"everything": hamburger (1937), hot dog (1938), pizza (1954), bagel (1988)

[Garson O'Toole]

Ben Zimmer wrote:
> Sorry, the dates got left off these. That would be the June 21, 1937
> Washington Post and the Oct. 19, 1938 Salt Lake Tribune.

In 1936 ordering a hot dog with everything on it constituted a breach
of decorum at the Waldorf.

Date: 1936 July 25
Newspaper: Bradford Era
Article: As the Parade Passes by Tom Gee
Page: 2
Column: 3
City: Bradford
State: Pennsylvania

A young man whom we know has cherished since childhood an impish
desire to walk with considerable dignity into one of the sedate dining
rooms of the Waldorf Astoria and after due deliberation, in response
to the inquiring stare of an aloof waiter, say quite loudly and with
conviction: "I'll have a hot dog with everything on it. And, oh yes,
wrap up two to go!"


On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Ben Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: "everything": hamburger (1937), hot dog (1938), pizza (1954),
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> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>>
>> * "hamburger with everything"
>>
>> 1937 _Washington Post_ 14/3 [Jimmie Fidler's "In Hollywood" column] Ann
>> Sothern is a "hamburger with everything, please" addict.
>>
>> * "hot dog with everything"
>>
>> 1938 _Salt Lake Tribune_ 10/1 [Jimmie Fidler's "In Hollywood" column]
>> Studies in incongruity: Marie Wilson, swanky in a dazzling cloth-of-silver
>> evening gown, munching a hot dog with everything at Jungle Bill's roadside
>> stand.
>
> Sorry, the dates got left off these. That would be the June 21, 1937
> Washington Post and the Oct. 19, 1938 Salt Lake Tribune.
>
>> * "pizza with everything"
>>
>> 1954 _Christian Science Monitor_ 5 Mar. 17/4 There was Pizza with mushrooms,
>> Pizza with tomatoes, Pizza with this and Pizza with that, Pizza with the
>> other -- quite a lengthy list, concluding with the triumphant line in
>> capital letters, "PIZZA WITH EVERYTHING."
>>
>> * "everything bagel"
>>
>> 1988 _New York Times_ 3 Aug. C7/3 The "everything bagel" is dusted with
>> salt, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, garlic and onion.
>>
>> --bgz
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