Fast food (English fast food - fast food) - a dish prepared for fast food. The Law of Format prescribes that the time between preparation and sale should not exceed ten minutes. This is just one of the possible definitions of fast food, but there is still no single definition. At the same time, almost everyone agrees that this is fast food, produced on a large scale, when dishes are prepared not to order, but from semi-finished products.

Today, the fast food industry is one of the most dynamically developing segments of the economy in the world. Fast food restaurants are found in almost every country in the world: from America to Japan, from Australia to Iceland. McDonald's alone has spread its networks in 119 countries, while there are no number of local varieties of fast food. In Russia, in addition to world "stars", there are also their own: Rostik "s", "Russian Bistro", "Baby Potato" , "Teremok - Russian pancakes", as well as countless tents with shawarma and grilled chicken.

It is believed that fast food is a child of the 20th century. In fact, it has existed for centuries, because even the ancient Romans loved to have a quick bite to eat. Often the "descendants of Mars" refused to cook at home, in many Roman houses there were no kitchens at all. But in every city there were a lot of eateries and bazaars where they sold all kinds of food. By the way, it was then that the prototype of pizza appeared - a cake made from yeast dough, smeared with olive oil. The Romans also had their own hamburgers. They fried beef cakes and ate them with bread.

1. Mint tea, Morocco

Glasses filled to the brim with mint and a large portion of sugar stand ready to brew the famous Moroccan mint tea. The drink is refreshing on a hot day in Marrakesh, but it's more than just a thirst quencher. Making and drinking tea is an integral part of Moroccan culture and a must-have experience that every tourist should go through.

2. Miaokou Night Market in Taiwan

There is an old temple in the middle of Miaokou Night Market, but the main thing here is fasting. Yellow lanterns in the marketplace illuminate tables of mouth-watering traditional Taiwanese goodies. Here you will find spicy noodle soup, oyster scrambled eggs, snails, glutinous rice and tripe. Taiwanese people and tourists alike agree that a visit to the market is not complete without a fruity dessert called icy prune bubbles.

3. Shanghai dumplings, China

A Shanghai street vendor serves freshly cooked, Chinese-favorite urban snack, dumplings. These treats are widely distributed throughout Shanghai and are available to customers in a wide variety of flavors and combinations.

4. Noodles, Thailand

A sieve of noodles on an open fire takes all the attention of a chef in Bangkok's Chinatown. Many passers-by simply cannot resist the skill of these street chefs and the flavor of their creations.

5. Chicken innards, Philippines

Filipino street vendors created this dish, which is chicken innards on skewers. The giblets are first marinated and then grilled or just deep fried. This yummy is usually served with a sweet, sour or spicy sauce.

6. Beach delicacies, India

When Goan beachgoers need a break, these goodies always come in handy. An endless stream of samosas, chicken, soft drinks and other Indian favorites can always be found on Anyuna Beach.

7. Grasshoppers, China

Chinese street vendors love this bouquet of grasshoppers on skewers, which are always a surprise to Western tourists. However, eating insects is not uncommon these days. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization claims that about 1,400 species of protein-rich insects are regularly eaten by people around the world.

8 Banh Mi Sandwiches, Vietnam

A Vietnamese street vendor serves this relic of the colonial past with a smile. Banh me sandwiches are made with a French baguette filled with a delicious variety of meats and vegetables. They are eaten with pleasure throughout Vietnam, especially for breakfast.

9. Sausages, Germany

Only the best types of sausages are served on such trays. Street food lovers in Germany (especially at various festivals and fairs) are happy to eat bratwurst, bockwurst and other sausage delicacies, washed down with delicious German beer.

10. Ceviche, Peru

A chef prepares ceviche in the seaside town of Mancora, Peru. Ceviche is a popular dish throughout Latin America and is made with citrus juice, in this case lime juice, in which a mixture of raw fish and other seafood is marinated.

11. Pork, Cambodia

Tourists do not need to be able to speak Khmer to understand the menu of such a street stall in Phnom Penh. By the way, pork is one of the most common types of meat eaten in the world. Austria leads the world in pork consumption, followed by Spain and Denmark.

