Hangtown fry is a type of omelette made famous during the California
Gold Rush in the 1850s. The most common version includes bacon and
oysters combined with eggs, and fried together.The dish was invented
in Placerville, California, then known as Hangtown. According to most
accounts, the dish was invented when a gold prospector struck it rich,
headed to the Cary House Hotel, and demanded the most expensive dish
that the kitchen could provide. The most expensive ingredients
available were eggs, which were delicate and had to be carefully
brought to the mining town; bacon, which was shipped from the East
Coast; and oysters, which had to be brought on ice from San Francisco,
over 100 miles away.Another creation myth is the one told by the
waiters at Sam's Grill in Tiburon, just north of San Francisco. At the
county jail in Placerville, a condemned man was asked what he would
like to eat for his last meal. He thought quickly and ordered an
oyster omelet, knowing that the oysters would have to be brought from
the water, over a hundred miles away by steamship and over rough
roads, delaying his execution for a day.[citation needed]The dish was
popularized by Tadich Grill in San Francisco, where it has apparently
been on the menu for 160 years. Later variations on the dish include
the addition of onions, bell peppers, or various spices, and deep
frying the oysters before adding them to the omelette. Hangtown fry Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter