressing matters at the sanitarium. As the sanitarium was on a strict budget, they decided to force the wheat through rollers in hope of getting long sheets of the dough. All they got were crispy flakes.

FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS

• as urban development became phenomena in the 20th century, especially in the US, people got busy in their works and the culture of eating outside in restaurants and food outlets gained immense popularity

• sometimes known as a quick service restaurant or QSR, is a specific type of restaurant characterized both by its fast food cuisine and by minimal table service

the first place people could visit clean toilets people went there dressed up

THE AUTOMAT

July 7, 1912, New York the Automat was a cafeteria

with its prepared foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots

remained extremely popular throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

the company also popularized the notion of “take-out” food, with their slogan “Less work for Mother”.

WHITE CASTLE

founded in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas by Billy Ingram and Walter A. Anderson

built their restaurants so that customers could see the food being prepared

painted the buildings white and even chose a name that suggested cleanliness

was most popular in the American East and Midwest, but its success helped give hamburger meat a better reputation nationwide.

COLONEL HARLAND SANDERS

started selling fried chicken in front of a gas station in Kentucky in 1930

although Kentucky Fried Chicken is today owned by the PepsiCo, it is his secret recipe that earned the brand its name and fame and is used to date

MCDONALD’S

One of the world famous and largest food-chain restaurants in the whole

opened in 1948, serving more than 58 million customers daily and being also the first restaurant ever to use the assembly-line

SALAD BARS

the “salad bar” was announced in April 1937 newspaper articles

the “bar” being a glorified tea wagon on which salad ingredients were placed

the Boston Oyster House of the Morrison Hotel in Chicago (IL) offered a “salad bar” by at least August 1939—a table with 30 bowls of salad ingredients, where diners could mix their own salads.

Salad bars became popular in American restaurants in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

DRIVE-THROUGH (-IN) existed in the 1930s, and

many drive-in restaurants had some form of drive-up window

became popular because of the cars

speaker systems to place drive-through orders didn't hit the scene until the 1950s

DRIVE-THROUGH (-IN) the so-called “drive-in

fever” the waitresses at these

restaurants were called “carhops”

a "drive-thru" service allows customers to order and pick up food from their cars without even stepping out

CARL KARCHER

in 1939, Carl purchased a hot dog cart and began his “curb service” of selling hot dogs on the street to customers as they drove up in their cars.

because this was during the time that automobiles were so popular, people did not want to have to get out of their cars to eat and Carl’s business flourished

within five months after Carl bought the cart, he was able to buy a second one and a bit later he was opening a drive-in restaurant called “Carl’s Drive-In Barbeque”.

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