12. Kolkata kati rolls (India)

Imagine rolls cut from a long "sausage" of eggs, vigorous fresh onions, fresh green chili, mouth-watering slices of meat or fish, baked in the Indian version of the tandoori oven and wrapped in delicious Indian paratha. With this traditional snack very popular all over India (and now many other parts of the world), it's getting harder and harder to compete with other popular fast food dishes.

13. Cornish Meat Pie (UK)

One of the United Kingdom's most significant contributions to the world's history of "fast response nutrition". This traditional British light "lunch on the go" is baked from dough, which is rolled out in the form of pancakes and wrapped around the filling. Filling - beef, swede, carrots, potatoes, onions. By the way, the dish was born in the 18th century among English miners. They say that a specific form was invented for these pies so that the miners could take them ... with unwashed hands!

A sunny island in the Caribbean is unimaginable without the famous beef patties. Numerous restaurants, cafes and just street vendors offer this dish at every turn, stunning with its juiciness, unique aroma of tropical spices and a sauce of fish and vegetable pieces that complements the rich taste of selected minced meat.

15. Cevapcici (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

One of the most popular dishes of the peoples of the Balkan Peninsula. It is fried sausages made from ground meat (beef, pork) with onions and spices. Čevapčići is served with lots of diced onion and fresh white bread (pita). The garnish is also served with chopped capsicum rings, sliced ​​tomatoes or fried potatoes. In the fast food version, sausages are wrapped in thin hot cakes, and sour cream with cheese is used as a sauce.

16. Hotteok pancakes (Korea)

When your mouth literally burns from consumed spicy Asian foods, it is worth remembering that the East is not only spices and hot spices. Imagine, the East is also unique desserts! And if you want the latter and you are also somewhere in Korea, look around. You're bound to see numerous brazier stalls preparing these popular soft pancakes filled with raw sugar, cinnamon, crushed nuts and sesame seeds in front of salivating customers.

Top dishes of Ukrainian fast food

1. Hot dog

A hot dog, also known throughout the world as a hot dog, is a dish known to the general public as American, but not America, but Germany is considered its homeland. A butcher who lives in the city of Frankfurt came up with thin and long hot sausages called Dachshund, which means dachshund in German. Later, a German emigrant brought these sausages to America and already opened his own small business there, selling sausage wrapped in slices of bread on the streets. The business was very successful and the dish became very popular among Americans. Later, instead of ordinary slices of bread, they began to use a hot oblong bun. This unpretentious sandwich received the name hot dog a little later, when at the beginning of the 20th century the American artist Dargan created an illustration for such a popular and beloved dish and, not knowing how to correctly translate the name from German, signed the illustration in English. So the hot sausage in a bun became known as a hot dog.

2. Shawarma

As soon as this oriental dish is not called: both shawarma, and shawarma, and even shuarma. Lavash stuffed with minced meat, often chicken, with the addition of various spices, sauces and salad is very fond of Ukrainians. Turkey is considered the birthplace of shawarma, and there it is called kebab. Previously, finely chopped fried meat with vegetables and salad was wrapped in a thin Arabic flatbread (pita), later, when the kebab reached Armenia and became known as shawarma, the flatbread was replaced with thin pita bread. In this form, this dish reached Ukraine. Of course, the sanitary standards in the shawarma shop leave much to be desired. But despite this, many Ukrainians, at their own peril and risk, have tried this dish of Turkish origin at least once in their lives. By the way, if you do not trust street vendors, you can cook shawarma at home.

3. Cheburek

A pie made of unleavened dough and minced meat, called cheburek, is a dish of Crimean Tatar cuisine in its origin. Surely, when you came to the Crimea, you met more than one pastry shop where they really sell delicious pasties. In the modern recipe, not only minced meat, but also cheese, potatoes, and mushrooms are used as a filling for cheburek. Here, as they say, the taste and color, the main thing is to remember that the cheburek is fried in hot oil, respectively, this dish is fatty and by no means healthy, as well as high-calorie.

4. Baklava

Baklava, a popular confectionery dish in the East, has long been loved by Ukrainians. It is especially popular on the territory of the Crimean peninsula - in summer, honey baklava is sold right on the beaches. The first mention of this sweet dates back to the 15th century, baklava was prepared in 1453 for the Turkish Sultan Fatih by his personal chef and impressed the Sultan so much that he ordered the recipe to be immortalized. Since then, this multi-layered dessert has been prepared at every holiday. Turkish baklava is considered one of the strongest aphrodisiacs. Honey and nuts, which are part of baklava, contain substances necessary for male power. Today there are a huge number of types of baklava. At the mere sight of this sweetness, it is difficult to resist and not taste at least a piece.

