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The first mention of the word in English cited in the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1936. [10] The English word is borrowed from Modern Greek πίτα (píta, "bread, cake, pie"), in turn from Byzantine Greek (attested in 1108), [10] possibly from Ancient Greek πίττα (pítta) or πίσσα (píssa), both "pitch/resin" for the gloss, [11] [12] or from πικτή (piktḗ, "fermented ...
A traditional Taiwanese cake commonly made using eggs, egg yolk, low-gluten flour, honey and a small portion of sugar. The cake filling leaks out when sliced, similar in appearance to a volcano. Conversation: France: A patisserie developed in the late 18th century that is made with puff pastry, filled with a frangipane cream, and topped with ...
Vasilopita (Greek: Βασιλόπιτα, Vasilópita, lit.'(St.) Basil-pie' or 'Vassilis pie', see below) is a New Year's Day bread, cake or pie in Greece and many other areas in eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East which contains a hidden coin or trinket which gives good luck to the receiver, like the Western European King Cake.
Quick bread: Ireland: Sweeter than sandwich bread, but less rich than cake, contains sultanas and raisins to add texture. Barm cake: Yeast bread: United Kingdom (England, Lancashire) Soft sweet roll. Derived from ancient pre-Roman leavening process using barm. Pictured is barm cake with black pudding and melted butter. Bastone Italian stick ...
Sandwich made from cured and smoked brisket with yellow mustard, usually on rye bread. Mortadella: Italy: Any sandwich containing mortadella, a large Italian sausage. Mother-in-law: United States: Hot dog bun containing a Chicago-style corn-roll tamale, topped with chili. Muffuletta: United States (New Orleans, Louisiana) [27]
4. The French Dip. Two different Los Angeles restaurants, Philippe's and Cole’s, claim to have invented the French Dip over 100 years ago, but they both know one thing: Sandwiches beg to be ...
Athenaeus's Deipnosophistae mentions a kind of cake called καπυρίδια, "known as τράκτα", which uses a bread dough, but is baked differently. [ 8 ] Some writers connect it to modern Italian lasagna , [ 9 ] of which it is the etymon, [ 10 ] but most authors deny that it was pasta.
White or light rye bread, egg or mayonnaise base, fillings Media: Smörgåstårta Smörgåstårta (" sandwich - cake " or "sandwich- torte ") is a dish of Swedish origin popular in Sweden , Estonia (called võileivatort ), Finland (called voileipäkakku and smörgåstårta ) and Iceland (called brauðterta [ˈprœyːðˌtʰɛr̥ta] ).