There are many other Chicago
Tourists may flock to Chicago to try the authentic Biscuit-Chicago-style deep-dish pizza that Pizzeria Uno owner Ike Sewell invented in 1943, but there are plenty of other Chicago-born products that have spread across the country or are still available today. only in the Windy City. Here are the famous and little known delicacies of Chicago.
VIENNA BEEF
Next to deep-dish pizza, Chicago is known for the ubiquitous Chicago-style hot dog (beef hot dog in a stewed poppy seed bun and “carried through the garden”: chopped onion, neon greens, tomato wedges, dill pickled spear, sports pepper, salt celery, mustard and no ketchup) and subsets such as hairless dog and Polish dog. For a while it was the only game in town, but soon other beef vendors, most notably the Red Hots, began encroaching on their territory. Although there are small variations of hot dogs in different establishments of the city, one thing remains the same: these types of sausages.
During the World’s Fair, Emil Reichel and Sam Ladani emigrated from Vienna, Austria to Chicago and sold their beef hot dogs at the fair. A year later, in 1894, they opened their first shop. The Great Depression helped Vienna beef become a staple at hot dog stands in Chicago, and in 1964 dogs made their way into California markets. Viennese beef hot dogs can be found everywhere from Johnny Rockets to family hot dog stands.
CRACKER JACK
One of the products introduced at the 1893 World’s Fair eventually became the reference snack Cracker Jack. German immigrant Frederick William Rückheim and his brother introduced candied popcorn mixed with peanuts at the show, and three years later the first batches of molasses-coated popcorn were sold to the general public. In 1908, musicians Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer increased the food’s popularity by writing about buying Cracker Jack in their advertised ballpark anthem “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”. In 1912, the company began selling the product with small prizes inside boxes. Today, Frito Lay owns the brand and comes up with flavors such as buttery toffee, corn, and caramel-coated popcorn that are still sold with prizes inside.
CHOCOLATE BROWNIE.
You have to thank Chicago for the brownies, or rather Bertha Palmer. Her millionaire husband, Potter Palmer, owned the Palmer House Hotel (it’s still open today) and she wanted to bake something for the World’s Fair that wasn’t a pie but had the texture of a pie and was also small enough to place it inside. packed lunch. Palmer’s recipe consisted of semi-sweet chocolate, crushed walnuts, and was topped with canned apricot frosting. The first word “brownie” appeared in the Sears Roebuck catalog of 1898, and over time, the rest of the world fell in love with this dessert.