学习 -- Intermediate English Lecture Notes3
Caesar Salad 恺撒沙拉
A Caesar salad is salad of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and black pepper. Caesar dressing is the key to a Caesar salad. Parmesan cheese can also be replaced by Asiago. The original Caesar salad recipe did not contain pieces of anchovy; the slight anchovy flavor comes from the Worcestershire sauce. It is often prepared tableside and traditionally prepared in a wooden bowl.
The salad’s creation is generally attributed to restaurateur Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant who operated restaurants in Mexico and the United States. His daughter Rosa (1928-2003) recounted that her father invented the dish when a Fourth of July 1924 rush depleted the kitchen’s supplies. Cardini made do with what he had, adding the dramatic flair of the table-side tossing "by the chef". This story is not certifiable however it very well could have happened. The salad soon became a hit. In 1948, Cardini began to sell the dressing commercially under the name of Cardini’s.
Nowadays, many variations of the salad exist for example, by topping a Caesar salad with grilled chicken, steak, or seafood. Certain Mexican restaurants may improvise on items such as substituting tortilla strips for croutons.
Chicago Style Hot Dog 芝加哥热狗
A Chicago-style hot dog, also called Chicago Dog or Chicago Red Hot, is an all-beef frankfurter on a poppy seed bun, originating from the city of Chicago, Illinois. The hot dog is topped with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, bright green sweet pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato slices or wedges, pickled sport peppers and a dash of celery salt. The complete assembly of Chicago hot dog is said to be "dragged through the garden" due to the many toppings. The canonical recipe of Chicago hot dog does not include ketchup, and there is a widely shared, strong opinion among many Chicagoans that ketchup is unacceptable. A number of Chicago hot dog vendors do not offer ketchup as a condiment.
The "dragged through the garden" style is heavily promoted by Vienna Beef and Red Hot Chicago, the two most prominent Chicago hot dog manufacturers. Several popular hot dog stands serve a simpler version: a steamed natural-casing dog with only mustard, onions, plain relish and sport peppers, wrapped up with hand-cut French fries. Many vendors offer Chicago-style dog with cheese sauce, known as cheese dog.
Hot dogs are American’s favorite foods and regarded as a fun food by most Americans. In America, sports and hot dogs go together like cookies and milk. People usually eat hot dogs while watching sports, which is an American tradition with a long history.
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