Salisbury steak or (Hamburger steak), is minced beef shaped to resemble a steak and usually served in brown sauce.Salisbury steak is popular in the American South, where it is traditionally served with gravy and grilled onions. Salisbury steak is a common staple of public school lunches and frozen dinners. It is sometimes referred to as "country fried steak", which may lead to confusion with chicken fried steak.According to the Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition), Salisbury steak was invented by an American physician, Dr. J. H. Salisbury (1823-1905) and named after him. The OED gives an 1897 citation. H. L. Mencken reported (in 1945) that the name was used to replace "hamburger steak" during World War I as a political euphemism.

FTA: "Ever dreamed to go space journey with your R2?? Unfortunately, such a dream can't be true at the moment. But now this tiny R2D2 can serve you Soy Sauce by your one-hand little move, leaning the R2 body a little to put appropriate Soy Sauce on Chine or Japanese fried rice." There are pics. And they are glorious.

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Open to new cultural experiences? If you want to try something a little crazy, then put some soy sauce on your ice cream. Japan has been selling a type of Tamari soy sauce specially designed for use on frozen desserts.

Americans' interest in sushi has grown to such epidemic proportions that some restaurants are struggling to find good tuna. But despite this large appetite for maki, sashimi, nigiri, temaki, oshizushi and inari, much of what Americans think they know about this traditional Japanese dish is all wrong.

A few weeks back, my Japanese friend DJ Jyunji and I headed up to Hakuba, Nagano-ken, for a reggae party that I had organised at my friend's bar Sauce. Since December, I have been frequently visitng Hakuba, where some of...