标题: Jewish Deli [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 12-12-2015 20:40 标题: Jewish Deli Immigrant history | The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Deli; The story of an outlet that is less a shop than a cultural icon. Economist, Dec 12, 2015. http://www.economist.com/news/bo ... -icon-rise-and-fall
(book review on Ted Merwin, Pastrami on Rye; An overstuffed history of the Jewish deli. NYU Press, 2015)
Note:
(a) "JEWISH delicatessens may now be known for knishes, latkes and pastrami sandwiches, but back in their heyday, during the 1920s and 1930s in the theatre district in New York, they also served beluga caviar, pâté de foie gras and Chateaubriand steak."
(i) knish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knish
(b) “Jewish classics were gussied up and defiled: chopped chicken liver was served with truffles. Treyf, like oysters and pork chops, was eaten with abandon alongside kosher delicacies.”
(i) gussy up (vt; origin unknown): “DRESS UP; EMBELLISH” http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gussy%20up
(ii) For treyf, see treif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treif
(also treyf, among others)
(c) “The first delicatessens sold mostly German food. For early Jewish immigr作者: choi 时间: 12-12-2015 20:41
(c) “The first delicatessens sold mostly German food. For early Jewish immigrants, deli meats were an indispensable reminder of home.”
(i) delicatessen (n; etymology) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delicatessen
(ii) German English dictionary:
* Delikatessen (noun feminine): "delicacy (pleasing food)" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Delikatesse
(d) “After his Broadway shows Al Jolson, a famous Jewish singer, would invite the whole audience, Jew and gentile alike, to join him at Lindy’s delicatessen. Martin Kalmanoff, a Jewish songwriter, wrote that at the Stage Deli, ‘You’ll find debutantes with poodles eatin’ hot goulash and noodles.’ “
(i) Al Jolson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jolson
(born Asa Yoelson [Asa was third King of Judah in Old Testament]; 1886 – 1950)
(ii) goulash
(A) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulash
(B) pronunciation http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goulash