Road House(1848); Vinegar Pie(1890); Demon Rum(1843); Hubbard Squash

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ROAD HOUSE

   John Mariani's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK includes "road
house," which is dated to 1855.
   This is an amusing title where "The Star Rail Road House" could be "The
Star Railroad House" or "The Star Rail Roadhouse."  The former could have
influenced the latter.  This "road house" was located in New York City.


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
The National Police Gazette (1845-1906), New York; Oct 28, 1848; Vol. VOLUME
IV., Iss. 0
  Advertisement 5 -- No Title; pg. 0_003, 1 pgs:
_THE STAR RAIL ROAD HOUSE_
Kept by Treadwell Seaman No. 485 4th Avenue, between 96th and 97th street,
with Boarding and Lodging is fitted up with Billiard and Bowling saloons
which cannot exceeded (sic) in the upper section of this city.

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VINEGAR PIE

   Here's "vinegar pie" a little earlier than previously posted--and from
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN!


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
Scientific American (1845-1908), New York; Oct 25, 1890; Vol. Vol. LXIII.,
Iss. 0
  Fun among Editors.; pg. 257, 1 pgs
("The argument as far as yet carried on appears to merit the dubious
compliment which was paid to Aunt Sally's vinegar pie, 'Very good what there
is of it, and plenty of it such as it is.'")


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DEMON RUM

   Literature Online has a little earlier than 1845 for "demon rum":

Pierpont, John, 1785-1866
BEGONE VILE RUM. 2Kb, [from Cold water melodies, and Washingtonian songster
(1843)]
Found 1 hit:
...But I tell thee, murderous  demon, Rum,    Thou never shalt have...

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HUBBARD SQUASH

   OED has 1868 for "Hubbard Squash."


(MAKING OF AMERICA-MICHIGAN, BOOKS)
Author: New Hampshire state agricultural society.
Title: Transactions of the New Hampshire state agricultural society,
1850/52-1860, with condensed reports of county societies...
Publication date: 1853-[61]
Search results: 2 matches in full text
Page 51  - 1 term matching "Hubbard squash"  ("...6 Hubbard Squash...")
Page 52  - 1 term matching "Hubbard squash"

(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
   25 March 1865, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, pg. 200
   Solon Robinson read a letter from a man saying that he finds it impossible
to get his Hubbard squash vines to produce more than one squash at a hill,
though he had tried pinching off the laterals and other plans.

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EGG TIMER

   OED has 1884, but I'd check that citation again.  Here are two 1886 patent
applications.


   6 January 1886, BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, pg. 2:
BROOKLYN INVENTORS. (...)  John H. Ernst, egg timer.

(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
Scientific American (1845-1908), New York; Jan 16, 1886; Vol. Vol. LIV., Iss.
0
  MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS.; pg. 42, 1 pgs
("An egg timer has been patented by Mr. William H. Silver, of New York
city.")