AMST 1154 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sharecropping, Pumpkin Pie, Llama
26 Jan 2017
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The columbian exchange: america food in the global food supply 1-23-2017. Corn, tomatoes, potatoes, peanuts, chocolate all originated in north america. Chilis, cocoa, maize (corn), peanuts, potatoes, pineapple, pumpkin, wild rice. Cat, cow, goat, pig, rabbit, horse guinea pig, llama, turkey. An important historical moment in furthering international food trade and a global food supply. Many foods and techniques we associate with european, african, and asian cultures originated on this continent. Food is like a footprint: it is a market left behind for dynamic actions, patterns, travel. The history of american food ways is always at its base a history of interactions among different groups. While food may be a wat that individual groups define themselves, it more importantly. Tomato brought to europe by columbus in 1492. Gazpacho: a spanish southern regional (andalusian) dish as a way for field hands to cool off on hot su(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:396)"s day; it (cid:449)as (cid:862)poo(cid:396) people"s(cid:863) food, (cid:271)(cid:396)ead soup.
