Updated daily because we have nothing better to do.
Tuesday, December 21, 2004 08:00:29 PM
CULINARY CORNER
Great Moments In English Cuisine
1875 -- first Fish 'n' Chips restaurant opens. A century later, the menu expands to include fish 'n' chips with vinegar, fish 'n' chips with ketchup and fish 'n' chips with cole slaw.
1935 -- English ship sinks off the coast of Norway. Crew use stock of mincemeat pies stored onboard to float back to safety.
1951 -- Scientists at Cambridge University introduce first lacrosse ball made entirely from black pudding.
1957 -- words 'English' and 'cuisine' appear together in same sentence for the first time.
1966 -- Yorkshire pudding cooked by woman in Leicester appears to take the form of then Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
1985 -- beer declared essential food group.
1989 -- first case of vegetables served less than 15 minutes overcooked.
1993 -- Kent woman discovers that spices located in kitchen spice rack can be used in cooking.
1997 -- archaeologists find biscuit used as ammunition during The Battle of Northhampton in 1460 (unscathed).
2001 -- allegations emerge that Saddam Hussein may have tested English recipes on his people.
