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Aerated Bread Company (W3)

"A.B.C." = "Aerated Bread Company"

The "Aerated Bread Company Ltd" ("A.B.C.") was a company founded and headquartered in the United Kingdom. Although it is often remembered as running a large chain of tea rooms in Britain and other parts of the world, it was originally established in 1862 by Dr. John Dauglish as a bakery using a revolutionary new method he had developed, with the tea rooms starting in 1864.
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BANQUET, sub. dessert

RUNNING BANQUET, a hasty refreshment

Verbivore's Feast: A Banquet of Word & Phrase Origins - von Chrysti M. Smith

Banquette

banquet (n.)

late 15c., "feast, sumptuous entertainment," from French banquet (15c.; in Old French only "small bench"), from Old Italian banchetto, diminutive of banco "bench;" originally a snack eaten on a bench (rather than at table), hence "a slight repast between meals;" the meaning has entirely reversed. As a verb from 1510s.

A Banquet

Artist/Maker(s): Morazzone (Pier Francesco Mazzuchelli) [Italian, 1573 - 1626]
Date: about 1623
Medium: Gray and brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, lightly squared in black chalk, on two sheets of paper
Source: J. Paul Getty Museum
Dimensions: 35.6 x 84.5 cm (14 x 33 1/4 in.)

The Banquet of Ahasuerus

Maker Name: Aert de Gelder [Dutch, 1645 - 1727]
Type: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1680s
Source: J. Paul Getty Museum

Primary Title: The Banquet of Cleopatra
Maker Name: Gerard Hoet [Dutch, 1648 - 1733]
Type: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: late 17th century - early 18th century
Source: J. Paul Getty Museum

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And you're right, dear reader, utterly right. That's what "banquet" means now, but once it meant a "tiny snack", probably eaten between proper meals. And absolutely nobody knows how the word got from the one meaning to the other.

bawdy banquet

banquet

• "banquet" a ceremonial dinner party for many people
• "banqueting" eating an elaborate meal
• "banquet" song a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet
• "banquette" an upholstered bench

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One thing this country has always enjoyed is a good drink. Whether it wasrum on the Atlantic, bourbon at the races or that Bloody Mary at Sunday Brunch, alcohol is the American Drink.

1896, British student slang merger of breakfast and lunch.

Bob Ross brunch

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According to the food historians, "brunch" is a turn of the 19th/20th century tradition originating in Britain. It is generally founded on the same principles of leisured priviledge.
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Spring Brunch Quilted Table Runner Pattern

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Origin of the word

The 1896 supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary cites Punch magazine which wrote that the term was coined in Britain in 1895 to describe a Sunday meal for "Saturday-night carousers" in the writer Guy Beringer's article "Brunch:A Plea"[2] in Hunter's Weekly'
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Sugar; Candy; Caramel

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CHESTNUT ("nux Castanea"), the common name given to two sorts of trees and their fruit, (1) the so-called "horse-chestnut," and (2) the sweet or "Spanish" chestnut.

(1) The common horse-chestnut, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Ger. Rosskastanie; Fr. marronnier d'Inde), has been stated to be a native of Tibet, and to have been brought thence to England in 1550; it is now, however, thought to be indigenous in the mountains of northern Greece, where it occurs wild at 3000 to 4000 ft. above sea-level.
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(2) The Spanish or sweet chestnut, Castanea saliva (natural order, Fagaceae), is a stately and magnificent tree, native of the countries bordering on the Mediterranean, but also ripening its fruit in sheltered situations as far north as Scotland.
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The Cambridge World History of Food

II.D.1. - Chestnuts

In the mountainous areas of the Mediterranean where cereals would not grow well, if at all, the "chestnut" ("Castanea sativa") has been a staple food for thousands of years (Jalut 1976). Ancient Greeks and Romans, such as Dioscorides and Galen, wrote of the flatulence produced by a diet that centered too closely on chestnuts and commented on the nuts’ medicinal properties, which supposedly protected against such health hazards as poisons, the bite of a mad dog, and dysentery.

Moving forward in time to the sixteenth century, we discover that "an infinity of people live on nothing else but this fruit [the chestnut]" (Estienne and Liébault 1583), and in the nineteenth century an Italian agronomist, describing Tuscany, wrote that "the fruit of the chestnut tree is practically the sole subsistence of our highlanders" (Targioni-Tozzetti 1802, Vol. 3: 154). A bit later on, Frédéric Le Play (1879, Vol. 1: 310) noted that "chestnuts almost exclusively nourish entire populations for half a year; in the European system they alone are a temporary but complete substitution for cereals." And in the twentieth century, the Italian author of a well-known book of plant-alimentation history mentioned that chestnuts not only were collected to be eaten as nuts but could also be ground into flour for bread making (Maurizio 1932). He was referring to the "wooden bread" that was consumed daily in Corsica until well into the twentieth century (Bruneton-Governatori 1984). Clearly, then, chestnuts have played an important role in sustaining large numbers of people over the millennia of recorded history (Bourdeau 1894).
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..., which the Greeks thought meant either "nut from Castanea" in Pontus, or "nut from Castana" in Thessaly, but probably both places are named for the trees, not the other way around.
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Chocolate’s importance in the Aztec Empire also is clearly recorded. The Aztecs called the prized drink they made from cocoa beans "chocolatl", which means "warm liquid". Like the earlier Mayans, the Aztecs drank the unsweetened beverage during special ceremonies. Montezuma II, a royal monarch of the Aztecs, maintained great storehouses filled with cocoa beans and reportedly consumed 50 or more portions of "chocolatl" daily from a golden goblet. Cocoa beans, however, weren’t only consumed. They also were used as a form of currency. According to records of the time, a rabbit could be purchased for four cocoa beans.
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What's in a Name?
There is some confusion about the derivation of the word "chocolate." The Merriam Webster Dictionary, and many other sources, state that it comes from the Aztec, or more accurately Nahuatl (the language of the Aztecs), word "chocolatl". Michael Coe, Professor of Anthropology at Yale, and author of "The True History of Chocolate", presents a different view. He argues that the word "chocolatl" appears in "no truly early source on the Nahuatl language or on Aztec culture." He cites the distinguished Mexican philologist Ignacio Davila Garibi who proposed the idea that the "Spaniards had coined the word by taking the Maya word "chocol" and then replacing the Maya term for water, "haa", with the Aztec one, "atl"." One other possibility is that "chocolate" is derived from the Maya verb "chokola'j", which means, "to drink chocolate together."
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How to Style Names of Food

By Mark Nichol

When it comes to names of "comestibles" and beverages, whether to capitalize proper names that are part of their names can give one indigestion. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary tends to uppercase such terms — though it often (but not always) advises that capitalization is not necessary — but The Chicago Manual of Style recommends lowercase forms. The Associated Press Style Book, the guide of record for newspapers and many magazines, tends to vary more arbitrarily in its guidelines.
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engl. "comestibles", Noun

