I live in Worcester, MA, the second largest city in New England, a nice city loaded with history and heritage. The first "national woman's rights convention" was held in Worcester in 1850. Native son Robert Goddard made the space age possible with his invention of the first liquid fueled rocket. The Smiley face was born here. There's a lot of history in this city, but a lot I still don't know.
Lately, I've thinking about the Salisbury family , a prominent wealthy "first family" of Worcester whose name endures on a street (in the posh side of town, of course), several businesses, mostly in that area, and a choral group (Salisbury Singers). Of all the things named "Salisbury", what about "Salisbury Steak"?
The answer is: it's named after a Salisbury, but not a member of this family. Dr. James H. Salisbury (1823-1905), who held beliefs about diet that sound rather like Atkins, invented it as an ultimate health food (like Sylvester Graham's crackers), to be eaten for three meals a day with plenty of hot water to rinse out the digestive system. (Serving it with gravy came later.) Looks like Dr. Salisbury made it to be 82, so he might have been on to something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_steak
http://www.foodreference.com/html/artsalisburystk.html
P.S. I found out that the Worcester Salisburys were merchants. Maybe they sold steak?
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