Who is General Tso on a chinese menu?

At a chinese restaurant you can order General Tso's chicken. Why is it called General Tso's and who was he?Who is General Tso on a chinese menu?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Tso鈥?/a>



^ Apparently its named after an important General from the Qing Dynasty.. though it is highly unlikely he ever ate such a dish named after himself lol.



In fact General Tso's Chicken might have been invented as Western style Chinese fast food, rather than having any authentic Chinese cuisine origins.



^ Though, there MAY be some influences from Hunan style cooking.



Might not be authentic Chinese food but.. on occasion it is a tasty treat!!
Yahoo actually just had an article about that.

You can read one of them here:

http://salon.com/food/eatymology/index.h鈥?/a>

this article talks about how General Tso had nothing to do with the chicken but he was a very famous military man.

Chef Peng (the creator of General Tso's chicken) named it after him.Who is General Tso on a chinese menu?
It was named after Zuo Zongtang



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuo_Zongtan鈥?/a>



You can read an interesting history of the invention of the dish at



http://mobile.salon.com/food/francis_lam鈥?/a>
because its not really chicken, its sliced up dog meat dipped in a sweet sauce. True story, my friend is allergic to chicken but for some reason he can eat chinese food chicken, strange huh?