Edgewood High School, El Corral, 2000, Millenia Review 4

Description:	Chocolate from theNew World takesEurope by storm.Brought to Spain fromMexico, chocolate isso costly thatEuropeans water itdown for use as a drink.Natives of Mexico haveprized chocolate sinceancient times.sftfa John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, instrfj^jr his servants to bring him his meat betweentwo pieces of bread. This way he can eat withone hand while continuing to play cards withthe other. The term sandwich is born.As the millennium begins, European peasantfood is plain and often scarce. Feasting onmeat is reserved for the wealthy. Tableutensils include only a knife; most peoplejust eat with their hands. Slabs of densebread, called trenchers, serve as plates.Europes firstcoffeehouseopens in England. By1700, there are 2,0coffeehouses in Londonalone. Early coffeehousesare important places totransact business. LloydsCoffeehouse evolves intoLloyds of London, thegiant insurance brokerage.costly luxuries.\| Spice tradeinspiresexploration.Native Americansintroduce popcornto colonists.swellsemigrationWorlds firstrestaurant opensi in China.i Forks lirstappear on tables.Tea PartyDomestic ice chests provide early refrigeration.Blocks of ice are cut, delivered to homes andsold for use in kitchen ice chests. It is theearly 1930s before reliable electric homerefrigerators are in common use.gfoi Swanson creates**W~ the TV dinner,sold in boxes designed tolook like television sets.Frozen dinners arepossible because ofClarence Birdseyes 1929invention of early methodsfor freezing food.rfsife^ Alexander~^r^ Campbell,Brooklyn, is thefirst to deliver milkin glass bottles.For many years theneighborhoodmilkman is themost common wayto obtain fresh milk,before the ageof supermarkets.Americas first large self-service supermarketopens, followed by the invention of the groceryshopping cart in 1937. During the Depression,supermarkets become a significant part of thefood distribution network.WWChoices expand in school lunch programs.A growing number of public schools beginfeaturing national fast-food outlets and softdrink brands in the school lunchroom.
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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