tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42254840647710730162024-02-19T04:37:45.061-08:00Food and SocietyA blog by the Food and Society class at Hanover CollegeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-56838799128379943952014-05-23T11:54:00.000-07:002014-05-23T14:11:29.672-07:00Tortilla de Patatas<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">The Spanish
tortilla or tortilla de patatas or Spanish omelet, whatever you want to call
it. After doing my presentation with Charles Sheppard of the tortilla de
patatas I am going to leave you the recipe that we used to make it:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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potatoes and olive oil are the essential products for a Spanish omelet, from
there you can put your imagination to work and be creative, if you like meat
add meet, if you like hot sauce add some hot sauce, cheese, green pepper... whatever
you want to add to them. We used 6 egg and 2 potatoes per omelet, but the
quantity of eggs and potatoes may vary depending of how big you want your omelet
or if you want less or more potatoes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The difference
of the Spanish omelet with other omelets is that it is not common to eat them
by your self. The Spanish omelet has a social side, people usually cook it to
share with others, either with friends or family. If you ever go to Spain you
also can eat ‘la tortilla de patatas’ as a tapa, a small dish or piece of food that
generally accompanies your drink, in this case they will give you a piece of
tortilla with your drink. You also can ask for un ´pincho de tortilla´ and they
will give you a piece of Spanish omelet with a slice of bread and if you are in
<st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Catalonia</st1:place></st1:state> don’t
doubt that they will ask for some ´<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa_amb_tom%C3%A0quet">Pa amb tomáquet</a>´ with your tortilla. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">With
friends, family or in a bar, the Spanish tortilla is one of those dishes where
people gather around, talk, and share their experiences while enjoying their
meal. Here I leave you a video were they show you how to make a tortilla de
patatas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318810989530974976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-63071634607126305252014-05-22T17:57:00.001-07:002014-05-22T17:57:14.651-07:003 reasons to study sociology of foodWhen I first took Sociology of Food, I was curious. What could food and sociology have to do with each other? Food, I thought was more of an anthropological study; as an anthropologist may seek to examine how different cultures feed themselves. What do these different different cultures eat? What strange foods? What foods do they have in common with people from my own country? I learned that food and society intersect at interesting points. Here are 3 things you will learn if you study the sociology of food. <br />
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1. Food brings people together.<br />
Think of your family dinners for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I repeat: food brings people together. I remember one of my last nights in Nepal, I had the pleasure of sharing dinner with the father of another Hanover grad, Gopal Pokhrel. I got to talk to the family as I did research for my Richter Grant, but even better, I got to eat all kinds of home-cooked Nepalese food. For that evening, though we lived miles and miles away, we were family. That's what food does.<br />
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2. Food separates people. <br />
Food helps us draw distinctions between other people. The Palm, a fancy restaurant, helps draw the distinction between rich people food and poor people food. Rich people can afford to eat meals that take time; lobster, crab, many course steak meals. Poor people, on the other hand, cannot afford to spend time on their food. They eat pre-packaged foods like TV dinners. Food is also gendered. Men eat meat, like hot wings, while women eat less messy foods like salads. Food separates different cultures - think of how different Thai food is from American food. Food also separates different religious groups; kosher food, halal food. Some Buddhists practice vegetarian food practices for religious and ethical reasons.<br />
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3. Food oppresses people.<br />
Food oppresses people. This is probably one of the more shocking entries on this list. I wrote about it in another blog entry on this same blog, entitles <u>The Consequences of our Coffee</u>. Don't get me wrong, it's awesome that I can get cheap food wherever I want, and it's also awesome that I can take my U.S. dollar to many countries in the third world and live like a king for a week. But on the other end of all this taken-for-granted awesomeness. We get cheap mass-produced products from farmers, who produce these goods - like coffee - in large quantities. The problem? High supply drives down the income they can get from their product. Essentially, we and other people who enjoy an economy of mass-produced goods, are buying into a system that promotes the virtual slavery of others. This is a very Marxist problem. <br />
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Wendell Barry suggests in his article, "The Pleasures of Eating" that consumers become more aware of the consequences of their food choices. He argues for more informed, local consumption of goods. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601336576682322997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-82080063920713852422014-05-22T14:09:00.001-07:002014-05-22T14:09:04.956-07:00Sociology ruins EVERYTHINGGGGG!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
So after being a sociology major for 3 years I have decided that sociology ruins everything! I cannot talk to someone, watch a movie, talk with my family, SIT IN MY ROOM without trying to analyze and wonder:</div>
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;">to do that and not her?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;"><b>Are they doing that because of </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;"><b>their pare<span style="background-color: white;">nts or their peers?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;">Why is there so much pink and </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">glitter </span><span style="font-size: large;">all over this room and house?!</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And then I get into this Meaning of Food class thinking...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Oh. The meaning of food is I cook it and then I eat it. Case closed. A! </i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">(self high-five!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">and then I took my high-five back after week 1...</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I realized that I should have known better than to think what I thought entering this class. </span></div>
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1. Because it was Kate Johnson and Ryle....</div>
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2.Because it was another one of those dang sociology classes that my parents say messes with my thinking and what not.</div>
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But I guess after taking class I realized that it isn't that sociology doesn't ruin everything but allows us to see a different perspective of things and understanding the meaning of things and the different contexts in which it is used. </div>
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Food. not just something we eat but something we live off of but something that needs us almost as much as we need it. There is a process to how we get our food and that is something that we fail to realize.</div>
