A1 - Chicken fingers
B2 - Potato skins
C3 - Jalapeño poppers
D4 - Rocky Mountain oysters
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Nobody is quite sure when or where the first jalapeño poppers were served, although popular opinion seems to agree that the dish probably originated in the 1980s. What is certain is that, on April 30, 1992, the phrase "jalapeño popper" was trademarked by Anchor Food Products. Heinz later acquired the name, and began to distribute pre-made jalapeño poppers in a frozen form. They currently license the trademarks to companies like TGI Friday’s to sell frozen branded Poppers.
(They've been mainstream since at least the very early 90's, when you could get them at the Safeway deli section. They were delicious. They just called them poppers, though, so no trademark violation!)
Also -
Before its current name was established, the city of St. Paul, Minnesota was named Pig's Eye after the nickname of Pierre Parrant. Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant was the first inhabitant to live within the borders of what eventually became the city of St. Paul. He opened the "Pig's Eye" tavern which became wildly popular in the community. When a local resident named Joseph Brown sent a letter to a friend in 1838 he gave the return address simply as "Pig's Eye." Soon after, Brown received correspondence at the address he had given. As a result, the growing community around Pierre's bar adopted the name "Pig's Eye." In 1841, the village was renamed to its current name of Saint Paul.
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