英语词汇mayonnaise的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

mayonnaise. Port Mahon gave its name to mayonnaise. The story is that the duc de Richelieu attacked the Spanish island of Minorca and drove out the British for a while in 1756. But Richelieu was ravenously hungry after the battle. The French- man stormed the nearest kitchen ashore, tossed all the food he could find into one pot and blended it all together. This apocry- phal tale got back to Paris, where chefs concocted a dressing of blended-together ingredients that they named Mahonnaise in honor of Richelieu’s victory at Port Mahon.

词汇	mayonnaise
词源	mayonnaise. Port Mahon gave its name to mayonnaise. The story is that the duc de Richelieu attacked the Spanish island of Minorca and drove out the British for a while in 1756. But Richelieu was ravenously hungry after the battle. The French- man stormed the nearest kitchen ashore, tossed all the food he could find into one pot and blended it all together. This apocry- phal tale got back to Paris, where chefs concocted a dressing of blended-together ingredients that they named Mahonnaise in honor of Richelieu’s victory at Port Mahon.
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