Junk food

Junk food
• The first ring donuts were produced in 1847 by a 15-year-old baker’s apprentice, Hanson Gregory, who knocked the soggy center out of a fried doughnut.

• The hamburger was invented in 1900 by Louis Lassen. He ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast.

• Fortune cookies were invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodle maker.

• Hostess Twinkies were invented in 1931 by James Dewar, manager of Continental Bakeries’ Chicago factory. He envisioned the product as a way of using the company’s thousands of shortcake pans, which were otherwise employed only during the strawberry season. Originally called Little Shortcake Fingers, they were renamed Twinkie Fingers, and finally “Twinkies.”

• The English word “soup” comes from the Middle Ages word “sop,” which means a slice of bread over which roast drippings were poured. The first archaeological evidence of soup being consumed dates back to 6000 B.C., with the main ingredient being hippopotamus bones.

• California’s Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was 11 years old.