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WESTERN FOOD

 

A hamburger (or burger) is a sandwich consisting of a cooked ground meat patty, usually beef, placed in a sliced bun or between pieces of bread or toast. Hamburgers are often served with various condiments, such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, relish etc. as well as lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and cheese.

The origin of Steak Tartar is one of the great old food myths, it is not certain when or where it was first created, but legend has it that Mongolian horsemen would place steaks under their saddles to cushion and soothe their mounts during days of riding, when they retrieved the meat, it would be so tenderized from the saddle’s friction that they could eat it raw (as be fitting for barbarians).
The name associated with Tartar is believed to have come from the Latin word Tartarus meaning hell, the Romans considered the Ta-ta people of central Asia (a nomadic group of Genghis Khan’s army) to be savage and barbaric and because of their blood thirsty reputation, they inserted an “r” in their name, thereby linking them with Tartarus (or hell).
It became a popular dish in the west after it evolved to what we know it as today, which is the combination of raw meat (beef or horse) with raw egg, capers, pickles and other seasonings. The adaptation of the extra garnishes most likely originated in Germany, Steak Tartar was most probably introduced to them by the Russians who learned the dish from their Tatar conquerors, and then exporting it to Europe via German contacts. American scholars suggest it reached their shores through German migrants some time in the late 19th century.
All though there is no historical evidence that the Mongolians ate raw meat, as there is no reference to this in Chinese historical records, and medieval observers in the Middle East never wrote anything about it either, the myth still lives on.

Tar Tar Steak

 

Hot Chocolate

Hot chocolate can be a delicious and comforting beverage, especially during cold winter months. If chilled, however, you'll have a refreshing drink or possibly a dessert depending on how you dress it up.
Hot chocolate should not to be confused with hot cocoa. The former is made with actual chocolate and is a richer, much more substantial beverage. The latter is produced from cocoa powder or from a manufactured product containing cocoa powder such as hot cocoa mixes available at grocery stores.

The pancake has a very long history and featured in cookbooks as far back as 1439
A thin, flat cake, made of batter and baked on a griddle or fried in a pan, the pancake has a very long history and featured in cookbooks as far back as 1439. The tradition of tossing or flipping them is almost as old: "And every man and maide doe take their turne, And tosse their Pancakes up for feare they burne." (Pasquil's Palin, 1619).
Certainly these days part of the fun of cooking pancakes is in the tossing. To toss a pancake successfully takes a combination of the perfect pancake and good technique - it's so easy to get it wrong and end up with half the pancake still stuck to the pan while the other half is stuck to the ceiling or floor. All in all, it's probably best to practise a few times without an audience.
In the UK, pancake races also form an important part of the Shrove Tuesday celebrations - an opportunity for large numbers of people to race down the streets tossing pancakes.

Pancake

A cupcake (the common US and Australian term) or fairy cake (the common British term), is a small cake designed to serve one person, frequently baked in a small, thin paper cup. As with larger cakes, frosting and other cake decorations, such as sprinkles, are common on cupcakes.

A standard cupcake uses the same basic ingredients as standard-sized cakes: butter, sugar, eggs and flour Nearly any recipe that is suitable for a layer cake can be used to bake cupcakes. Because their small size is more efficient for heat conduction, cupcakes bake much faster than layer cakes.