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An Overview

For

Culture and Cuisine

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Question?

1. If you were without electricity today what would you be without: Make a list and we will discuss your answers.

2. If you were without water for 2-4 day period what could happen?

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Cuisine and Culture - Intro

Taste is taught-Consider the cultural differences of foods

Organ meats? What organ meats have you eaten in the past year?

Escargot is _________?

What are your likes and dislikes concerning foods

Spices are from which geographic areas?

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The brain now and then, a 3x increase

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Does this look like a relative of yours?

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In a South Pacific tribe it is ok to have sex before marriage but it is having a meal together is TABOO. It is equated to a body function like going to the bathroom.

Once, people knew potatoes caused leprosy.

Sugar cured toothaches?

Romans thought that cinnamon grew in swamps that were guarded by giant killer bees. Yikes!

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Needs a little make-up?

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A dwelling

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Early man walking

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Are these your grandparents?

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Americans thought beer was good for children

A princess was laughed out of town for eating with a fork

Italian food was really bad for you.

Food is historical, political, social, economic, anthropological, and linguistic.

After 9-11, the first sector of the hospitality industry to partially recover was the food service industry.

A few Facts

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A very large amount of the GOP is attributed to foods. The growing, harvesting, processing, bringing to market is a huge undertaking if we are to adequately feed 280 million plus Americans. Think of this on a world-wide basis.This course is a story about how we have always tried to control our food supplyWas there virtually a war because of Easter eggs-partially !

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In some cases this is a history and culture lesson – Be preparedLook at a globe or a map – Study ItDid mankind enslave Africans to grow sugar and rice. Yes or No, Your choice is??Chinese were at one time addicted to opium to lower the price of tea.The pyramids were built with the masses having a beer like substance available to supply half of their calories daily but also they were less restless.

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A Meeting

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Human are the greatest predators that planet earth has ever had to endure.

The mastery of fire, a major turning point for mankind- Why?

The microwave has had a profound effect on the wonderful world of cooking-How

Technology is continuously adding variations to the food production system-

With Sous Vide, induction, radiation, and _______?

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Woman in history

Were woman considered “civilly dead”-legally. A possession of man. No vote, no standing. Look at the phrase “ rule of thumb”, what was its meaning? Yikes!

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Hunting was hard Work!

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The End of Course Orientation

Lets begin this

wonderful course –

Now!