5. Pie

The classic pie is considered a traditional Russian dish. One of the most famous dishes has come down to us from ancient times. Remember at least Soviet cartoons, for example, the same Little Red Riding Hood, who carried pies for her grandmother. Apparently, even the wolf knew a lot about Russian cuisine, since he kidnapped a girl with pies. Today, pies are still baked for the holidays, especially since there is a huge variety of their fillings and shapes. However, if you can still taste a pie according to the most exquisite recipe in a restaurant, then on the shelves of "grandmothers" this dish has long turned into street fast food.

6. McDonalds Cheeseburger

In my opinion, in modern society, unfortunately, there are practically no people left who would not at least try a cheeseburger from McDonalds at least once. I myself have many acquaintances who like to often go to "Mac" - as they call it. , consisting of buns, meat, cheese, ketchup, onion and pickled cucumber.

Fast food is not the healthiest food, but many people love it so much that they are ready to eat even inconsistent foods. Perverts from the world of food came up with the idea to combine ice cream and bacon in their dishes, as well as a glazed donut and eggs.

Cheeseburger crust pizza from Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut's most famous creation in 2012 was their cheeseburger crust pizza. Heart attack pie debuted in April. You can also order a version of this pizza with fried chicken fillet instead of cheeseburgers.

Burger King Bacon Ice Cream

Would you buy ice cream with bacon pieces? Burger King believes that there are such people. The fast food chain known for its staple Wopper launched a limited-time promotion in June 2012 on a new summer menu featuring the dessert. The calorie ice cream is 510 calories - it consists of vanilla soft ice cream, with additions of caramel, chocolate, bacon crumbs and a piece of bacon. It contains 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar.

Kit-Kat Paps from Pizza Hut (Pizza Hut Kit Kat Pops)

Apparently, the Mid-East division of Pizza Hut is not going to stop at pizzas with weird crusts. Here is their new product - "Kit-Kat Paps". In short, these are kit-kat chocolates wrapped in pizza dough.

Burger Darth Vader by Quick

In 2012, French fast food chain Quick introduced a promotional snack that reflects the dark side of burgers: a Star Wars-inspired burger with all-black buns. They made black buns specially to tie them in with the release of Star Wars. Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D. Although the buns look like they were deliberately burned, they are actually just colored and have cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and two beef patties in between.

Bacon and Eggs on Dunkin' Donuts Glazed Donut

The sandwich, which is served with fried eggs and bacon between halves of a cut glazed donut, has been part of the main menu since June 7, 2013, which the chain has declared "Doughnut Day". Dunkin' Donuts tentatively served the sandwich at select eateries in eastern Massachusetts in April, a fact that generated a lot of buzz online.
It's worth noting that, Dunkin' Donuts claims that the "Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich" contains only 360 calories, which is less than the 390 calories of the turkey sausage sandwich that Dunkin' Donuts recently began serving for those who want to eat healthier.

Sweet donut with pork and seaweed from Dunkin Donuts in China

When we hear the word "doughnut", pastries come to mind, which can hardly be called something other than dessert. However, Dunkin' Donuts continue to expand their range in China with the recent release of a delicious donut stuffed with minced pork and seaweed. For now, Pork Doughnut is only served in Asia, and is spearheading Dunkin' Donuts' aggressive expansion campaign in Asian countries.

Pizza sized burger from Burger King

In Japan, you can buy the widest burger the size of a pizza, with a diameter of 22 centimeters. It is worth noting that only the buns themselves are very wide, and between them are four ordinary beef patties the size of a Whopper, arranged in the shape of a four-leaf clover. The rest of the fillers are also of the usual size, but at least there are a lot of them.
The Burger Pizza can be ordered in two different flavors, though both are split half-and-half, with one half containing Whopper's usual toppings—tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, ketchup, and so on. The Fresh Avocado version adds, believe it or not, chunks of fresh avocado, while the Cheese Nachos version adds corn chips, cheese sauce and jalapeno peppers. Cut the burger the way you would cut a pie (or pizza, yep) and enjoy!

