Food

CUISINE OF THE USA

Alicja Aleksander

Zuzanna Krzemińska

Justyna Małecka

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 USA

Division 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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