• plural form of "comestible"
• Anything that can be eaten; "food"

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COOL AS A CUCUMBER
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Le Potager du Roi, (the King’s vegetable garden) was built between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste La Quintinie, the King’s gardener at Versailles. Quintinie, who had been appointed “Director of All Royal Fruit and Vegetable Gardens”, was assigned one million square feet of land to produce a garden capable of meeting the court’s demanding needs for fresh produce. One of the many types of fruits and vegetables grown was the "cucumber". In fact, Quintinie, borrowing from a technique used for cultivating melons, grew his cucumbers under glass. The glass acted as a greenhouse by capturing the sun’s warmth and thus expedited maturity.
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Cucumber (W3)

"CUCUMBER" ("Cucumis sativus", Fr. "concombre", O. Fr. "coucombre", whence the older English spelling and pronunciation "cowcumber", the standard in England up to the beginning of the 18th century), a creeping plant of the natural order "Cucurbitaceae". ...
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II.C.6. - Cucumbers, Melons, and Watermelons

Our focus here is on three important "cucurbits" - "cucumber", "melon", and "watermelon" - although cucurbits of less significance such as the citron, bur (or West India gherkin), and some lesser-known melons are also briefly discussed. These plants, together with all the sundry squashes and pumpkins, constitute a taxonomic group of diverse origin and genetic composition with considerable impact on human nutrition. The term "cucurbit" denotes all species within the Cucurbitaceae family.

Cucurbits are found throughout the tropics and subtropics of Africa, southeastern Asia, and the Americas. Some are adapted to humid conditions and others are found in arid areas. Most are frost-intolerant so they are grown with protection in temperate areas or to coincide with the warm portion of the annual cycle. Cucurbits are mostly annual, herbaceous, tendril-bearing vines.

The significance of cucurbits in human affairs is illustrated by the abundance of literature devoted to them, albeit much less than that produced on the grains and pulses. Two full-length books have cucurbits as the title (Whitaker and Davis 1962; Robinson and Decker-Walters 1997), and at least four significant publications have been derived from recent conferences on these plants (Thomas 1989; Bates, Robinson and Jeffrey 1990; Lester and Dunlap 1994; Gómez-Guillamón et al. 1996). Moreover, a recent reference book provides an inclusive chapter on cucurbits (Rubatzky and Yamaguchi 1997) and an annual publication is dedicated to their genetics (Ng 1996).
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CUCUMBERS

CUCUMBER TRIVIA

CUCUMBERS. Taylors, who are jocularly said to subsist, during the summer, chiefly on cucumbers.

• Cucumber
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Salatgurke, Schlangengurke, Gurke, bot. "Cucumis sativus", engl. "cucumber", frz. "concombre", ital. "cetriolo", span. "buvango", "pepino"
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CUCURBITACEAE--FRUITS FOR PEONS, PILGRIMS, AND PHARAOHS
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Species of cucurbits are native in most countries of the world, especially in the tropics, and they are now cultivated in every country, state, and province where crop plants can be grown in the summer (warm temperature), comprising an important starch resource in many regional diets. Edible species include "cucumber", squashes, "pumpkins" (any large edible orange species of Cucurbita), gherkins, melons of all kinds, chayote, and a variety of palatable gourds. Most people think of a "gourd" as a fruit that is bitter, and there are many species in the family having fruits that are too bitter to eat. The seeds of many can be roasted and eaten, with or without salt, such as those of buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima), which were eaten by California Indians.
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Ingredients A-Z
Everything you need to know about raw materials - what's in season when, how to prepare them and what to look for when buying, plus photographs and background info. That's wonderful Italian polenta in the photograph, by the way!

Ingredients a-c
Aduki beans | Allspice | Almonds | Anchovies | Apples | | Artichokes | Asparagus | Aubergines | Avocados | Bacon, including gammon | Bananas | Basil | Bay leaves | Bean sprouts | Beef - braising steak | Beef - oxtail | Beef - silverside, topside, top rump | Beef - sirloin | Beef - steak | Beef - stewing | Beetroot | Black beans | Blackberries | Blackcurrants | Blueberries | Boursin | Brazil nuts | Broad beans | Broccoli (calabrese) | Brussels sprouts | Butter | Butter beans | Buttermilk | Cabbage | Candied Peel | Cannellini beans | Cape gooseberries (physalis) | Capers | Cardamom | Carrots | Cashew nuts | | Celeriac | Celery | Cheddar | Cherries | Chervil | Chestnuts | Chicken | Chickpeas | | Chilli peppers | Chives | Chocolate | Cinnamon (whole and ground) | Cloves | Coconut | Cod | Coriander leaves | Coriander seeds | Cornichons | Cottage cheese | Courgettes | Crab | Cranberries | Cream | Crème fraîche | Cumin | Curd cheese | Currants

Ingredients d-f
Dates | Dill | Duck | Eggs | Elderflowers | Fennel | Fennel leaves | Fenugreek | Feta | Figs | Flageolet beans | Flour | Fontina | Fresh sausages | Fromage frais

Ingredients g-i
Galangal | Garlic | Gelatine | Goats' cheeses | Golden syrup | Goose | Gooseberries | Gorgonzola | Grapefruit | Grapes | Gruyère | Guinea fowl | Haddock | Halloumi | Ham | Haricot beans | Hazelnuts | Herrings, sprats, sardines and whitebait | Honey | Horseradish

Ingredients j-l
Jerusalem artichokes | Juniper | Kaffir lime leaves | Kippers | Kiwi fruit | Lamb | Lancashire cheese | Lard | Leeks | Lemon grass | Lemons | Lentils | Lettuce or leaves? | Limes | Loganberries | Lychees

Ingredients m-o
Mackerel | Mangoes | Maple syrup | Marigold Swiss vegetable bouillon powder | Marjoram and Oregano | Mascarpone | Melons | Milk | Mint | Mixed pepper berries | Molasses syrup | Mozzarella | Mushrooms | Mussels | Mustard | Noodles | Nutmeg and mace | Oil | Olive oil | Olives | Onions | Oranges

Ingredients p-r
Paprika | Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) | Parsley | Parsnips | Partridge | Passion fruit | Pasta | Pawpaws | Peaches and nectarines | Pearl barley | Pears | Peas | Pecan | Pecorino Romano | Pepper | Peppers | Pheasant | Pine nuts (or pine kernels) | Pineapples | Pistachio nuts | Plaice | Plums, greengages and damsons | Pomegranate | Pork | Potatoes make a comeback | Prawns | Prunes | Quail | Quark | Rabbit | Raisins | Raspberries | Red kidney beans | Redcurrant jelly | Redcurrants and whitecurrants | Rhubarb | Rice | | Rocket leaves | | Runner beans

Ingredients s-u
Saffron | Sage | Salad or spring onions | Salmon | Salt | Scallops | Seeds | Semolina | Seville oranges | Shallots | Shrimp | Shrimps | Skate | Sole | Sorrel | Soy sauce | Spinach | Split peas | Squid | Star anise | Stem ginger in syrup | Stilton | Strawberries | Suet | Sugars and syrups | Sultanas | Swede | Sweet potato | Sweetcorn | Tabasco sauce | Tarragon | Thai Fish Sauce (Nam Pla) | Thyme | Tomato ketchup - the organic version | Tomatoes | Trout | Turbot and halibut | Turkey | Turmeric | Turnips

Ingredients v-x
Vanilla extract | Venison | Vinegar | Walnuts | Wasabi | Watercress | Winter pumpkin and squash | Wood pigeon | Worcestershire sauce

Ingredients y-z
Yeast | Yoghurt

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Ever eager to burnish its public image, the McDonald's Corporation once hired a public-relations firm to ascertain the correct plural of the "Egg McMuffin". Perhaps they were hoping to gain approval for "Eggs McMuffin", on the analogy of the more upmarket "eggs Benedict". But that quest went nowhere. As far as I know, the company never ruled on what eaters of the "Egg McMuffin" should order if they want more than one.