Double Down from KFC (KFC's Double Down)

The Double Down contains "bacon, two different types of melted cheese, the Colonel's secret sauce... all sandwiched between two original recipe chicken fillets." KFC announced the creation of the Double Down in an April Fool's Day press release, and began serving it in the US on April 12, 2010.

Pasta in a pot of bread from Domino's (Domino's)

Dominos have released new pasta dishes served in bread pots called Bread Bowl Pastas. This non-pizza dish costs $5.99 a serving and comes in six flavors: chicken carbonara, Italian sausage marinara, snot rocket, chicken alfredo, pasta primavera, triple cheese pasta, and DIY. option that allows you to choose from three pizza toppings.

Two pizzas in one from Pizza Hut

The pizza, with the loud name "Double Sensation" (Double Sensation), is actually two pizzas in one. The outer crust is stuffed with melted mozzarella, parmesan and cheddar that ooze from holes in the crust, and the outer portion of the pizza contains turkey, ham, bell peppers, mushrooms and salsa.
The inner crust contains chicken sausages and cheese, while the inner crust contains smoked chicken breast, zucchini and alfredo sauce with pepper.
Unfortunately, this incredible pizza was only available in Singapore until the end of 2012. It was sold at a fairly low price of $21.75. for a regular size pizza and 27.49 for a large pizza, and she also participated in the two-for-one Christmas promotion.

The rhythm of life in a big city is such that people are used to eating so-called fast food. Fast food is everywhere: in fast food chains, in cafes, pizzerias, in a stall selling hot dogs. Man is so accustomed to it that hamburgers and chips have become considered an integral part of life in modern society. At the same time, many people heard about the dangers of such food, so they began to think about whether they should eat it, or it would be better to take care of their health. Especially people with diseases of the heart, blood vessels and stomach should think about this.

What is attractive fast food and what harm can be from it? Fast food, at first glance, has advantages: it has excellent taste, it is inexpensive, you can have a snack quickly and conveniently, it saturates for a long time. All these imaginary virtues disappear as soon as a person learns about the dangers of such food. Eating cheap potato chips at McDonald's or another cafe can result in stomach, intestinal and even heart disease. As a result, a person will spend many times more on hospitals and treatment than he saved on food.

Has there been fast food in the past?

The words “fast” and “food” are of English origin, they denote food that does not require long preparation and can be eaten literally on the go. It is very convenient, and many people use the services of various cafes and pizzerias.

But the idea of ​​fast food appeared in ancient times. Such food arose in large cities, where people came to fairs, for trade and shopping. The inhabitants of Rome in ancient times used wheat cakes with meat in various eateries. The seasoning was olive oil. The food was prepared right in front of the guests, it was fresh and very healthy. In Rus', there was also fast food - these were the most ordinary and familiar pies for us. There were no flavoring additives, harmful seasonings and preservatives. The same cannot be said about modern pizzas, hamburgers, cutlets and potato straws at McDonald's and similar establishments.

Now it is clear that fast food has always existed, and this is not a novelty. What is fast food? It is both fast food and junk food. With the emergence of megacities and the appearance of large concentrations of people in them, the production of such food has assumed a large scale. The industry began to produce chips, crackers, nuts, cookies and noodles, which are brewed with boiling water. People have very little time to have a normal lunch during a break from work. Therefore, fast food has become a part of the life of almost every person.

Since food produced in food factories must be stored until it is delivered to the consumer, there is a need for preservatives. Most people who eat fast food have literally become addicted to it because of the flavorings and no longer feel the taste of simple homemade food.

Varieties of fast food

All fast food can be divided into several categories. It depends on where it is produced, from what products, what is its shelf life. Such food includes:

• mashed potatoes, noodles and bagged soups;
• chips, crackers, popcorn;
• pizza, hot dogs, pies and belyashi, shawarma;
• french fries, hamburgers and cheeseburgers.

When people ask what fast food is, they usually mean food that can be eaten for lunch or a snack at the nearest cafe. Semi-finished products do not belong to this category: frozen dumplings, meatballs, sausages, soup sets consisting of chopped vegetables. Although their benefits are also doubtful, because nutritionists recommend cooking only from fresh products at home.

