Late one Friday night in 1964, Teressa Bellissimo was working the kitchen at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, when her son Dominic showed up with a crowd of hungry friends. What did she throw together that night? The patty melt Buffalo wings Beef on weck Loaded potato skins None At the sweltering 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, an ice cream vendor hit a crisis: he ran out of serving dishes with crowds still lined up. According to the most famous account, the concessionaire in the next booth saved him. What was that neighbor selling? Funnel cakes Soft pretzels Zalabia — thin, crisp Syrian waffles Saltwater taffy None German chocolate cake — that rich layer cake with coconut-pecan frosting — is an American classic with a misleading name. Where does the "German" actually come from? German immigrants in the Texas Hill Country A baker named Samuel German A bakery on German Street in Philadelphia A mistranslated Austrian recipe None Walk the midway at the State Fair of Texas and you'll smell them before you see them: batter-dipped hot dogs frying golden on a stick. Brothers Neil and Carl Fletcher started selling them at the fair in 1942. What did they call their invention? Corny Dogs Batter Pups Texas Twisters Stick Dogs None Thousand Island dressing wasn't invented on an island of salad dressing. Its name comes from an actual American place. Which one? A cluster of islands in the St. Lawrence River between New York and Canada A chain of barrier islands off the Carolinas The islands of Puget Sound in Washington A string of islets in the Florida Keys None Stumper. The hamburger's birthplace is one of the great food fights in American history — Wisconsin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Ohio all stake claims. But the Library of Congress officially credits one small lunch wagon that started serving ground-beef sandwiches around 1900. In which state does it stand? Wisconsin Texas Connecticut Ohio None Time's up