Concocted by "Waldorf-Astoria" to hangover cure for Samuel Benedict

The "Waldorf-Astoria" hotel, creator of the "Waldorf salad", also concocted a hangover cure for a Mr. Samuel Benedict. The cure?

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Kartoffeln aus dem Feuer holen (W3)

Für jemanden die Kartoffeln aus dem Feuer holen

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kettle of fish (W3)

The custom was described by Thomas Newte in his Tour of England and Scotland in 1785: “It is customary for the gentlemen who live near the Tweed to entertain their neighbours and friends with a "Fete Champetre", which they call giving "a kettle of fish". Tents or marquees are pitched near the flowery banks of the river ... a fire is kindled, and live salmon thrown into boiling kettles”.

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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
First published in 1749, this two-volume great English novel is the cornerstone of the Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction.
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THE GENTLEMAN who now arrived was no other than Mr. Western. He no sooner saw Allworthy, than, without considering in the least the presence of Mrs. Waters, he began to vociferate in the following manner: “Fine doings at my house! A rare "kettle of fish" I have discovered at last! who the devil would be plagued with a daughter?”
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Captain Grose et al.
Francis Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811

"KETTLE OF FISH"
When a person has perplexed his affairs in general, or any particular business, he is said to have made a fine kettle of fish of it.

"kettle of fish" {v. phr.}, {informal}
Something to be considered; how things are; a happening; business. * /I thought he needed money, but it was another kettle of fish - his car had disappeared./ - Usually used with "pretty", "fine", "nice", but meaning bad trouble. * /He had two flat tires and no spare on a country road at night, which was certainly a pretty kettle of fish./ * /This is a fine kettle of fish! I forgot my book./ Compare: CUP OP TEA(2).

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*peik (W3)

English got the word "pickle" from Middle Low German "pekel", which means "sharp in taste". Words like "pike" and "picket" also derive from the same source as "pickle". That source, an Indo-European root, is "(s)peik-" = "sharp point". The metaphorical sharpness in "pickles" is, of course, their vinegary taste. The word entered English in the 14th century.

Mark Morton, author of "Cupboard Love", discusses several other food words that come from the same source: "pie" (from Latin "pica" = "magpie", named for its sharp beak); "pike" = "fish with a pike-like head"; "pickerel", the diminutive of "pike", referring to a smaller, tastier fish; "piquant" = "sharp-tasting"; and "picnic" (from "piquenique").

How on earth do we get from "pica" = "magpie" to "pie" = "filling topped with crust"? "Pie" is thought to derive from English "magpie", because the earliest "pies" (in the Middle Ages) contained many different ingredients (think of a mince meat pie), and this characteristic was seemingly compared to the many different things that "magpies" collected in their nests. Or to the bird's "piebald" coloration. Perhaps.
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The "pie" in "magpie" comes ultimately from Latin "pica" which means "magpie"! The "mag-" in "magpie" is a short form of the name "Margaret". Englishmen of the Middle Ages were fond of giving human names to species of animals (like the "martin" the "jenny wren" and the "blue jay", for another example).

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Francisco López de Gómara, Historia General de las Indias (1552) is the first to record the word "papa", which is used in some dialects of Spanish for "potato".
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The word "patata" is evidently a combination of the Quechan word "papa" and the Taino word "batata". This is the word used in Spain for "potato".

Spanish writers are generally careful to distinguish "batata" (Ipomoea) and "patata" (Solanum). In particular, the earliest reference to potatoes bound for Europe is from 28 Nov. 1567 in the Canary Islands, when Lorenzo Palenzuela, a notary public, recorded some bound for Antwerp, Belgium, “y asi mismo recibo tres barriles medianos [que] decis lleven patata y naranjas e lemones berdes” 'and in the same way I received three medium size barrels [that] you said carried potatoes, oranges, and green lemons'.
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Initially, "potato" always referred to the "sweet potato", since that was the only kind known in England.
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potluck (W3)

Your search for "potluck" returned 21 articles

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Potluck Dinner/Supper (1910)

I was asked to "pitch in" about "potluck." I looked for "potluck" and "pot luck" and "dinner(s)" and "supper(s)." There is no relation to "potlatch."

The DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN REGIONAL ENGLISH Vol. IV P-Sk (2002), using that old, antiquated 2002 technology, came up with a 1929 citation, and then has 1942. The DARE map shows Ohio and Illinois hits, perfect for NewspaperArchive.

The tradition appears to have become popular in those states starting about 1910.
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Thomas Nashe recorded the term as early as the 16th century, in Strange newes, of the intercepting certaine letters, and a convoy of verses, 1592: ...
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A reference to potluck is made in the New York Times, in August 1867: ...
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Potluck: dinner, spread, Jacob's join, Jacob's supper, faith supper, covered dish supper, bring and share, shared lunch, pitch-in, carry-in, bring-a-plate, dish-to-pass. It is also erroneously referred to as a...

TasteSpotting, a community driven visual potluck.

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Restaurant (W3)

Meaning: A substantial eating establishment, usually having a larger menu than a cafe and cuisine of a higher quality than a diner.
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A person who operates a "restaurant" is usually called a "restaurateur" without the "N". This remains the preferred spelling even though US dictionaries now accept "restauranteur" with the "N". These were two separate words when borrowed. As the History below will show, "restaurant" comes from the present participle of an old verb "restaurer" "to restore". "Restaurateur" comes from the same verb but with the noun suffix "-ateur" "someone who Vs", seen in other borrowed words like amateur, saboteur, and the like.
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It was also used as a noun meaning "a (medicinal) restorative" and often applied to soups. Now, in 18th century France, selling cooked meat was the strict prerogative of taverns, called "traiteurs" in French. But these traiteurs refused to sell portions of meat; the customer had to buy an entire joint.
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restaurant (n.)

