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Hot Dogs,Hamburgers,Doughnuts….
HmMmmmm….They are Yummy and quite filling for your empty tummies,right? Now it's not such a bad idea if you also fill your brain with a wee bit of information regarding their origin .


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Who put the hol in the Dougnut Ring ?

It is said this innovation was introduced by a boy called Hanson Gregory, who got the idea in 1847.He enjoyed his mother's doughnuts but they were always doughy in the center.One day he suggested the cut out the middle before frying them.The resulting doughnuts were perfect.And so the ring doughnuts was born..!!



How Did "Hot Dog" Get its Name ?

Near the end of the 19 century,Harry Stevens sold Frankfurter sausage at baseball stadiums in the USA.Because the sausages were hot, he put them in bread rolls.A cartoonist happened to draw Harry's stall but because he could not spell dachshund (Harry's nickname for the sausages), he called them hot dogs- and the name has remained ever since.



Where Do Hamburgers Come From ?

Although the hamburger is now associated mainly with the USA, it originally came from Russia. In medieval times a favorite Russian foods was sheredded raw meat seasoned wih salt, pepper and onion juice. Germen sailors visiting the Baltic ports liked the meat and took the recipe back to the port of hamburg in Germany_Hence the name "Hamburger". Unable to face the thought of eating the meat raw, the Germans usually grilled it. In the 19 century German immigrants took the recipe with them to America.In 1900, Louis Larsen served the disk between two slices of bread to make it easier to eat, and voila!
Enter The America Hamburger.



Who Invented Potato Crisps…?

In 1853 an America Indian chief, George Crum, was working at a hotel in florida.A customer requested some fried potatoes but wanted them very thinly cut.They were fried, but to a frazzle.Luckily, the customer liked them.Others began asking for the same, and the great potato crips came into existence.




What Was the First Breakfast Cereal ?

Henry D. Perky, an America, suffered from a bad stomach.One day he saw a man eating boiled whole wheat with milk for breakfast.This seemed the ideal solution to his stomach problem, so in 1893 Perky invented sheredded wheat. Two years later, he began producing the cereal on a large scale.