Q What is the difference between co...

Q What is the difference between country-fried steak and chicken- fried steak? Is it a question of regional names? They be seen similar to me.

A. You're right; country-fried steak and chicken-fried steak are similar. one food historians think they're regional names for the same thing: a breaded, pan-fried steak serv with gravy.

The conception is thought to have been brought to Southern states according to German immigrants in the mid-1800s. It is, after all, similar to wiener schnitzel. And it was a dutiful way to make use of the tougher make an incision ins of meat available in the toward the south at the time.

notwithstanding that the name "country-fried steak" goe back at least that in extent it's only been called "chicken-fried steak" since around the mid-20th hundred years Country-fried steak is flour-dusted and generally serv with brown gravy and onions and chicken-fried steak is breaded with pushs and served with cream gravy.

Q What is couscous? Is it a pasta?

A. Couscous is a pasta; like pasta, it's made from semolina flour mixed with water. allowing the process of making couscous used to be extremely labor-intensive, requiring hours of drying in the light most couscous is produced by dint of machines nowadays. It's properly prepared according to repeated steaming; most couscous that you corrupt at the store already has been steamed and dried, meaning that all you have to do is swollen it up with boiling water.

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