The name is impressive: Cordon bleu, blue ribbon, that’s for winners, that goes well beyond food. As a dish, it would have to represent the height of culinary enjoyment, because in other areas the Blue Ribbon is seen as an award for top achievements, for example in the tea and wheat sailing rallies between Europe and America, where bets were held to see who could complete the route fastest . At the German Dressage Derby there is a blue ribbon at the award ceremony, as is the Gallop Derby in Hamburg.
Cordon bleu: How the schnitzel got its unusual name – Reise
