HISTORY 15F Midterm: Winter 2017 Midterm - Key Events and Concepts
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Key events and concepts: identify the event or concept, the approximate year in which it occurred, and its significance to the history of food in the u. s. 16th century adobo (the arrival of the spanish) The most common dish in every household in the philippines. Spanish origin, but filipinos found that cooking meat in vinegar, salt, garlic, pepper, soy, and other spices could make this a mouth-watering, savory dish, by being able to preserve it for longer. This cooking style can be applied to all meats and even seafood. Was employed initially as a method of food preservation. With advent of the refrigeration methods, it came to be used primary as a method of flavoring foods. In filipino cuisine, adobo refers to a common cooking process indigenous to the philippines. When the spanish first explored the philippines in the late 16th century, they encountered a cooking process that involved stewing with vinegar.
