United States Cuisine

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United States Cuisine

• Guide to Good Food Chapter 27

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First Inhabitants

• Native Americans first inhabitants
• Excellent farmers hunters
• vegetables, fruits, beans, corn squash, game,
  berries, nuts, fish

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European Settlers

• This is reflected in our cuisine. The American
  diet will continue to change as does its
  population.
• First colonists British-Plymouth, MA Jamestown,
  VA
• Spanish-St. Augustine, FL
• Later- French- Louisiana
• Dutch-New York

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Culture of Immigrants

• The United States used to be known as the Great
  Melting Pot. Why?
• Recently it has been referred to as The Salad
  Bowl. Why?

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People of Habit

• Processed and prepackaged foods came about in
  WWII.
• Women had to work and time/money was tight. Fast
  food was born!
• Despite health concerns, processed and fast food
  continue to be a staple in the Amercian diet.

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Daily diet

• Large breakfasts (Yankee breakfasts) are popular.
• Farmers and cowboys needed hearty and filling
  foods to keep them full while working hard
  outside and away from the home all day.
• Soup, salad and sandwiches for lunch
• Dinner eaten together followed by a sweet snack

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New England-ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI

• British- corn beans squash- keep during winter
• harsh winter, rugged, rocky coastline, forests
• Native Americans- cornmeal- made into mush (Hasty
  Pudding) and cornbread (Jonny or Journey cakes)
• Coastline made fish available

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New England

• Everyone had a fireplace- used one large pot for
  cooking (Dutch oven)
• salt and dry, corned beef, beets
• succotash, baked beans,cod salted and dried,
  clams (chowder)
• brown bread (cornmeal/molasses)
• maple syrup, blueberries

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Mid-Atlantic-NY, PA, MD, DE, NJ

• Dutch, German, Swedish, British
• Better farmland, milder climates
• NYC founded by Dutch
• Immigrants landing in Staten Island- settled
  there- foods from all over the world can be found
• Many Jewish immigrants- bagels

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Pennsylvania Dutch

• Germans escaping Europe for religious freedom-
  also-Amish, Mennonites
• Plain, healthy food- home grown, thrifty
• Pork, sweets, pickling, canning
• scrapple, bloodpudding, stuffed heart, pig feet,
  tongue, bologna
• soup, baking, sausages, noodles
• 7 sweets/7 sours

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South- AR, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, TN, KY, WV, VA,
NC, SC

• Native Americans- corn beans
• English French- rice cotton
• Africans- economy traditions
• seafood/shellfish, chicken, pork, sweet potatoes,
  okra, chilies, peanuts
• Cajun- African/Caribbean- spicy, soupy, usually
  with rice
• Creole- French Spanish

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South

• Year round farming
• sugarcane, rice, peanuts, fruit, corn
• catfish, turtle, crayfish, shrimp
• squirrel, turkey, chicken, pork

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West Southwest-ID, MT, WY, CO, UT, NV, AZ, NM,
TX

• Old mining towns, ranches, deserts, mountains,
  oil fields
• Tex-Mex- Former parts of Mexico- border states
• tortilla bases topped with cheese
• Barbecues
• Native Americans- breads, chilies
• lamb, wild game, pheasant, corn, beans

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W SW

• Simple
• homemade breads
• beef - all parts
• stews- beef stew, chili
• chuck wagons- coffee, potatoes

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Midwest- ND, SD, NE, SK, OK, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL,
MI, IN, OH

• Breadbasket
• Flat land, fertile soil, rivers/lakes
• Farm products, eggs, wild game
• Family, community (church) potluck dinners-
  everyone brings food to share
• religious groups settled Bible Belt

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Midwest

• Soybeans, pork, lamb, beef, corn, wheat, fish,
  dairy, fruit, grains, vegetables
• fairs, festivals, picnics
• hash browns, hot cereals, coleslaw, corn, apple
  pie, steak, bake potato

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Pacific Coast-CA, AK, OR, WA

• Fusion of Asian, American, Mediterranean- healthy
• Diverse geography
• Tree fruits, pineapple, sugar cane, citrus,
  cherries, olives, grapes
• Cold water fish- salmon, shellfish
• Warm water- mahi-mahi, tuna, swordfish

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Pac Coast

• Simple and natural
• Native American, Asian, Mexican
• Gold Rush- prospectors brought Sourdough
• Wild game, berries, freshwater fish

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Hawaii

• South Pacific roots
• Japanese, Indian Polynesians
• Newest state- 1959
• King Kamehameha-caputured all islands
• Poi- paste from taro root
• Pineapple, sugarcane, tourism, fish
• Rice, soybeans, curry, banana, seaweed
• Luau- Kalua puaa (pig) in imu (pit)

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Canada

• 2rd largest inhabited country
• smaller pop. than California
• 10 provinces- varied geography
• Great Lakes St. Lawrence river- coastlines,
  rainy, snowy
• Constitutional Monarchy- Queen Elizabeth
  II/Michaelle Jean
• Aboriginals (First nations/Inuit), French,
  British

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Canada

• Some of the best wheat in the world
• fruit, cattle, cod, maple syrup, caribou,
  berries, potatoes, salmon, dairy
• hardtack, fiddlehead fern, one pots meals
• pickle, canning, baking, poaching

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Canada

• British Columbia- English tea, California
• Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta- farming
• Vancouver- Asian
• Quebec- still speaks French