NUFS 144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Casserole
8 Apr 2020
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How cookbooks have conveyed culture in the us. Still widely produced and sold can also be used to commemorate historically. They make a statement about the food habits of the group that produced them. Can reflect what is eaten at home; as such is a kind of cultural autobiography. Create a composite picture of what a group allegedly eats. Favorites - beef first then chicken and pork. Disliked - a variety of organ meats. Commonly consumed and currently, popular dishes have repeated appearances. Economical and easily accessible ingredients and uncomplicated preparation techniques are featured. Have historical significance, use, and ethnic origin with more expensive, richer and more difficult to obtain ingredients. Ethnic settlement and assimilation can be ascertained in part from compilations: If a particular culture is featured, or just listed as foreign. If cookbook contains a mixture of ethnic and mainstream recipes. Special recipes include for a successful marriage, happy families, ideal homemaker, the american way.