1821, from French restaurant "a restaurant", originally "food that restores", noun use of present participle of "restaurer" "to restore or refresh", from Old French "restorer" (see "restore").
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Types of restaurant

Contents

• 1 Types
• 1.1 Fast food
• 1.2 Fast casual
• 1.3 Casual dining
• 1.3.1 Family style
• 1.4 Fine dining
• 2 Variations
• 2.1 Brasserie and bistro
• 2.2 Buffet and smörgåsbord
• 2.3 Café
• 2.4 Cafeteria
• 2.5 Coffeehouse
• 2.6 Destination restaurant
• 2.6.1 Tabletop cooking
• 2.7 Mongolian barbecue
• 2.8 Pub
• 2.9 Teppanyaki-style
• 3 Rating of restaurants
• 4 See also
• 5 References

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Let's look at another example. Our English word "salary" is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary as "fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis". Its etymology can be traced back 2,000 years to "sal", the Latin word for "salt". So what's the connection between "salt" and "salary"?

The Roman historian Pliny the Elder tells us that "in Rome, a soldier was paid in salt", which back then was widely used as a food preservative. Eventually, this "salarium" came to signify a stipend paid in any form, usually money. Even today the expression "worth your salt" indicates that you're working hard and earning your "salary". However, this doesn't mean that "salt" is the true definition of "salary".
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scone (W3)

Rose Petal Drop Scone - yields 2 dozen - recipe from The Wildflower Inn Bed & Breakfast

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slotted spoon (W3)

"slotted spoon", noun: a large spoon whose bowl has several slots or holes for draining liquid from food being ladled.

ORIGIN OF "SLOTTED SPOON": "slot" (1) + "-ed" (3)

Slotted Spoon

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Absinthe is drunk with a mixture of 3 to 5 parts water to one part liquor, frequently using a slotted spoon to hold a sugar cube over the glass while water is dripped slowly into the absinthe. The sugar enhances the flavor profile but isn't strictly necessary. Good absinthe, like a good arak or ouzo, is dry but not bitter.
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soup spoon (W3)

A soup spoon is a type of spoon with a large or rounded bowl, used for consuming soup. The term can either refer to the British soup spoon or the Chinese spoon. Round bowled soup spoons were a Victorian invention. Sets of silverware made prior to about 1900 do not have round soup spoons; a tablespoon was used (and still is in some British houses where the silver predates 1900).
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spoon (W3)

Spoon and sparrow, and fvndere and passer;

or,

English roots in the Greek, Latin, and Hebrew:

being a consideration of the affinities of the Old English, Anglo-Saxon or Teutonic portion of our tongue to the Latin and Greek, with a few pages on the relation of the Hebrew to the European languages - Cockayne, Thomas Oswald, 1807-1873

Museo Guadalupano (Virgin of Guadalupe Museum)

Mexico City, Mexico

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.
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Löffelfamilie (Spoon Family)

Leipzig, Germany

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.
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Akin Free Library

Pawling, New York

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.
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The curiosities abound. You’ll find oddities like meticulously scribed 19th-century shop ledgers, a first edition of The Hobbit, utopian Quaker pamphlets, a shrunken head, snake skins, hundreds of taxidermy local birds from 200 years ago, Native honed seashells, a giant moa egg, fetuses in jars, and spoon handles swallowed by a local mental patient.
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The Spoonmaker's Diamond

Istanbul, Turkey

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.
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In the year 1669, a fisherman idly combing a rubbish heap near Egrikapi along Istanbul’s shoreline came across a large, unusually shiny stone. Thinking it beautiful but having no idea what the piece was, he put the gem in his pocket, where it lived for a few days until he stopped by the jewelers market. Showing it to the first man he came across, the professional recognized its value but bamboozled the fisherman. According to Rasid, the Ottoman court’s official historian, the jeweler said to the man, “It’s a piece of glass, take it away if you like, or if you like I’ll give you three spoons. You brought it all the way here, at least let it be worth your trouble.” Accepting his offer as a fair payment for his time, the fisherman departed with his three spoons, and the jeweler gained the fourth-largest diamond in the world.
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Spoonbridge and Cherry

Minneapolis, Minnesota

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
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Sugar Spoon, Beckford's Tower & Museum

This small silver-gilt sugar spoon carries in its design huge symbolism. William Beckford was obsessed with his family history and spent years researching his lineage. Heraldic motifs from his coat of arms were engraved on his possessions like brands of ownership. The spoon also has a less obvious symbolism; a link to the production of sugar, which made Beckford one of the richest men in England and tied his family to the British Slave Trade.

Spoon auger - a carpenter's tool

This was a carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. There have been spoon augers found in Britain from the Anglo-Saxon and Viking eras onwards.
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The Viking Hoard from Moan, Orkney

This small hoard was found in Orkney in 1886. It contained glass and amber beads, a "spoon" and a Celtic harness mount recycled into a brooch by the Vikings, dating to the early 9th century. No traces of a body were found, so the person who owned these objects was probably cremated. We can't tell who it belonged to as it contains no oval brooches or "female" artefacts, but also no weapons, gaming pieces or "male" artefacts.

It would have been quite a wealthy person as the brooch is from Ireland, the amber beads are from the Baltic and the "spoon" is a high status object as people mainly ate with their hands at this time.
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Saucepan, ladle and spoon

These came from an old house. A relation of mine was the caretaker and they were about to throw them out.

Sugar spoons

The owner purchased these Danish sugar spoons in an antiques shop in Sydney.

Spoon

A Victorian piece possibly made of horn.

Spoons and Vinaigrette

Items showing the quality of intricate workmanship.

Spoon

This spoon is made of silver and is one of a set of six.

15th Century Pewter Spoon

These are made from pewter and have been dated from the 1400s. The end of the spoon shows a woman in an ornate horned headdress. The use of pewter was common in the Middle Ages, and was popular until developments in glass making in 18th and 19th centuries.

Silver seal top spoon

Bought 40 years ago at an antique auction in Salisbury. Belonged to a well off person as it's an eating spoon but was used for stiring, as demonstrated by the worn away edge.

Iron Age Spoons

These mysterious bronze spoons are almost always found in pairs and date from 800 BCE - 100 CE Until their discovery there were only 23 other known objects of this type. Their function is unknown.

Iron Age finds are rare from Shropshire which makes this find all the more remarkable and it has been over 80 years since anybody has found any of these anywhere. Apart from one find in France, these spoons have only been discovered in Britain and Ireland. These spoons belong to a well known, if rare, type of Iron Age object. Both spoons are made from single sheets of metal. One spoon has an engraved design of a cross with a small circle highlighting where the two lines of the cross meet at the deepest part of the spoon. The other spoon is plain.

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"spênu" ("spônu") m. "Span". an. "spân-n", "spônn" pl. "spaenir", "spoenir", acc. "-u" m. "Span", "hölzerner Löffel"; afries. mnd. "spân", "spôn" m. dass., ags. "spôn" m. f. "Span", "Splitter" (engl. "spoon" = "Löffel"); ahd. mhd. "span" m. "Holzspan", nhd. "Span" m. Vgl. gr. "???" m. "Keil".

