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History of Victorian Food in America

Victorian Americans ate pretty good - here's a timeline of food recipes and food products and the year they were introduced in America

1820s Lady Fingers
1821 Tomata catsup, orange marmelade
1824 Chicken-fried steak, A1 Steak Sauce
1826 Fondue
1828 Duck a l'Orange, Brunswick stew
1830 Soft drinks in America, cornmeal mush
1830s Bouillabaisse, Hopping John
1835 Worcestershire Sauce
1837 Idaho potatoes
1839 Key limes, peach cobbler
1840s Irish soda bread

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1845 Poland Spring water

1847 Chinese food in America

1847 Necco Wafers, peanut brittle
1849 Concord grapes, sourdough bread
1850s Strawberry shortcake
1850 Marshmallows
1853 Potato chips
1855 Boston cream pie
1856 Condensed milk
1859 Baking powder
1860s Baked Alaska, ice tea
1860 Fish & chips
1861 Beef Stroganoff, popcorn balls
1862 Ginger Ale
1863 Breakfast cereal, fruit salad
1864 Apple Crisp, Apple Brown Betty
1866 Conversation Hearts
1867 Underwood Deviled Ham, canned baby food
1868 Tabasco sauce
1868 Fleischmann's Yeast
1869 Campbell's Soup
1870 Margarine
1870s California raisins, Parker House rolls, New Orlean's King cakes,
Neapolitan ice cream
1871 Groom's cake, marble cake
1872 Philadelphia cream cheese
1873 Long Island duck
1876 Heinz Ketchup, popovers, Lobster Newburg
1877 Ambrosia
1879 Wheatena, saccharin, funnel cakes
1880s French dressing, angel food cake, meatloaf
1883 Salt water taffy
1885 Milk shakes, Dr. Pepper, evaporated milk
1886 Coca-Cola
1887 Malted milk, cherries jubilee
1889 Pizza, bundt cake
1890s Ice cream sundaes
1890 Corn oysters
1891 Fig Newtons, Knox gelatine
1893 Cracker Jacks, Postum
1893 Good and Plenty
1894 Hershey chocolate bars, Eggs Benedict
1895 Peanut butter, Salisbury steak
1896 Chop suey
1896 Oatmeal cookies, Waldorf salad
1897 Jell-O
1897 1000 Island dressing, cotton candy, Melba toast
1898 Jelly beans, candy corn, Pepsi, Lane Cake
1901 Peanut butter & jelly



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