词汇 | lobster newburg |
词源 | lobster Newburg. The most famous of lobster dishes, lobster Newburg, should have blazoned the name of Benjamin J. Wen- berg (1835–85), a late 19th-century shipping magnate, across the pages of menus everywhere, but gastronomical lore has it that he was foolish enough to displease the great restaurateur Lorenzo Delmonico. It’s said that Wenberg discovered the dish in South America and described it glowingly to Delmonico’s owner. Lorenzo, instructing his chef to prepare the shelled lob- ster in its rich sauce of sherry, thick cream, and egg yolks, served the dish to his wealthy patron and named it lobster Wen- berg in his honor. It remained thus on Delmonico’s menu for al- most a month, until one evening when Wenberg got drunk, started a fight in the posh restaurant’s dining room and was evicted. Soon after, the dish appeared on an enraged Lorenzo’s menu as lobster Newburg, probably in honor of the city on the Hudson. |
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