CUISINE OF THE USA
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CUISINE OF THE USA
SOME HISTORICAL FACTS
Pre-Colonial cuisine
PERRIWINKLE CATFISH
CORNMEAL
ADOBE OVENS
HORNO
COLONIAL PERIOD
Really British till the times of American Revolution
After 1783 – Independence!
SO, WHAT’S TIPICALLY AMERICAN? Renown Products and dishes
PEANUT BUTTER
HOW?
APPLE PIE
TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST EGGS AND FRIED BEACON
FULL-BREAKFAST
HAMBURGER
REGIONAL CUISINES IN THE USADivision into regions:
New England Mid-Atlantic The South Midwest The Southwest The West
Division into cuisine’s regions:
New England The Pacific and Hawaiian Midwest The American South The West
MAP OF THE USA
NEW ENGLANDNew England consists of six states:
Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont
THE MOST COMMON DISHES IN NEW ENGLAND
The Native American cuisine as a part of the cookery style of early colonists.
Practical and fugal cuisine.
One-pot dishes: succotash, chowder, baked beans
THE MOST COMMON INGREDIENTS TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW ENGLAND:
Lobster Other shellfish: little neck clams, razor shell
clams, blue mussels or oysters Much of this shellfish contributes to New
England Tradition – clambake
FRUITS OF NEW ENGLAND The Vitis labrusca grapes
Use: grape juice and jelly, winesWorldwide company producing grape juice: Welch’sWorldwide company making higher quality wines: Mogen David, Manischewitz
Cranberries
ApplesThe original varieties: Baldwin, Lady, Mother, Porter, Peck’s Pleasant etc.
PACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN
One of the most culturally diverse U.S. states
The only state with an Asian majority population
Hawaiian cuisine as example of variety – fusion of Asian and Pacific-rim cultures as traditional native Hawaiian
THE MOST POPULAR DISHES OF PACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN CUISINE
Seared ahi tuna with wasabi beurre blanc sauce
Opakapaka (snapper) with passionfruit
Hawaiian island-raised lamb, beef and meat products
A broad variety of agricultural products: tomatoes, strawberries, mushrooms, sweet maui onions and tropical fruits
MIDWEST
Everything with barbecue
Chicago-style hot dog
THE AMERICAN SOUTH
Influence on the cuisine of many diverse inhabitants of the region:Americans of European descentNative AmericansAfrican Americans
THE MOST COMMON DISH OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH
fried chicken
THE WEST
Influence of Native American and Mexican cultures, and other European settlers into the part of the country
Variety of the dishes depending on the area
THE MOST COMMON DISHES IN THE WEST
various specialties involving salmon In the Plains/Mountain States, such as Utah,
Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming, because of cowboy/ranch cultur -> variations on the beef theme
SOME STATISTICS
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