Who Knows The Origin Of The Phrase . . . . 'Doggie-Bag' ? . . .. . . Points And Prizes For Best Answer !!

Question

A good guess would be that it was originally named that because some people took their leftovers home for their dog , but who and how did it get started ? And when and why ?


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Answer 1

Main Entry: dog·gie bag
Variant(s): or doggy bag /'do-gE-/
Function: noun
Etymology: 1doggy; from the presumption that such leftovers are intended for a pet dog
: a container for leftover food to be carried home from a meal eaten at a restaurant


In 1949, Al Meister, the head of a Chicago-based packaging company called Bagcraft Papercon, came up with an iconic American invention.
He developed a special coating to make a paper bag grease-resistant.
Onto the bag went the drawing of a dog and a poem by his wife beginning, "Oh where have your leftovers gone?"
With that, the company laid claim to the world's first dedicated doggie bag.

Today, millions of doggie bags later, this contrivance for getting a free lunch out of your previous night's dinner is more popular than ever.
In a 2002 survey, the American Dietetic Association found that 91 percent of Americans take leftovers home at least occasionally, and 32 percent do it on a regular basis.

The doggie-bag concept isn't confined to the land of the super-size portion.
Food historian Francine Segan found references to it in England when she did research for her book on Renaissance cooking called "Shakespeare's Kitchen."
She explains that hosts used "oversized napkins in those days, in part because they ate with their hands, but also to provide a huge container for leftovers.
Hosts liked to get extra points with guests by being very generous with leftovers."

Now, the doggie bag has even penetrated into regions as remote as Guizhou Province in Southwest China.
Late last year, we found ourselves in the little town of Panjiang, whose major industry happens to be restaurants specializing in the meat of -- well, let's just say it wasn't pigs or cows.
Each table was set with not only chopsticks, plates and napkins but also a supply of doggie bags, illustrated with a drawing of a pooch.

Answer 2

Leftovers from a restaurant meal may either be left behind to be discarded by the restaurant, or taken away by the diner for later consumption. In order to take the food away, the diner may make a request for it to be packaged. The container used for such leftovers is commonly called a doggie bag or doggy bag; the name comes from the euphemistic pretense that the food will be given to the diner's pet, rather than eaten by a person. Doggy bags are most common in restaurants that offer a take-out food service as well as sit-down meals, and their prevalence as an accepted social custom varies widely by location. The term "doggie bag" is now obsolete in (at least) much of the USA. While it is understood, a diner is more likely to request a "takeout box," a "to-go box," or just a "box

Answer 3

Leftovers are the uneaten edible remains of a meal after the diner has finished eating. Food scraps that are not considered edible (such as bones or the skins of some vegetables and fruits) are not regarded as leftovers, but rather as waste material; any remaining edible portions constitute the leftovers.

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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