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"spoon", noun

• a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
• any of various implements, objects, or parts resembling or suggesting this.
• verb (used with object)
• to eat with, take up, or transfer in or as in a spoon.
• to hollow out or shape like a spoon.
• a spoonful.
• Also called "spoon bait" .Angling. a lure used in casting or trolling for fish, consisting of a bright spoon-shaped piece of metal or the like, swiveled above one or more fishhooks, and revolving as it is drawn through the water.
• Also called "number three wood" .Golf. a club with a wooden head whose face has a greater slope than the brassie or driver, for hitting long, high drives from the fairway.
• a curved piece projecting from the top of a torpedo tube to guide the torpedo horizontally and prevent it from striking the side of the ship from which it was fired.
• (in spoon theory) a unit of energy that, once used, must be replenished before becoming available again.

verb (used with object)

• to eat with, take up, or transfer in or as in a spoon.
• to hollow out or shape like a spoon.
• Games.
• to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion instead of striking it soundly, as in croquet or golf.
• to hit (a ball) up in the air, as in cricket.
• Informal. to nestle in close contact with (another), as when both are lying on their sides with their knees drawn up, the back of one person tucked into the front of the other like the bowls of two spoons:
• He moved over and spooned her, pressing himself gently against her warm back as she slept.
• Informal: Older Use. to show affection or love toward (someone) by kissing and caressing, especially in an openly sentimental manner.

verb (used without object)

• Informal. (of two people) to nestle in close contact with one another, as when both are lying on their sides with their knees drawn up, the back of one person tucked into the front of the other like the bowls of two spoons:
• They spooned without shifting position the whole night through.
• Informal: Older Use. to show affection or love by kissing and caressing, especially in an openly sentimental manner.
• Games. to spoon a ball.
• Angling. to fish with a spoon.

ORIGIN OF "SPOON"

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English "spon"; cognate with Low German "spon", German "Span" = "chip", Old Norse "sponn"; akin to Greek "sphen" = "wedge"
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Spoon

spoon (n.)

Old English "spon" = "chip", "sliver", "shaving", "splinter of wood", from Proto-Germanic "*spe-nu-" (source also of Old Norse "spann", "sponn" = "chip", "splinter", Swedish "spån" = "a wooden spoon", Old Frisian "spon", Middle Dutch "spaen", Dutch "spaan", Old High German "span", German "Span" = "chip", "splinter"), from PIE "*spe-" (2) = "long, flat piece of wood" (source also of Greek "spathe" = "spade", also possibly Greek "sphen" = "wedge").

As the word for a type of eating utensil, c. 1300 in English (in Old English such a thing might be a metesticca), in this sense supposed to be from Old Norse "sponn", which meant "spoon" as well as "chip", "tile". The "eating utensil" sense is specific to Middle English and Scandinavian, though Middle Low German "spon" also meant "wooden spatula".
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spoon (v.)

1715, "to dish out with a spoon", from "spoon" (n.). The meaning "court, flirt sentimentally" is first recorded 1831, a back-formation from "spoony" (adj.) = "soft", "silly", "weak-minded", "foolishly sentimental". Related: "Spooned"; "spooning".

Words related to "spoon"

• spade
• spheno-
• spoon-bread
• spoon-feed
• spork
• tablespoon
• tea-spoon

"*spênu", "*spônu", m. "Span". an. "spân-n", "spôn-n" pl. "spænir", "spœnir", acc. -u m. "Span", "hölzerner Löffel"; afries. mnd. "spân", "spôn" m. dass., ags., altengl. "spôn" m. f. "Span", "Splitter" (engl. "spoon" = "Löffel"); ahd. mhd. "span" m. "Holzspan", nhd. "Span" m. Vgl. neugriech. "???", altgriech. "???", m. "Keil".

Shakespeare concordance: all instances of "spoon"

spoon occurs 4 times in 7 speeches within 5 works.

• Comedy of Errors (2)
• Coriolanus (1)
• Henry VIII (2)
• King John (1)
• Tempest (1)

On nuts, spoons, and the metaphors borrowed from sex & food


Tweet By Anatoly Liberman

Last week I mentioned the idiom "to be (dead) nuts" on "to be in love with" and the verb "spoon" "to make love" and promised to say something about both.
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We can now turn to "spoon". "Spoon" = "to be in love, pay court and wax lackadaisical in the process", the noun "spoon" = "fool", and "spoony" = "fool"; "foolish" probably have nothing to do with spoons. It was noticed as early as 1874 that Engl. "to spoon" corresponds exactly to German "löffeln" (the noun "Löffel" means "spoon" and the verb has the same meaning as in English), but the scholar who made this observation did not go further than stating that sometimes the same metaphor can arise independently in two languages. However, in 1975 John T. Krumpelmann discovered that all the authors (as given in the OED) who used such words as "spoonery", "spooniness", "spoonish", "spoonism", and "spoony" in the first half of the 19th century were in some way connected with Germany or the German language. “Evidence seems to indicate that this meaning of "spoon" was borrowed from "Löffel", the current German word for "spoon".” The same holds for the verb "to spoon". Krumpelmann concluded that in English the noun and the verb are transplants of German "Löffel" and "löffeln". This looks like a plausible conclusion.

German speakers, unless they are language historians, also think that their lovers are in some mysterious way connected with the utensil, but the association, if it exists, is indirect. One has to begin with German "Laffe" = "simpleton", "fool", possibly related to the verb "laffen" = "to lick" (so a fool was considered to be some sort of "licker"). "Löffel" derives from "laffen" by two sound changes: "a" to "e" (umlaut) and "e" to "ö" (“rounding”: compare Engl. "twelve" and German "zwölf"). If this is correct, "spooning" does have some relation if not to "eating", then at least to "licking". The tie between "fool" and "lover" poses no problems at all ("for nuts"). Enamored people see no drawbacks in the objects of their devotion. We all know it, and language constantly reminds us of the nature of infatuation (Latin "fatuus" = "inane"). The adjective "fond" meant "foolish" (so still in Shakespeare). "Dote" also meant "to be silly or weak-minded" (hence "dotage"), but "doting" on one’s children and being fond of them (to give the most innocuous example) does not necessarily presuppose idiocy. It appears that for everyday communication it is better to be unaware of the history of the words we use. Too much knowledge may produce confusion, while ignorance is bliss. Etymology should be left for dessert.
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On Spoons, Forks, and Knives

APRIL 8TH 2009

By Anatoly Liberman

I would rather write about "prisms" and "prunes", but those words are ultimately of Greek descent, and I try to stay on Germanic soil as much as possible, though sometimes the spirit of adventure (not to be encouraged in a serious etymologist) makes me trespass on Romance territory. The origin of "spoon" is well-known, but the story is instructive and deserves repeating.

