Transcript it. *Comparison

Farnaz & Jing
*Food Culture*
* Agenda *
• 1. Preview
• 2. Questions
• 3. Interview (Answers)
• 4. Comparison
• 5. Results
Preview
Interview
Robert: Americans who are
concerned about their health or read
the news probably know that the
average American diet is not very
healthy. Some very busy people may
know that their eating habits are
unhealthy but are too busy or have
*Questions*
1. Do most Americans eat three times a day? Why or why not?
2. Do Americans like to eat fast food or healthy food? Why?
no time to do anything about it.
*Comparison*
3. How do Americans know the way they eat is healthy or not?
4. Do Americans snack at home and work? Why?
5. Do Americans always eat breakfast? What do they eat mostly?
6. Do any dishes have family stories or folklore behind them? What are they?
7. Which foods are linked to ethnic or cultural heritages?
8. What foods, herbs, and spices are typically found in dishes from American culture?
9. What special cooking techniques are used in American dishes?
10. What are some common drinks for meals?
Iran: Mostly
traditional food and
home made food.
American: No
breakfast and
some of them
eat small
sandwich as
a lunch.
China: They
always eat 3
times a day
*Questions*
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1. Do most Americans eat three times a day? Why or why not?
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2. Do Americans like to eat fast food or healthy food? Why?
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3. How do Americans know the way they eat is healthy or not?
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4. Do Americans snack at home and work? Why?
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5. Do Americans always eat breakfast? What do they eat mostly?
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6. Do any dishes have family stories or folklore behind them? What are they?
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7. Which foods are linked to ethnic or cultural heritages?
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8. What foods, herbs, and spices are typically found in dishes from American
culture?
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9. What special cooking techniques are used in American dishes?
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10. What are some common drinks for meals?
Sky:
Most people eat three times a day - at least most
children do because their parents handle the meal
schedule. Adults may eat three times a day depending
on their lifestyle - people who work from home probably
do eat three times a day. People who have to get up
extremely early may miss breakfast unless they grab a
convenient breakfast on the way to work. Many
Americans find themselves too busy to eat breakfast, or
else they grab fast food or coffee for breakfast.
Jesse: No I don’t think so, because most of the
American people are too busy.
Kathleen: This is hard to say. Many American like
fast food because it can save time and money.
• Germana: Americans like to eat both. Fast food
because they are probably too busy to make
dinner and others just into health food.
Robert: Americans who are concerned about
their health or read the news probably know that
the average American diet is not very
healthy. Some very busy people may know that
their eating habits are unhealthy but are too busy
or have no time to do anything about it.
Wendy: We look at how much
nutrition in the meal.
Junior: Yes all Americans snack at
both home and work and it
depends on how much they had to
eat and how much they eat and
how stressed they are.
• Sky: Snacks food are
usually made to taste good.
Many Americans eat snacks
at home. They may also eat
snacks at work.
Robert:
It's hard to say. Many Americans don't
eat breakfast, which is not good - breakfast is the
most important meal of the day. People who have
to get to work early often grab a junk food
breakfast - pastries and coffee, donuts... American
breakfast that is not fast food can still be fairly
heavy, since traditional American breakfast items
include pancakes, bacon and eggs, sausage, biscuits,
grits - lots of meat and starch, and often no
vegetables, although healthier breakfasts may
include fruit.
Germana: Most Americans don’t
eat breakfast, but those that do,
mostly eat bagels or oatmeal.
Kathleen: yes, ham is a
tradition dish for thanksgiving and
Christmas.
• Wendy: Yes like thanksgiving that
we eat turkey and pumpkin pie.
Robert: Lots of “American” foods trace their heritage
back to other cultures. Pizza is Italian. Waffles and
pancakes are European in origin. Beer is often Germanalthough most mass-produce commercial beers are
American.
• Kathleen: Pasta is Italian, roast duck is
Chinees, Pizza is Italian, sushi is Japanees.
Germana: Americans love apple
pies and usually you can find
cinnamon in that and they use
basic Italian herbs too.
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Junior: Everything. American cooking is a melting pot, just like
the culture of the country itself. There is a lot of European and
French heritage in American cooking, which is not surprising
given American history. American cooking uses a lot of meat,
dairy, and grains - corn was grown in America very early in its
history, so there are a lot of recipes that use corn or corn flour like cornbread. Americans don't, however, generally eat a lot of
raw meat. Sushi and sashimi were once considered unusual or
novelty foods. Americans nowadays also usually don't eat a lot
of organ meats, but some communities in the Eastern United
States do have recipes that involve offal, like scrapple, brains and
eggs, pig or beef testicles, etc.
Sky: Southern barbeque,
crab bakes,etc.
• Jesse: Barbeque,
Oven cooking, fried
food.
Robert :Water, beer,
juice, wine( for
dinner), milk and
coffee.
Wendy: We
always drink
juice, white wine,
soda.
Germana:
common drinks
are probably ice
tea or milk and
water.
*Comparison*
• Iran
Iran:
They eat
3 times a
day
United States Of America
American: No
breakfast and some
of them eat small
sandwich as a
lunch.
China
China: They always
eat 3 times a day
*Comparison*
• Iran
Iran: Mostly
traditional
food and
home made
food.
United States Of America
American: Mostly
fast food.
China
China: Not too many
fast food only
children like to eat
fast food.
*Comparison*
• Iran
Iran: More family
studies and
cooking books.
United States Of America
American:
Advertisement but
not healthy at all.
China
China: friends and
books.
*Comparison*
• Iran
United States Of America
Iran: Healthy snacks(
nuts and fruits)
American: Cheese
and small meals
and bars.
China
China: Adults don’t
like snacks only
children.
*Comparison*
• Iran
United States Of America
American: Most of
Iran: Definitely have
them don’t eat
breakfast. Eggs, Persian breakfast, if they
cheese, Persian tea
do, they have bars,
special bread with butter oatmeal and coffee
and jam.
and pancakes.
China
China: They always
eat breakfast, they eat
eggs, noodles, rice
and porridge.
*Comparison*
• Iran
United States Of America
Iran: Yes we do.
Many kind of soups,
desert, and old
traditional Persian
food.
American: Only
Turkey and
pumpkin pie.
China
China: Yes, they eat
dumpling for Chiness
new year.
*Comparison*
• Iran
Iran: A few meals
like hamburger,
Pasta, Pizza and
some salads.
United States Of America
American: Most of
them like pizza and
pasta.
China
China: Hamburger
and pizza.
*Comparison*
• Iran
United States Of America
Iran: So Many like
cinnamon, Indian and
Persian spices and
peppers.
American:
Cinnamon, lemon
pepper and dried
basil.
China
China: A lot of chili
and red pepper.
*Comparison*
• Iran
United States Of America
Iran: Coal kebab(
like different
barbeque and old
version foods.
American:
Barbeque and fried
foods or oven
cooking.
China
China: Dumpling,
Mapo Tofu.
*Comparison*
• Iran
United States Of America
Iran: Dough with
mint and special
Persian tea and
Persian juice.
American: Soda,
juice, beer, wine,
ice tea, milk and
coffee.
China
China: never ice water
and juice, white wine
and soda and tea for
meals.
* Results *