Chipotle (1950); Chicken Tetrazzini (1928); Butternut Squash (1944)

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CHIPOTLE

Just to give you a target, the OED's draft entry for _chipotle_ has
a first cite from 1952.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED


   Display Ad 69 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Dec 12, 1950; pg. 14, 1 pgs:
BLOOMINGDALE'S DELICACIES SHOP, 59th Street near Lexington Ave.
_From Mexico:_
Gay basket holds a whole tinned pineapple, strawberries, hot chile sauce, wild flower honey, liquid mole sauce, toasted chipotle chile in Daube sauce  7.50

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CHICKEN TETRAZZINI

   Favorite Recipes Of New York Chefs; Emince of Breast of Chicken Tetrazzini; By THEODORE LA MANNA. (Chef, Hotel Woodward); The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Jan 8, 1928; pg. SM8, 1 pgs:
   Mix two parts of shredded breast of chicken previously roasted or boiled, with one part of cooked spaghetti cut about 1 1/2 inches long and enough cream sauce to make the mixture about as thick as chicken hash.
   Season well with salt, pepper, a little grated nutmeg and grated Parmesan cheese.  Place in a deep dish and sprinkle the surface with Parmesan cheese and small pieces of butter.  Brown in the oven and serve hot.


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BUTTERNUT SQUASH

   It's a tad earlier in the WASHINGTON POST.


  Display Ad 44 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Apr 9, 1944; pg. X10, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 5 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Mar 5, 1944; pg. M5, 1 pgs:
...Butternut squash...
Max Schling Seedsmen, Inc.
Dept. N
618 Madison Ave., New York, 22, N. Y.

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GARLIC SALT

   The first citation (1916) might not be right.  There appears to be a "garlic salt" gap until the early 1930s:


  1.      Fish Tails . .; Tilghman Fisherman's Guide Association.; By Francis P. Leithiser.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Jul 23, 1933; pg. 18, 1 pgs

  2.      The Homemaker; By NANCY CAREY; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Mar 17, 1932; pg. 8, 1 pgs

  3.      BEST LENTEN MENU GIVEN POST AWARD; Miss Kerfoot's Recipe Is Appetizing and Easily Prepared.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Feb 27, 1932; pg. 10, 1 pgs

  4.      Drying Process Makes Vegetables Better; Removing Water Without Cooking Them, and Soaking in Water, Improves Quality, Say Developers of American Method; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Dec 24, 1916; pg. SM12, 1 pgs

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NEAR BEAR

   OED has 1909.



  NEW DWELLING IS SOLD.; L.L. Burns Disposes of Property at 1439 G Street Northeast.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; May 20, 1908; pg. 10, 1 pgs:
   _"NEAR BEAR"_
   _Under Ban._
_Atlanta Prohibits Its Sale to Minors and Cuts Out Free Lunch._
(...) ...so called "near bear," a beverage containing less than 2 per cent alcohol, which has been on sale since the prohibition law went into effect.

  Display Ad 11 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; May 9, 1898; pg. 5, 1 pgs

(I didn't see anything close in this Classified Ad jumble, but you can try to ruin your eyes and be my guest--ed.)

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BLACKOUT CAKE

   I'm looking for any date for this.  "BLACKOUT CAKE" is in the following Waldbaum's supermarket ad:


  Display Ad 66 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Dec 4, 1968; pg. 43, 1 pgs