Spoons of some sort were invented at the dawn of civilization. Liquid and soft food cannot be eaten with hands, so that spoons, contrary to forks, are a necessity, not a luxury. Human beings have fingers, that is, natural forks, and the Europeans resisted the introduction of “artificial fingers” long and manfully. The English are famous for even ridiculing forks five hundred years ago. However, by the 16th and especially the 17th century the wealthy in Italy, France, and England got used to the newfangled utensil, partly because forks could be made of costly materials and impress guests (the Italians were in the forefront of this important battle).
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"Spoon" is certainly native and can serve as a classic illustration of how the history of words and the history of things are connected. Old Engl. "spon" (with a long vowel), the etymon of "spoon", meant "chip", "splinter", "shaving", and this is still the meaning of German "Span" and one of the meanings of Dutch "spaan". In Middle English, the change from "chip" to "eating utensil" probably occurred under the influence of its Scandinavian equivalent in which the same change happened earlier. The ancient "spoon" was a primitive "sliver" before it became elaborate "silver". Spoons have transparent names in many languages. Latin "coclear", the ancestor of French "cuiller", Spanish "cuchara", and Italian "cucchiaio", shares the root with "coclea" = "snail"; "spiral" (in our dictionaries, "coclea" sometimes turns up with –ch-, as do its English reflexes derived from Greek) either because of its initial twisted form or because it had pointed ends for eating shellfish. Shells as spoons have been used widely all over the world. Swedish "sked" (with closely related forms in all the Scandinavian languages) refers to something split or divided, as the corresponding English verb "to shed" and "–shed" in the compound "watershed" make clear. Dutch "lepel" = "spoon" is an instrument for "lapping up" food.
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If you say, "He stuck his spoon in the wall", you mean that he died. In German, the person who’s deceased has "passed along his spoon", and in Afrikaans, he’s "jabbed his spoon into the ceiling". These expressions reflect the idea that eating is an essential part of life. An article in the British Medical Journal has a long list of euphemisms for dying, from the French avaler son extrait de naissance, "to swallow one’s birth certificate", to the Portuguese phrase "vestir pijama de madeira", "to wear wooden pajamas".

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3. Der "Span", des -es, plur. "die Späne", ein nur in einigen Gegenden übliches Wort. Im Niederdeutschen, besonders in und um Bremen, ist "Span", ein "Gefäß", "Zuber". Im Englischen bedeutet "Spoon" einen "Löffel". Es scheinet hier den Begriff der Vertiefung, des hohlen Raumes zu haben, und mit Wanne Eines Geschlechtes zu seyn. Das "s" vor einem Consonans ist allemahl zufällig. Siehe auch "Spanbett", "Spind", "Sponde".

5. Der "Span", des -s, plur. die Späne, Dimin. Das Spänchen, Oberd. Spanlein.

1. Eigentlich, ein Theil, ein durch Theilung eines Ganzen erhaltenes Stück, eine dem ganzen Umfange nach veraltete Bedeutung, welche nur noch in einigen einzelnen Fällen üblich ist.

(1) Dünne durch Spalten entstandene Breter, werden in manchen Fällen "Späne" genannt. So heißen im Bergbaue die Dachschindeln nur "Späne". In einem etwas andern Verstande sind "Dachspäne", dünne durch Spalten entstandene Breter, welche bey den Ziegeldächern unter die Fugen der Dachsteine gelegt werden, das Durchdringen der Nässe zu verhindern. Die Späne der Schuster, Buchbinder, u. s. f. sind ähnliche dünne Breter von Büchenholz, welche aber nicht gespalten, sondern vermittelst eines großen Hobels hervor gebracht werden. Die Tuchbereiter nennen auch die Stücke Pappe, welche sie zwischen das Tuch im Pressen legen, "Späne". Die "Sogspäne" der Salzsieder sind stärkere Breter, worauf die gefüllten Salzkörbe gesetzet werden, damit das Wasser, absoge oder abtriefe.

(2) Noch häufiger werden die durch Spalten, Schneiden, Hauen, Sägen u. s. f. entstandenen kleinen, unförmlichen Theile eines festen Körpers Späne genannt, "Holzspäne", "Hornspäne", "Papierspäne" u. s. f. "Hobelspäne", welche von der Bearbeitung dem Hobel fallen, zum Unterschiede von dem "Zimmerspänen", "Drechselspänen", "Sägespänen", "Raspelspänen", "Feilspänen" u. s. f. Ein spitziger durch Spalten entstandener "Span", heißt ein "Splitter".

2. Figürlich.

(1) Bey den Oberdeutschen Donau-Schiffen ist der Span der Durchschnitt oder das Profil eines Schiffes, die Vorstellung desselben las wenn es durchschnitten wäre, damit man die innern Theile sehen könne. Der größte Span, der Durchschnitt in der größten Breite. Ohne Zweifel auch von dem veralteten "spanen", "theilen".

(2) * Mißhälligkeit Uneinigkeit, Streit u. s. f. eine im Hochdeutschen veraltete Bedeutung in welcher es ehedem im Oberdeutschen sehr gangbar war, und es in einigen Gegenden noch ist. Als aber die Erben etwas Spans bekommen, mit denen von Appenzell, Bluntschli. Auf ähnliche Art stammet Spaltung von "spalten", Schisma, von "???", Lis, von laedere, letzen schleißen her u. s. f.

Anm. In den eigentlichen Bedeutungen im Nieders. "Spoon", im Osnabrück "Spaunt", im Angels. "Spon", im Schwed. "Span", im Isländ. "Spann2. Die Analogie lehret, daß dieses Wort von einem veralteten Zeitworte "spanen" abstammen muß, welches "spalten", "theilen", "schneiden" u. s. f. bedeutet hat, und von dessen Geschlechte noch das Griechisch. "???", "schneiden", übrig ist. Da zum Spalten und Schneiden die Scharfe und Spitze nothwendig sind, so erhellet daraus die Verwandtschaft mit "Pinne", "Point", dem Hamb. "Punt". die Spitze u. s. f. welchen nur das zufällige hier vermuthlich intensive "s" mangelt.

Forks and Spoons

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spoon bread (W3)

Butternut Squash Spoon Bread

Corn Spoon Bread

"spoon bread", noun

• Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
• Dialect. any of various types of biscuits shaped by dropping batter into a baking pan from a spoon.

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SPOON BREAD

"Spoon bread" is such an unassuming name, I forget to look for it. Mariani's AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK has: Also, "spoonbread" or "spoon cornbread". A soft, custardlike dish usually made with cornmeal. The term may come from a Native American word for "porridge", "suppawn", or from the fact that the dish is usually eaten with a spoon. Its first mention in print was in 1905."

I'll have to look at my Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazar, and Ladies' Home Journal recipe files when I get back in three weeks. "HOW TO COOK FOR THE SICK AND CONVALESCENT" (1901) by "Helena V. Sachse" has this index entry:

"Bread, spoon or quick", 164

It also has "Open sandwiches", 154. (OED?)

