Smorgasbord (1879); Tango (1865); Green Cheese/Schabzieger

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SMORGASBORD

NORWAY AND SWEDEN
HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS
by K. Baedeker
Leipsic
1879

Pg. xxv:  The _Smorgasbord_ or _Brannvinsbord_, where relishes of various kinds, bread-and-butter, and brandy and liqueurs are served by way of a stimulant to the appetitite, is an institution peculiar to Sweden.
(OED has 1893 for "smorgasbord."  OED has almost this exact same quote in almost the exact same book, or Baedeker's NORWAY AND SWEDEN 1895.  No one checked out the first edition??--ed.)

Pg. xxvii:  One of their specialties is the famous Swedish punch, a mixture of rum or arrack with lemon-juice and sugar, which is drunk as a liqueur and undiluted.
(The famous Swedish punch is not in OED--ed.)

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TANGO

A GUIDE TO SPAIN
by H. O'Shea
London: Longmans, Green and Co.
1865

Pg. xlv (Dances-Dancers):  Of late years several Cuban dances have been introduced, the music of which is original and full of languor, called _tangos americanos_, _habaneras_, &c.
(Tango, the CUBAN dance, introduced circa 1860 into Spain!  See the MOA-Cornell database for more "tango" to antedate OED--ed.)

Pg. li:  In Spain, the _dias de fiesta_ are almost exclusively of a religious character.

Pg. 490, col. 2:  The national dish of the country (Valencia--ed.) is pollo con arroz, or arroz a la Valenciana, chickens stewed with rice, sausages, pimientos, red peppers, chorizos, ham.  (...)  The gazpacho is another favourite dish.

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GREEN CHEESE/SCHABZIEGER

A HAND-BOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN SWITZERLAND
AND THE ALPS OF SAVOY AND PIEDMONT
London: John Murray
1838

Pg. 182, col. 2:  There is one manufacture peculiar to the canton Glarus, that of the _green cheese_, called _Schabzieger_.  It owes it peculiar appearance, smell, and flavour to an herb (Trifolium melilotus caeruleum; blue pansy; Germ. Kle), which is partly cultivated for this purpose in gardens within the canton, and partly imported from others.
(OED has 1837 fpr "schabzieger"--ed.)