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Butterscotch |
Butterscotch is a type of confectionary basically made with
boiling sugar syrup, butter, cream and lemon (recipes do vary). There are
several theories on the name and origin of the candy. One is its obvious
connection to the country of Scotland. Buttery toffee is sometimes called
butterscotch. Another that the word Scotch was derived from the word "Scorch." The word "Butterscotch" was first recorded in Doncaster, a Yorkshire
city in England, by Samuel Parkinson who began making candy in 1817.
Butterscotch has long been used as great topping on ice cream sundaes as well
as a confectionary ingredient. The Boyer Brothers introduced butterscotch as a
coating for their peanut buttercup and created Smoothie Cup.
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| Toad-in-the-hole |
Toad-in-the-hole is a British dish consisting of a Yorkshire pudding
batter and cooked sausages. When baked, the batter puffs up around the sausage.
The best English sausages to use for this dish are Lincoln or Cumberland
sausages. The dish probably dates back to the 18th
century. Batter puddings first appeared on the scene as ovens became more prevalent. The best known today is Yorkshire pudding, but there are many variations. The first reference to sausages cooked in a baking tin with
batter poured around them appears in The Diary of Joseph Turner (1754-1765). It
was basically poor people's food that depended on the quality of the sausages.
Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the gut's terminal opening. Honeydew is particularly common as a secretion in hemipteran insects and is often the basis for trophobiosis. Some caterpillars of Lycaenidae butterflies and some moths also produce honeydew. Honeydew can cause sooty mold — a bane of gardeners — on many ornamental plants. Honeydew is also secreted by certain fungi, particularly ergot.
ОтветитьУдалитьWigwam, wickiup or wetu is a domed dwelling formerly used by certain Native American and First Nations tribes, and still used for ceremonial purposes. The term wickiup is generally used to label these kinds of dwellings in the Southwestern United States and West, while wigwam is usually applied to these structures in the Northeastern United States and Canada. Wetu is the Wampanoag term for a wigwam dwelling. These terms can refer to many distinct types of Native American structures regardless of location or cultural group. The wigwam is not to be confused with the Native Plains tipi, which has a very different construction, structure, and use.
ОтветитьУдалитьHamburger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat, usually beef, placed inside a sliced bun. Hamburgers may be cooked in a variety of ways, including pan-frying, barbecuing, and flame-broiling. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, bacon, tomato, onion, pickles, cheese and condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, relish, and chiles.
ОтветитьУдалитьThe term "burger" can also be applied to the meat patty on its own, especially in the UK where the term "patty" is rarely used. The term may be prefixed with the type of meat or meat substitute used, as in "turkey burger", "bison burger", or "veggie burge
Saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, prospectors, miners, and gamblers. The first saloon was established at Brown's Hole, Wyoming, in 1822, to serve fur trappers. By the late 1850s the term saloon had begun to appear in directories and common usage as a term for an establishment that specialized in beer and liquor sales by the drink, with food and lodging as secondary concerns in some places. By 1880, the growth of saloons was in full swing. In Leavenworth, Kansas, there were "about 150 saloons and four wholesale liquor houses".
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