"spoon bread", noun

: soft bread made of cornmeal mixed with milk, eggs, and shortening and served with a spoon

Word History: First Known Use: 1847, in the meaning defined above

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Sunday Brunch - Rose

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taramasalata (W3)

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Toast (W3)

The Toaster Museum

About 6,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians developed breads as we know them today. They discovered that if they let their bread dough sit out in Egypt's nice, warm climate, it would puff up, and if they baked this dough in an enclosed oven it would retain its fluffiness. This seemingly magical process was not fully understood until the 17th Century when the microscope revealed the yeast cells that cause leavening.

The process of scorching bread to preserve it spread through many cultures. The word "toast" comes from the Latin "Torrere", "Tostum" - to "scorch" or "burn". The Romans, in their conquests, took their love of toasted bread with them and spread the custom farther, even up into Britain. Later, English colonists brought the tradition to the Americas.

Toasting bread does more than just preserve it, of course, it changes its nature; bread becomes sweeter, crunchier and the perfect surface on which to spread all sorts of things.

There were a variety of methods for making toast in pre-electric times, from using the hot hearthstone, to putting bread on multi-purpose toasting forks and holding it over a fire, to employing fancy, hinged bread holders that could be attached to the side of a fireplace and swung into the flame.
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Toaster (W3)

"toaster" = "Brotröster"

Die kleine Geschichte des Toasters (Sendung vom 12.11.2008)
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1893 erblickte der erste Toaster in den USA das Licht der Welt. Doch erst zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, nachdem die Haushalte mit Strom versorgt waren, ging er in den Verkauf.
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History of the Toaster
(From the New York Times Sunday magazine)

The first electric toaster appeared in 1909. It toasted one side at a time and required constant vigilance: when the toast was done, you pulled the plug. The first automatic electric toaster was designed in 1919 by Charles Strite, a man sick and tired of burned toast.
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"Toaster" - Soldatendeutsch: "Flammenwerfer"

Freedom Toasters are conveniently located, self-contained, computer-based, 'Bring 'n Burn' facilities.

Like vending machines, preloaded to dispense confectionery, Freedom Toasters are preloaded to dispense free digital products, including software, photography, music and literature.

The Freedom Toaster project began as a means of overcoming the difficulty in obtaining Linux and Open Source software due to the restrictive telecommunications environment in South Africa, where the easy downloading of large pieces of software is just not possible for everyone.

The Freedom Toaster project is proudly run by Breadbin Interactive.

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AT A GLANCE:

During World War I, a master mechanic in a plant in Stillwater, Minnesota decided to do something about the burnt "toast" served in the company cafeteria. To circumvent the need for continual human attention, Charles Strite incorporated springs and a variable timer, and filed the patent application for his "pop-up toaster" on May 29, 1919. He intended the device would be sold to the restaurant trade.
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"beige toaster" /n./ A Macintosh. See toaster; compare Macintrash, maggotbox.

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Earliest types

The "electric toaster" was a British invention by Crompton and Co. in 1893. The first "toaster" in the USA, a Westinghouse of 1910, was advertised under the slogan 'Breakfast without going into the kitchen'. Its instantaneous use was seen as a great advantage: in 1917, Mrs Peel, in The Labour-Saving House, stated that 'you do not need to ring for more toast but make it yourself and eat it while it is crisp and hot'. These earliest models consisted of a nichrome element wound on to a vertical mica plate (similar to the heating pad in the electric iron), protected by a wire cage (against which bread could be propped) and mounted on to a cast-iron or folded steel plinth. The bread had to be turned by hand halfway through the cooking process.
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• 1912 Universal
• 1926 Toastmaster
• 1932 GEC Magnet 5601
• 1938 GEC 5620
• 1947 Hotpoint
• 1947 Kenwood
• 1948 Morphy-Richards
• 1958 Swan

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"Hearth Toaster" from the Walter Himmelreicht collection, Pennsylvania, c. 1800. Bread was placed between the arches; when one side was browned, the toaster was rotated to brown the other side.
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Where does the word "toaster" come from?

According to the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 11th Edition, from 1910-1911, the word "toast" was borrowed from the Old French "toste", which has the Latin root of "torrere", "tostum," meaning to "scorch" or "burn".

The encyclopedia also has this to say about the origin of the word "toast", as when one "raises a toast":

It was formerly the custom (a 16th Century fashion) to have pieces of toast floating in many kinds of liquor, especially when drunk hot. It is said to be from this custom that the word is used of the calling upon a company to drink the health of some person, institution or cause.

The following apocryphal story is being told by guides in more than one location about the origin of the word "toaster" :

I was recently told a story that is a bit unbelievable about the history of the first "toaster". Can you please tell me the truth about where it came from and how it got it's name? I would really appreciate it. It goes like this...

I went to historic Deerfield, Massachusetts where a guide was showing us the fireplaces and some old cooking items. One of the items was an iron standing grid that they would slide bread slices into and place in front of the fire. This grid could turn around and the story goes that the women would push it with their toe.....originating the term "toe stir" which eventually became "toaster".