Why fast food is junk food

Eating fast food, people expect to get certain benefits. Firstly, it is comfortable: to go to a cafe and quickly get ready and very tasty food. The second plus is the cheapness of the product. In addition to a pleasant taste, due to the content of additives such as monosodium glutamate, such food is high in calories. There is a rapid saturation of the body and if a person does not move much (for example, at work in the office), then extra calories will be deposited in fats. Fast food gives instant satiety, but then all the harmful effects from it begin to appear.

In addition to flavorings, fast food includes preservatives. In order for such food not to spoil during transportation from the producer to the consumer, substances are simply needed that preserve it and prevent the growth of bacteria. The effect of these substances on human organs is negative. Preservatives are harmful to the heart, blood vessels, intestines and stomach, they negatively affect the entire body. There is evidence that these substances cause.

Fast food (hot dogs, shawarma from stalls, pies and whites, which are sold by hand) often causes food poisoning. Wanting to have a quick bite somewhere in an unfamiliar city, on vacation or at a resort, people do not think about the fact that food is often prepared in unsanitary conditions, not caring about the buyers who will eat it. As a result, a person falls ill with intestinal infections, suffers from diarrhea, dysentery, and colitis. Chronic bowel diseases further lead to disruption of the activity of all systems of the human body as a whole. This is a very weighty argument that can be made when talking about the dangers of fast food.

Also, such, at first glance, simple food, like fast food, can cause diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Manufacturers are replacing butter with margarine to make hamburgers and hot dog buns cheaper. Margarine is made up of trans fats, which are produced by turning vegetable oils into solid fat. There is evidence that trans fats impair digestion. Because of this, toxic substances and toxins accumulate in the body. In addition, artificial fats are found in mayonnaise, ketchup and sauces that are seasoned with fast food. In addition, there is too much cholesterol in such food, which is also very harmful for blood vessels, as it leads to atherosclerosis.

It should be noted that when frying products in sunflower oil, trans fats and acids harmful to the body are also formed. Therefore, nutritionists advise using raw vegetable oil, and steaming or boiling food, but not frying.

Ordinary fats, such as lard, butter, consumed in large quantities, can lead to, but trans fats also have a negative effect on blood vessels and the heart. In addition, trans fats lead to vascular dystonia, cause atherosclerosis and are very dangerous for people who already have heart disease. Even healthy people should not eat fast food more than once a week, and such a diet is strictly contraindicated for patients.

How to switch to healthy eating

Why do people often prefer fast food such as hamburgers, chips and crackers to ordinary food? The answer is simple: manufacturers add flavors to this food, to which a person becomes addicted.

The taste of fast food (for example, from McDonald's) is fundamentally different from ordinary cutlets and buns precisely due to flavorings. How to get rid of addiction to such food? First, you need to make a firm decision to switch to a normal diet, excluding the purchase of cheeseburgers and snacks in different pizzerias. If you follow this rule for 3 weeks, the body will get rid of the habit.

If you can’t immediately give up junk food, exclude it from the diet gradually, replacing it with healthy foods. Instead of a hamburger, eat an apple or a homemade pie. In the future, you may have a desire to try fast food, but its taste will no longer be so bright. In addition, due to flavoring additives, a person constantly feels the desire to eat such food even more.

How to replace fast food

The problem with fast food is that there are no vitamins in such food. Getting used to eating on the go, a person deprives himself of useful trace elements, without which the body will not function normally. To all the other shortcomings of fast food, one more is added - it contributes to the development of beriberi. This has a particularly negative impact on the health of children and adolescents. Therefore, this food is categorically contraindicated for children.

What, then, to give the child for lunch at school, what to eat at lunchtime? To do this, you need to purchase plastic boxes designed for food. They have compartments for different types of food.

Take an example from Japanese mothers who give their children to school such containers, where they put homemade buns, salads, fruits. Food, including meat cooked at home, will not have time to spoil in 3-4 hours, which will pass from morning to lunch break. And then there will be no need to buy food of dubious quality such as whites or hot dogs. The quality of food from public catering is always much lower than the same pies that are cooked in the home kitchen.

If a person is categorically against fast food, he can completely refuse it in favor of homemade food. At the same time, if friends invited to a birthday party in a cafe where there will be pizza with drinks, then you should not refuse the offer, because this happens infrequently. Once a week, nutritionists are allowed to eat something from the category of fast food, this will not bring harm.

