Corndog, Bialy, and more from NY TIMES full text

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BARGAINING CHIP--I read through about 8 dry 1950s tomes on collective
bargaining, but I didn't see "bargaining chip."  On book mentioned that John
Maurice Clark's GUIDEPOSTS IN TIME OF CHANGE: SOME ESSENTIALS FOR A SOUND
AMERICAN ECONOMY (1949) compared collective  bargaining to poker.  I checked
the CATNYP entry for that, which of course reads "NOT ON SHELF."

TRASH TALK--Jesse Sheidlower wanted to know about this.  THE NEW YORK TIMES,
12 May 1974, in a review of Albert Murray's book TRAIN WHISTLE GUITAR, has
"be it bad walking, trash talking or throwing a baseball..."

BLUE CHIP--It looks like I was wrong on "blue chip" stock.  "Sugar has been a
blue chip stock from the start" is in the NEW YORK TIMES, 20 June 1897, pg.
19.  However, there's an alarmingly large gap until the next citations.
"Wall Street's 'Blue Chip'" is in the NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 32, 6 July 1922,
and the term gained usage in the 1920s.

LOCATION!  LOCATION!  LOCATION!--In the NEW YORK TIMES, 11 March 1964, pg.
67, col. 4, a real estate ad for "60's East, Corner at Madison Ave."  In case
you're interested, "Four to Six Room Apts., Priced from $24,375."

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NEW YORK TIMES & FULL TEXT "FOOD"

   I thought I'd tackle the "cafeteria" problem.  The first "cafetiria"
supposedly was during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (check Google), but I
always thought it was from California.  The American Memory database was no
help.  The Making of America database was no help.  Periodicals Contents
Index was no help.  The Harper's Weekly database was no help.  I tried
Nineteenth Century Masterfile (formerly, Poole's Plus).  The NYPL has a
subscription problem. After a few short hours with librarians, I finally got
on Nineteenth Century Masterfile, and it had no "cafeteria" at all.
    I was told that the NYPL no longer subscribed to ProQuest.  But it DOES
get New York Times full text from ProQuest.   The librarians at NYU said that
they don't have full text of the New York Times, but it turns out that they
have it, also.  The service is sometimes slow, but it does work.  The results
are not highlighted.  "Jazz" and "dude" resulted in "hits" that still puzzle
me.
   The main disadvantage is that it's full text of the New York Times, and
Clementine Paddleford wrote for the New York Herald-Tribune.  Even up to to
ten years after Paddleford's death, Times food coverage was awful.
Restaurants are regularly reviewed NOW, but it wasn't always like that.
   "Cafeteria" resulted in an 1890 "cafeteria," but I still can't find the
"cafeteria" in the hit.

CORN DOG--7 December 1941, pg. XX2.  "These are 'corn dog' stands, 'blink
your lights for car service,' and open air movies at 25 cents plus tax.
Referring to Florida.  John Mariani gives a 1942 "corn dog" date, while
others give 1938 at the Texas State Fair.

FUDGE--14 January 1894, pg. 18.  "'Fudge,' a chocolate sweetie that is a
cross between a bonbon and a cakelet, are very dear to the soul of a Vassar
girl."  I had found Vassar material from the same year.

SUKIYAKI--6 July 1919, pg. 34.  "'Sukiyaki,' a compound word still
unauthorized in any standard English dictionary, is the Japanese 'quick
lunch.' eaten while being cooked on a small charcoal table stove.  Beef,
onions, cabbage, beancurd, and other vegetable additions, not forgetting
Japanese soy, sugar, and a little sake, are ready to be prepared in a shallow
pan a la japonaise on the fire."  OED has 1920.

CAESAR SALAD--29 January 1947, pg. 28.  "..this salad was devised some years
ago at Agua Caliente by a European-born chef named Caesar, an obscure
Hollywood restarateur who was engaged by Baron Long of the Los Angeles
Biltmore for his gambling casino at the Mexican resort."  The title of this
article is "Another New Recipe for Caesar Salad."  The first recipe was
supposedly given with the review of Genevieve Callahan's CALIFORNIA COOK BOOK
on 15 May 1946, but I can't find it.  This 1947 article states "It is
variously called Caesar, Caliente and Western Way salad."  The 1947 "Caesar"
date is about what I have from GOURMET.  The naming mystery, again, is
because the salad was born in 1924.

GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN--Mimi Sheraton mentions this in a review of Peng's, 219
East 44th Street (18 March 1977, pg. 68), and Ying, 220 Columbus Avenue at
70th Street (5 August 1977, pg. 57).  I had 1979 from NEW YORK MAGAZINE.
Again, a check of Chinese menus and CUE magazine should give me a year or two
earlier.

BIALY--No entry in OED.  HEY, OED!  JEWISH PEOPLE!  IT'S NOT A NEW RELIGION!
BIALY, KLESMER, PARVE--THESE WORDS ARE IN MERRIAM-WEBSTER!!!!
   It appears that "bialy" was coined by Kossar's Bialystoker Kuchen Bakery,
367 Grand Street.  They weren't called "bialys" in Bialystok, just like you
can't find "New York bagels" or "New York cheesecake" in New York.  The baker
began about 1927.
   "The Bialy: A Delight for the Breakfast Table" by Craig Claiborne, 17
November 1975, pg. 36.
   "A Bastion of Bialys" by Fred Feretti, 6 August 1976, pg. C12.  This
article covers the bakery in depth.
   A 20 February 1958, pg. 52 story about a fire at this bialy bakery is the
article that antedates M-W.

ICE CREAM SANDWICH--26 October 1902, pg. 33, and 28 December 1902, pg. SM6.
I posted slightly earlier, and in greater detail.

DOLLARS TO DOUGHNUTS--15 April 1996, pg. 5.  "...it was dollars to doughnuts
on his opponent's having the best first round."  Slightly earlier than what I
posted from HARPER'S WEEKLY.

HOT PASTRAMI--20 September 1925, pg. XX2.  About what OED has now.

TIRAMI SU--4 April 1982, pg. WC23.
TIRA MI SU--4 February 1983, pg. C18.  Also 10 August 1983, pg. C1
TIRAMISU--13 July 1983, pg. C1.
   OED has a different 1982 citation and one of these 1983 cites for
"tiramisu."

VICHYSOISSE--1 March 1957, pg. 21.
VICHYSSOISE--30 April 1939.
   Still behind Lucius Beebe's column in the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE.

PASTA PRIMAVERA--Said to be coined by New York's Le Cirque restaurant in the
late 1970s.  2 October 1977, pg. 236, describes Le Cirque's "spaghetti
primavera," but this is the same thing.

CHIMICHANGA, FAJITA, CALIFORNIA ROLL, MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE--Don't bother.
The TIMES is about ten years off my cites.

CHEESEBURGER, PORKBURGER, TURKEYBURGER--12 June 1938, pg. 165.  Described as
adaptations "typical of California."  I found earlier, also from California
menus.

PINA COLADA--16 April 1950, pg. XX3.  "...Cuba's _pina colada_ (rum,
pineapple, and coconut milk)."  I found earlier, but ingredients vary for
this "strained pineapple" drink.

DANISH PASTRY--This 1919 cite (which I can't locate in my notes) mentions
"French and Danish pastry."  I described the full deal in ads and stories
from 1920, but this is a touch earlier.