Today, these dishes are very popular in the cuisines of different nations, they are considered an honor to serve in the various restaurants of the world, some of them ranked among the delicacies available not every mortal. And many centuries ago these same dishes considered food for the poorest ...
Many beloved and familiar to us from childhood dishes surrounded by interesting stories and facts: some are steeped fantastic legends, others get by chance, there are culinary delights that have appeared on Chef error. Today we will speak about the food, which is very popular these days, when the same it was considered food of the poor.
paprikash
Dish of chicken giblets, good flavored with paprika, was a popular food among Hungarian peasants. Today, in restaurants it is cooked using the best chicken.
Pizza
Up until the 18th century Italian nobility rather disparagingly refers to the thin tortilla with tomato and cheese - so popular with the common people. While she did not like the Italian king and his wife. Since then, the love of pizza and spread throughout the world.
oysters
... lobster, shrimp, mussels and other seafood just now turned into delicacies. Once upon a time it was the only food available to the poor. Only in the 20th century, when fishing for oysters is significantly increased, they began to be appreciated a lot more expensive.
Paella
Today there are more than 300 recipes for this dish of rice. His birthplace - Valencia. And one of the meals value name - "remnants". It leftovers from the tables of their masters - the Moorish kings - were mixed in the distant past the servants with rice and eaten.
Onion soup
Nourishing and fragrant broth of onions valued for its ability to protect against disease, and cook it was not difficult, and costs. Onion soup was an indispensable dish for the poor French, and made his famous King Louis XV.
fondue
To him we owe the Swiss shepherds, who, going to the pasture, they took with them cheese, bread and wine. Tired of work, wanting to warm up and eat, they melted in the pot cheese with wine on the fire the fire and dipped pieces of bread in the cheese curd.
And be sure to ask about what products are in any case must not be heated