There is not always time for a full breakfast, lunch or dinner. Due to lack of time, I have to eat on the run. Today we will talk to you about fast food.

At first, hamburgers were prepared in Germany. And they got their name in honor of one of its cities, namely Hamburg. Then, this recipe was brought to America, around 1900, and first they began to sell at various fairs, then they were patented and entire establishments began to open where you could taste this bun with a cutlet. Later they were supplemented with vegetables.

But if you still want not to bother with cooking and order your favorite type of fast food food, do it on the website http://kazan.restoratti.ru in Kazan. For example, order home delivery hamburgers from McDonald's, sushi or your favorite pizza.

One butcher from Germany prepared sausages called "dachshund". An American traveler brought these sausages to his homeland. To make it convenient to eat, they came up with putting them between slices of bread. Later they were put into a special bun. There are many varieties of hot dogs. They are complemented by lettuce leaves, onions and numerous other toppings. The classic sauce is mustard and ketchup.

In Hungary, this dish is prepared like this. A hot bun is taken, a hole is made, the pulp is taken out. The void is filled with sweet mustard (called mushtar), and put in a sausage.

We owe the appearance of this variety of fast food to the Earl of Sandwich. He was very fond of playing cards. The games lasted up to several hours, and the count did not have time to eat. They took food during the game, hands, and most importantly, the cards became greasy and sticky, which was extremely unpleasant and interfered with the game. Therefore, he came up with the idea of ​​​​putting meat and vegetables between two slices of bread in order to make it convenient to eat and not get your hands dirty.

Now it's almost the most popular type of fast food in England. Several types of bread are used. The fillings can be very diverse, chicken, turkey, beef, ham, sausage are used. Sour cream sauces based on mayonnaise, mustard.

This one of the types of hot dogs. The difference is that the sausage is dipped in cornmeal dough and fried in a large amount of oil (deep-fried). Previously, the sausage is strung on a stick, and only then it is dipped into the corn mixture. When this dish appeared is not known for certain, there are some references to the fact that they appeared in America around 1920. Even then, on the street, at the stall sellers, one could feast on them. They are served with ketchup and mustard, but you can do without them.

A type of fast food in Mexico. classic burrito is a fried wheat cake stuffed with fried minced meat, boiled beans, tomato, cheese, and sometimes avocado. The sauce is usually tomato or sour cream. The roots of this food stretch from Spain. They sold a roll stuffed with meat and vegetables. Travelers brought the recipe to South America, but it took root only in Mexico. For simplicity, vegetables and meat stuffing began to be wrapped in an ordinary cake. Also, the finished burrito is fried, it turns out another dish called - chimichanga.

This Arabic dish has taken root very well in Russia. Everyone has probably seen small tents selling shawarma, and many have tried it.

In the Arab countries, it appeared relatively recently. Many claim that the dish is taken from a Mexican burrito, but this is not known for certain. Shawarma differs in the method of preparation, sauce and filling. The meat is cut into thin slices and strung on a long skewer. The type of meat is usually beef, chicken, or lamb. Roast vertically on a special grill. The basis of the dish is a flatbread made from wheat flour (pita), or special bread (pita). The sauce is sour and spicy. It contains garlic, sour yogurt is the base(to taste reminiscent of our kefir and fermented baked milk), curry, saffron. Shawarma is supplemented with vegetables: pickles, cabbage, tomatoes, onions, greens.

French fries

Most often, this is an addition to a hamburger, a sandwich. French fries are potatoes fried in a large amount of vegetable oil, cut into cubes. His do not salt during cooking. Served with barbecue sauces, cheese, sour cream and garlic, as well as ketchup. Salt in your bowl to taste.

French fries originated in Belgium. The Belgians used to fry pieces of fish in oil, but in winter there was no way to fish. All the bodies of water were freezing, so they decided to try frying sliced ​​potatoes. They liked this way of cooking. Then the recipe migrated to America, France, England and other countries.

Pizza has been in Italy for a very long time. The exact time of appearance is unknown. Initially, meat with sauce and cheese on the test was considered the food of the poor.