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• AEG 247 400 (ovals 01) | AEG 247 420 (ovals 01) | AEG 247 421 (rhombs 01) | ALL RITE Co - Hostess (blue/white 01) | ALS.THOM - G 417 (nickel 01) | A. MECKY CO. - LEDIG (No. 500) | AMERICAN ELECTRIC HEAT - No. 5825 (nickel) | ANGELUS-CAMPFIRE - BAR-B-Q Marshm. (red 01) | ARTAUD - no type 01 (beige 01)
• BERGMANN - no type 01 (black 01) | BERSTED - No. 71 (black 01) | BERSTED Auto-Toastmaker - No. 73 (black 01) | BERSTED Oven Type - No. 79 (chrome 01) | BERSTED - No. 81 (black 01) | BRITISH DIAMIX - no type 01 (gold 01) | CALOR Standard - No.70 (chrome 01) | CHAUFFELC - 900 (black 01) | CLEM - no type 02 (black bakelite) | CLEM - no type 01 (green 01) | CLEM - no type 01 (yellow 01) | COLOMBO - no type 01 (black 01) | COOKENETTE - no type 01 (black 01) | COPEMAN - Automatic (black 01)
• DAALEDROP KMD - 21191 (black 01) | DEEHA - 705 (black 01) | DEMO - no type 02 (green 01) | DEMO - no type 04 (black 01) | DEMO - no type 04 (black 02) | D. KIRCHHOFF - Calmo (brown 01) | DOMINION ELEC. MFG - 1105 (wood 01) | DUALIT - AUTO 6 (beige 01) | DUALIT - no type 01 (black 01) | DUALIT - no type 01 (green 01) | DUALIT - no type 01 (green 02) |
• EDISWAN - no type 01 (nickel 01) | EDISON ELECTRIC - Edicraft (nickel 01) | EG - OP-1 (black 01) | ELCALOR - 47211835 (black 01) | ELECTRO WELD CO - no type 01ELEKTHERMAX - VP-3 (black, long 01) | ELEKTHERMAX - VP-3 (black, short 01) | ELEKTRO GENNEL - Typ 13001 (black 01) | ELIC
• GP (N O) | ELIC - GP (N R) | ELIC - no type (8097) | EMHA-AGUEDA - 550 (black 01) | EPEHA - 90050 (wood 01) | ESTATE ELECTRIC - No. 77 (black 01) | ESTATE ELECTRIC - No. 177 (black 01) | EXCEL ELECTRIC - Toastoy (black 01) | EXCELSIOR - Upright Toaster (black 01) |
• FILROUGE - no type 01 (blue 01)
• GENERAL ELECTRIC - D-12 (Model 1 Pre) | GENERAL ELECTRIC - D-12 (Model 2) | GENERAL ELECTRIC - D-12 (Model 3) | GENERAL ELECTRIC - D-12 (Model 3 flower) | GENERAL ELECTRIC - D5630 (yellow/black 01) | GENERAL ELECTRIC - Magnet (black 01) | GENERAL ELECTRIC - T 22 (black 01) | GREAT NORTHERN - Quality Brand (black 01) | GROSSAG - no type 01 (black 01)
• HANDYHOT - AEUB (black 01) | HEATMASTER - Automatic Toaster (No.692) | HOTPOINT - 120T31 (black 01) | HOTPOINT - 80854 (glass 01) | HOTPOINT - 10532G2 (black 01) | HUZA - no type 02 (white 01)
• INVENTA - 287 (black 01) | INVENTUM - 233 Amsterdam (black 01)
• J.A. BROOKE - 348 (black 01) | JEKA - 580 (red 01) | JURA - 1119 (black/white 01) | JURA - 1122 (black 01) | JURA - 1124 (brown 01)
• KALORIK - 3712 (black 01) | KALORIK - no type 02 (red 01) | KENWOOD - A 101 (black 01) | KENWOOD - no type 01 (brown 01) | KNAPP MONARCH - 525 (black 01)
• LAVA SIRAT - ST 2/1 (red 01)
• MANNING BOWMAN - 1228 (black 01) | MASTERCRAFT - Full Vision (black 01) | MAYBAUM - 581 (black 01) | MAYBAUM - 581 (light yellow 01) | MAYBAUM - 581 (red 01) | MAYBAUM - 581 (yellow 01) | MAXIM - no type 01 (nickel 01) | MONTGOMERY WARD - 601 (93-DE-86) |
• NELSON MACHINE - No. 73 (black/red 01) | NELSON MACHINE - no type 01 (black 01) | NEOWatts - 48 (white 01) | NILSJOHAN - Rossi BRT-58 (black 01) | NOVA - no type 01 (black 01) | NOVA - no type 01 (black 02)
• OCO - no type 01 (black 01) | OMEGA - no type 04 (wood 01) | OMEGA - no type 05 (black 01) | OSI - no type, Model 3
• PAN ELECTRIC - Toastrite (Blue Willow) | PAN ELECTRIC - Toastrite (orange) | PELOUZE - no type 02 (black 01) | PORCELIER - No. 2004 (Wildflower 01) | PORCELIER - No. 4002 (Wildflower 01) | PREMIER ELECTRIC - 901 (black 01) | PREMIER ELECTRIC - 903 (black 01) | PREMIER ELECTRIC - 905 (black 01) | PROMETHEUS - Backer 01 (black 01) | PROMETHEUS - no type 01 (black 01) | PROMETHEUS - no type 02 (black 01) | PROMETHEUS - no type 03 (black 01) | PROMETHEUS - WRO (black 01) | PROMETHEUS - WRO (black 02) | PROMETHEUS - WRO (black 02 cutouts) | PROMETHEUS - WRO (red 01) | PROMETHEUS - WRO (red 02)
• REACTOR - no type 01 (red 01) | RICHARD TUREK - 47 SC 3 (ovals 01) | ROCK ISLAND - Tee Ten (yellow 01) | ROWENTA - E 5031 (black 01) | ROWENTA - E 5075 (black 01) | ROWENTA - E 5111 (black 01) | ROWENTA - E 5111 (red 01) | ROWENTA - E 5210 (black 02) | ROWENTA - E 5210 (red 02) | ROWENTA - E 5228 Universal (red 01) | RUSSEL ELECTRIC - Hold Heet (black 01)
• SALUTA - 35 (black 01) | SALUTA - 584 / N (red 01) | SAMSON - 5147 N (brown 01) | SAMUM - T-2 (black 01) | SANDA - no type 01 (aluminum 01) | SANDA - no type 01 (blue 01) | SANDA - no type 01 (gold 01) | SANDA - no type 02 (green/gold 01) | SANYO - SK-3 (black 01) | SCHOTT - no type 01 (red/nickel 01) | SEM - no type 01 (black 01) | SEM - Universel (black 01) | SIEMENS SCHUCKERT - 150 241 (black 01) | SIMPLEX - T 211 (black 01) | SOLAC EIBAR - no type 01 (black 01) | STAR-RITE - No. 528 (black 01) | STEELCRAFT no type 01 (black 01) | SUCO - no type 01 (black 01) | SUNSHINE ELECTRIX - ST.1 (white 01) | SUPERSTAR - 42 (wood 01)
• THERMA - 5806 (black 01) | THERMA - 13535 P (black 01) | THERMA - 65885 D (black 01) | TOAST-O-LATOR - Model G (black 01) | TOBIAS HEATER - The Rangette (Gas) | TOILECTRO - 4490 (black 01) | TORRID - no type 01 (nickel 01) | TORRID - Pushomatic (blue 01)
• UNIVERSAL - E 944 (coil 01) | UNIVERSAL - E 947 (black 01) | UNIVERSAL - E 7712 (white 01) | UNIVERSAL - E 9410 (white 01) | UNIVERSAL - E 9411 (white 01) | UNIVERSAL - E 9422 (black 01)
• VEB ELEKTROWÄRME - 12/2025 (TUR blue 01) | VEB ELEKTROWÄRME - 3411.02 (Omega black 01) | VEB ELEKTROWÄRME - 3411.003 (Privileg chro. 01) | VEB ELEKTROWÄRME - ERG (red 01) | VEB ELEKTROWÄRME - F.2.1-65 (Hageka grey 01) | VESTA - No. 631 (black 01) | VOLTA - no type 02 (wood 01) | VULCAIN - no type 01 (wood 01) | VULCAN - T (green/nickel 01) | VULCAN - T (red/porcelain 01)
• WEST COAST - Club Toaster No.1 (blue) | WEST COAST - Club Toaster No.1 (green) | WESTINGHOUSE - 372788 (black 01) | WESTINGHOUSE - Turnover (black 01) | WESTINGHOUSE - TTC-94 (black 01) | WESTINGHOUSE - TTC-144 (brown 01) | WMF - 2052 (black 01) | WMF - 2055 (nickel 0)

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..., the term is now often used to describe a product that joins various components in one easy-to-use package (referring to the ease of using a kitchen toaster).
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