This dish was born in Rochester, New York, in a landmark fast-food restaurant very popular for its great examples of extreme American cuisine and whose name is “Nick Tahou Hots”.
At the time of its launch in 1918 it was called “Hots and Potatoes” although regular customers called it by the nickname “Hots and Po-tots”. This name was quite right because the dish was served with hot ingredients and potatoes; that is, the name of this food was composed by the name of its constituents. But, the peculiar of the dish is that it was composed by just about everything the kitchen could cook and it was so disorganized that college students asked for it with the sentence “Can I get one of those plates with all the garbage on it?”, since they don’t know what this was composed of! Besides, the content used to be mixed with ketchup and hot sauce, what made this food more difficult to identify.
By the 1980, the place was much known among students and this strange but successful dish acquired the name by which its customers called it; the Garbage plate! This name became trademarked.
The Garbage plate is considered a great late-night snack, and this restaurant used to be packed with diners from midnight to 4 a.m. approximately. Besides, young college men living in Rochester (who like to have contests to see how much beer or food can they consume), consider this dish a rite of passage from boyhood to manhood!
As soon as this food began to be so consumed, other restaurants included some variations of this in their menus although sometimes they changed a little its original name. The more interesting examples of restaurants which varied the name of the Garbage plate are: “Big Deal Pizzeria” that called it the “Big plate”, “Bill’s Gray’s restaurant” called it “Make Your Own Dinner”; name which makes reference to a random choice or chaos, the “Empire’s Hot” and “Paradise Pizza” called it “Trash Plate”, “Hungry’s Grill” called it the “Hungry’s plate”, “Mark’s Texas Hots” called it the “Sloppy plate” and it was called even the “Dumpster Platter” by “Silver Lake Drive-In restaurant”!
As we can see, all the names that refer to this food are related to this idea of chaos, combination, hunger, confusion, and so on… what makes stronger the original name; “The Garbage Plate”!!
Now, remember; if you go to Rochester or any nearby area don’t forget to ask for one of these! Taking into account what people say, you cannot miss the opportunity to taste a great and so famous dish!
P.S: I know that the photos are not as nasty as you probably expected... but it's supposed that this food was so famous because it caught people's attention at a glance! ;)
4 Comments:
These are the typical recipes that university students like me invent!! Adding to the dish whatever you find in the kitchen jajajaja
I guess it's something normal in boys that are living without parents and have no desire to do something specific to eat. What is funny is that this food wasn't created by a student that was confused to the idea of cooking... but in a restaurant!! And it has become so popular! hahahah that's what impresses me!!!
I want to try it! even though i think that what I cook for myself could be called the same :)
Definitely I can't believe neither Jesus nor you, Alix! What you say cannot be true! hahahah
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