There is an interesting legend. Once a traveler asked to spend the night in the house of a poor man. He was very tired and very hungry, for his supply of food had run out. Asking for something to eat, he heard in response from the owner, they say there is nothing special, there are very few products. But the quick-witted wife of the poor man found a way out. Having prepared the dough from water, flour and olive oil, having collected everything that was edible in the house, a little dried meat, tomatoes, cheese, spreading the filling over the rolled cake, I put it in a stone oven. After tasting this dish, the traveler asked the name of such a miracle. And heard the word pizza. In translation, it means "flat cake".

After that incident, pizza tents immediately appeared in Italy. At first, it was sold only to the poor, and then the rich were not averse to tasting such an original delicacy. Nowadays, there are a lot of varieties of dough, toppings, pizza sauces, but cheese and tomatoes remain the same component.

Not all types of fast food are described here. The descriptions of the dishes presented here are basic.

Doctors don't stop talking about the dangers of fast food. Such food is poorly absorbed by the body, slowly digested. The feeling of satiety passes quickly. There are few useful substances in it. Although, sometimes you want to pamper yourself. Buying buns, pies, hamburgers, pasties in tents, stalls and roadside cafes is at least dangerous. Only the staff of points of sale knows what quality products are used to prepare fast food. But they will not reveal their secrets and mysteries to you. In institutions of this type, elementary hygiene rules and sanitary standards are very often not observed, and therefore the likelihood of getting into the hospital with an intestinal infection increases.

The only place where such food becomes not only safe, but also useful is your home. You choose the meat yourself, and you can track all the stages of the preparation of the products yourself. Our task is to help you diversify your diet, teach you how to cook delicious and healthy fast food.

Since we so often write from our reviews about fast food and everything connected with it, I would like to make a contribution to the "Modern Menu" section related to fast food. We thought about it and decided that dishes based on a combination of ready-made semi-finished meat and a bun are most associated with fast food. Either burger, Hot Dog or sandwich- all these dishes belong just to the hated by many and so loved by others - fast food.

One designer from New York recently made a masterpiece out of sandwiches. The idea was this - every day he bought different sandwiches and scanned them in section. What the designer Yon Chonko did can be considered art under the name "scanwich". For site pro food, these same "scanwiches" will be of great benefit, since we can show you, dear readers, how many sandwiches that are popular in our country and in the West look like when a hungry buyer looks at them, and we will also list main ingredients for their preparation.

1. Sandwich with bacon and turkey

This sandwich is a great snack. To prepare it you will need: bacon, tomatoes, salad, turkey, mayonnaise And fried toast bread.
From the intricacies of cooking the following - fry toast bread in grilled salamander or toaster. Since the sandwich turns out to be quite high, the bread fits not only on top and bottom, but also in the middle. The top layer is fried bacon with tomatoes, the bottom layer is turkey with cheese and lettuce.

Compound this sandwich, like its origin, tends to Italy, where most sandwiches are made on the basis of a baguette cut along, with the addition of exclusively Italian ingredients. So, this sandwich includes: capricola(cured pork back and shank), mortadella(the world-famous boiled sausage from Bologna), prosciutto(in fact, it is a ham, Italian ham grated with salt), salami sausage, provolone(Italian hard cheese with low fat content), pickled peppers.
In fact, the sequence of putting the ingredients in this sandwich is not very important, and it is absolutely impossible to spoil it, since all the products that are used in it have their own flavor and are felt each separately. Therefore, in this case, the cat Matroskin would not give advice to Uncle Fyodor about the wrong eating of a sandwich.

In fact sandwich Dagwood (Dagwood Sandwich) is an invention that was introduced into one of the famous American comics called "Blondie", produced since 1939. The protagonist of this comic, Dagwood Bumstead, constantly made oversized sandwiches with a combination of both compatible and not-so-compatible foods. Usually the height of the sandwich was about 30 cm, and in order to bite it off, the main character, of course, opened his mouth for the entire length of the sandwich.
Despite the fact that this sandwich appeared in a comic book, this did not prevent it from being included in the American Heritage Dictionary, as well as becoming a household name in the Webster Dictionary.
In 1950, entrepreneurs Bob Weiler and Art Lang opened a Dagwood themed restaurant in Toledo, Ohio, with hopes of building a national chain. They have not licensed the Dagwood name and have been ordered to stop using it under US copyright infringement. However, in 2006 a restaurant was openedDagwood's Sandwich Shoppes, which has franchise facilities in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri (USA) and Georgia. Despite the fact that the network struggled for a financial breakthrough, it was not able to achieve the growth expected from its founders.
Today, a real Dagwood sandwich consists of: slices of toast bread, salami, ham, pepperoni, turkeys, cheddar cheese, provolone(hard italian cheese) lettuce, tomatoes, roasted red pepper, banana pepper,red onion, mustard, mayonnaise with low calories.

