Posted on October 9th, 2008 by admin
A popular way of serving a sandwich in America is using French bread, and several different names have arisen depending on the area of the States you are in. The most common name for such a sandwich is a Sub, though other names you may come across are a Hoagie, a Hero and a Po’Boy. The latter is a Deep South term and the sandwich is often filled with deep-fried seafood. There are other types of sandwich you will almost certainly come across. A Club sandwich is a large overstuffed sandwich containing tomato, bacon, cheese, turkey, sliced ham, lettuce served with gherkins and crisps. A BLT is a common sandwich comprising bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise inside two pieces of toast. A Muffuletta is an Italian French bread sandwich served in Louisiana.
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Posted on October 9th, 2008 by admin
A few American food terms have found their way across the pond with various fast food franchises, but there are plenty of terms that mean nothing to the average visitor to the States. For example there are three ways to ask for a fried egg. A Sunny side up egg is fried on one side only, so the exposed top of the yolk is uncooked. An Over egg is flipped over so that both sides are cooked and the yolk is hard. An Over and Easy egg is flipped for about ten to fifteen seconds, enough to cook the egg leaving the yolk soft inside. Here’s a confusing one – what we know as chips are called French fries, and what we know as potato crisps are called chips. While on the subject of potatoes, hash browns are grated raw potato fried in either butter or bacon fat (called bacon grease in the States!)
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