World Famous Food

Well…my friends would probably point to me as the last person to write on food…but I just came back from a 10 day vacation where I indulged in gorging a LOT of food…..so I figured this would probably me the only time when I would be interested in doing some mouth watering research on some of the most popular foods around the globe 🙂 .

I am leaving out the most popular & obvious ones (Rice & Corn). I am concentrating on the processed food frequented by the urban populace.

Arranged Alphabetically :

Chips :

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Date of Origin	:	August 24, 1853
Creator	:	George Crum
Place of Origin	:	New York
Constituents	:	Chips are thin slices of potato that are deep fried or baked until crispy.
Calories	:	1 bag (227g) = 1242
Info	:	The basic chips are cooked and salted, and additional varieties are manufactured using various flavorings and ingredients including seasonings, herbs, spices, cheeses, and artificial additives.

Chocolates :

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Date of Origin	:	1100 to 1400 BC
Constituents	:	Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining cocoa solids, cocoa butter or other fat, and sugar.
Calories	:	Cadbury’s Dairy Milk : 100g = 525
Info	:	Roughly two-thirds of the entire world’s cocoa is produced in Western Africa, with 43% sourced from Côte d’Ivoire where child labor is a common practice to obtain the product. According to the World Cocoa Foundation, some 50 million people around the world depend on cocoa as a source of livelihood.

Curry :

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Place of Origin	:	India
Constituents	:	It includes a general variety of spiced dishes, best known in South Asian cuisines, especially Indian cuisine. Some distinctive spices used in many curry dishes include turmeric, cumin, coriander, fenugreek, and red pepper.
Info	:	The word curry is an anglicised version of the Tamil word khari , which is usually understood to mean “gravy” or “sauce” rather than “spices”. Some studies have shown that ingredients in curry may help to prevent certain diseases, including colon cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

French Fries :

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Date of Origin	:	1680-1813
Place of Origin	:	France/Belgium/Spain [Disputed]
Constituents	:	French Fries are thin strips of deep-fried potato.
Calories	:	McDonald’s Large Fries : 154.0 g = 500
Info	:	The phrase ‘French Fries’ means potatoes fried in the French sense of the verb “to cook”.

Hamburger :

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Date of Origin	:	1885
Place of Origin	:	USA
Constituents	:	A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat, (usually beef, but occasionally pork, turkey, or a combination of meats) placed between two wheat buns. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, or cheese and condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, and ketchup;
Calories	:	1 Large, Single Meat Patty, Plain (137g) = 426
Info	:	The term hamburger originally derives from the German city of Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city, from where many emigrated to America. The McDonald’s fast-food chain sells a sandwich called the Big Mac, one of the world’s top selling hamburgers.

Hot Dog :

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Date of Origin	:	1480
Place of Origin	:	Germany/Austria [Disputed]
Constituents	:	A hot dog (also known as a frankfurter, frank, wiener, or weenie) is a moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from advanced meat recovery or meat slurry.Most types are fully cooked, cured or smoked. It is often placed hot in a special purpose soft, sliced hot dog bun. It may be garnished with mustard, ketchup, onion, mayonnaise, relish, cheese, chili or sauerkraut.
Calories	:	1 Plain (98g) = 242
Info	:	Hot dogs may be grilled, steamed, boiled, barbecued, pan fried, deep fried, broiled, or microwaved. The term “dog” has been used as a synonym for sausage since 1884 and accusations that sausage makers used dog meat date to at least 1845.

Ice Cream :

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Date of Origin	:	200 BC(Precursor) / 1718(Current Form)
Place of Origin	:	China(Precursor) / London(Current Form)
Constituents	:	ice-cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours.
Calories	:	1 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream (144g) = 289
Info	:	Ice cream became popular throughout the world in the second half of the 20th century after cheap refrigeration became common.

Noodles :

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Date of Origin	:	Before 25-220 AD
Place of Origin	:	China
Constituents	:	A noodle is a type of food made from unleavened dough that is cooked in a boiling liquid.
Calories	:	1 Packet of Ramen (64g) = 296
Info	:	They are generally boiled, although they may also be deep-fried in oil until crispy.

Pizza :

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Date of Origin	:	Before 1751
Place of Origin	:	Italy
Constituents	:	Pizza is a world-popular dish made with an oven-baked, flat, generally round bread that is often covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and cheese.
Calories	:	1 slice of a Plain Cheese Pizza (63g) = 140
Info	:	The bottom base of the pizza (called the “crust” in the United States and Canada) may vary widely according to style—thin as in hand-tossed pizza or Roman pizza, or thick as in pan pizza or Chicago-style pizza.

Sushi :

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Date of Origin	:	1799–1858
Place of Origin	:	Tokyo-Japan
Constituents	:	Sushi is vinegar rice, topped with other ingredients, such as fish.
Info	:	The main ingredients of traditional Japanese sushi, raw fish and rice, are naturally low in fat, high in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. The same may not be said categorically of Western-style sushi, which increasingly features non-traditional ingredients such as mayonnaise, avocado, and cream cheese.

Ref :
http://www.healthyyounaturally.com/edu/top10foodhazards.htm
http://www.faqs.org/shareranks/2705,Famous-Foods-from-Around-the-World
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/13/best-foods-in-the-world
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/127612_asias-most-popular-foods
http://trifter.com/practical-travel/world-cuisine/the-most-popular-dishes-from-around-the-world/
http://en.wikipedia.org
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