4. Roast beef sandwich

In this sandwich, everything is quite simple and concise. Take a hamburger bun, cut it in half lengthwise. The main thing in a sandwich is meat!
Roast beef recipe next: for its preparation, tender beef tenderloin is grilled or baked in the oven. Juicy meat pieces fit between the halves of the bun, spread with mustard and voila - the dish is ready to serve.
The look of the sprout sandwich in the photo is rather dull, and you can safely decorate it with vegetables and other products. BUT! This will no longer be a branded Roast Beef sandwich, but a variation of it.

5.

sweet sandwich for the preparation of which will require bread, bananas And chocolate or nut butter.

6 Fried Chicken Sandwich from Jin Market

This sandwich is from Jin Market on Hudson Street in New York. Its main ingredient is fried chicken chopped into pieces. Also includes low calorie mayonnaise, cabbage salad with arugula.

Bauru- traditional brazilian sandwich. Comprises: french bun, melted cheese,tomatoes, roast beef And pickles.

The secret to the steak sandwich is to use a fluffy bun, the kind used in French restaurants. Of the ingredients, the main place is occupied by pork steak chopped into pieces, with addition vegetables - tomatoes and lettuce. Such a sandwich, despite the steak used in it, is very light and will be an excellent snack.

The recipe is as follows: they lay out on toast bread walnuts, fried tomatoes, crushed chicken fillet, pickled red onion, greenery. You can add any of your ingredients to this sandwich.

10. Chip Butty Sandwich

Cheap british sandwich, which consists of fried potatoes, chopped with sticks and toast and ketchup. The British in this regard are very different from us - if we consider potatoes to be the second bread and do not eat potatoes with bread, then they do the opposite and even make sandwiches from these two seemingly incompatible ingredients. Well, if you are a representative of a British restaurant or pub - you can experiment in Belarus. The main feature of the sandwich is that it is very cheap.

Very appetizing Wichcraft burger, USA, which consists of buns, pork, red cabbage, jalapeno pepper And mustard.

12. Parisi Turkey Turkey Sandwich

The composition of the sandwich next: smoked turkey, fresh mozzarella, roasted red pepper, bun.

13. James Beard Ham Sandwich

unpretentious sandwich, consisting ofham, mustard, butter. All ingredients are placed on Rye bread

14. Chicken Sandwich by James Beard

The composition is as follows: chicken fillet pieces, cucumber, buttered whole wheat bread. Again, simple and tasteful.

15. Smoked Turkey Sandwich from Cafe Clementine, New York

A sandwich from this family cafe has the following composition: smoked turkey, bacon,salad, tomatoes, avocado. Spread the ingredients on grain bread.

Classical roll with lobster from the Urban Lobster diner. Usually the finishing part of preparing such a roll is heating it in contact grill.

This sandwich is made like this: turkey, brie cheese,tomatoes,salad, mustard spread between halves grain bread. The sandwich is ready!

The composition of the sandwich may be bewildering, but such a sandwich is really prepared: Vhetchina, dark turkey meat, mashed potatoes,beans, sweet potato pie, Cranberry Sauce,santa claus cookies, lollipops. All of this is posted on hamburger bun.

Ingredients for this sandwich: sliced turkey, crispy bacon, fused Cheddar, tomatoes, onion, Spicy Chipotle Mayo Sauce which includes mayonnaise, sour cream, chili pepper and lime. Everything is laid out on a fried bun with sesame seeds.

Ingredients: pastrami (smoked beef) and mustard. Laid out on Rye bread.

Portal administration pro food hopes that these uncomplicated burger and sandwich recipes will help you diversify your establishment's menu with new dishes that can be offered at certain times of the day, such as for breakfast or lunch.