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Learning the sociology (and philosophy) allowed me to have an insight and respect for it that was not really acknowledge before.Like other things that we learn about, we don't know there is a problem til it affects us. So in terms of food there are is a group us that are privileged to have food while others have to work day in and day out to get their food.</div>
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But looking at those that suffer from not having food is only one aspect of it. There is so much intersectionality (there's a fancy sociology word thrown at you) that goes into food that most of us ignore because sometimes food can cause us to think selfishly.</div>
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So looking at food in a sociological way showed me that I need to open my eyes to food and how it brings people together or keeps people a part, or shows the differences in social status, religion, race, etc. I know that I am going to look more into where my food comes from and where it goes through because by eating somethings I may be supporting a company that stands for something that I am completely against.</div>
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So just how we make race, religion, sexuality, etc. an important topic, our American culture also needs to look at what we are consuming because we are what we eat. Whether that is we are into slave labor or consuming large quantities of fake food and leaving others hungry we need to pay attention.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">For the better :)</span></b></div>
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Sherill Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081986637612962303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-80043271990863378782014-05-22T13:36:00.000-07:002014-05-22T13:36:40.221-07:00We want DESSERTS!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week, as we all <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">oohed and aahed over our classmates' food presentations, indulging in the delights of delicious <span style="font-size: xx-small;">and free (!)</span> food, I couldn't help but realize how many dessert courses we chose to prepare. Out of all 12 presentations, 4 were desserts or sweet dishes (as opposed to savory)...That's 25% of the class! I know that the dish I chose to share began as a family comfort food where, much like Stitch, when I'm feeling down or blue reaching for this familiar dish warms my soul and lightens my mood. But, with a quarter of the class also choosing to prepare a dessert, that leads to the obvious assumption that sweets must play a large role in our own personal biographies and cultures, making me wonder: How did the idea of concluding a meal with a sweet course or dessert originate? This is exactly the question I want to explore with you all today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">In an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/books/review/how-we-got-to-dessert.html?_r=0" target="_blank">article </a>in the New York Times the book </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SWEET INVENTION: A History of Dessert was reviewed, analyzing where and when exactly our <span style="font-size: xx-small;">mild </span>obsession with sweets began in human history. Apparently there are quite a few historical and cultural aspects that have contributed to our modern definition of dessert. Here is a brief summary of how the timeline goes:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>1.</b> In Medieval times cooks began adding </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">extra </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">sugar into their savory dishes, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">making </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">all of the courses of a meal much sweeter.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>2.</b> Then, in the mid-17th century a separation was </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">established dividing different dishes </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">into </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 categories: sweet and savory. I </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">should </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">mention that during this point in time </span><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">meals </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">were </span></span><em style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">service à la française</em><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">,</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> where </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">all the "courses" of a meal were served at once.</span><br />
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Sarah Erlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577846439378664916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-46078572739116884572014-05-22T12:41:00.001-07:002014-05-22T12:41:49.672-07:00Food Safety <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIcTARSGP0k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIcTARSGP0k</a><br />
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Before taking this class, I feel as though many of us would have given the same answers to these questions as the people in this video did. When thinking about food safety I feel the answers given by each individual in the video are the go to areas of food safety. But after discussing food in different aspects of food and food safety the last month I am sure we can all agree that its so much more than making sure food is properly prepared. <br />
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When I found this video I expected it to talk about how food was grown and being conscious of where our food came from. However, as you saw in the video, only about 3 people mentioned knowing the background of your food of being knowledgeable of where it came from. I would like to say I was surprised by this... but knowing many of us (prior to this class) would have given many of the same answers I cannot say I am the least bit surprised.<br />
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Using this blog as a bit of a reflection I think the most important thing to take away from what we have discussed the last month is to be knowledgeable about your food and its background. As suggested in the video, food safety can be learned through media (online, newspapers) and social media. But after the last month I think we all know this is not the case! You don't really learn about your food from looking at an electronic devise. You learn about your food and the safety of what you're putting into your body by going out and giving hands on effort to make relations with the food and those who are preparing it from day one!! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026713526461006858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-41911563802453154612014-05-22T12:28:00.001-07:002014-05-22T12:28:18.980-07:00After taking a philosophy class on the meaning of food, I have had some time to reflect on my eating habits and further my stance on how Americans should eat and think about their relations with the world and how it sustains them. So many people are "blind consumers" and do not care or concern themselves with where their food comes from and who their actions affect. We often see food as "products" which taste good. and that's about it. Many of us do not think about the hard work and labor that goes into our food and how many people are involved in the creation and growth of the food we eat on a daily basis.<br />
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Now that I'm graduating I plan on taking more control of my life and my eating habits. I refuse to be a bling consumer whose money supports slave and child labor. I refuse to be fooled into eating foods that have so many hidden preservatives and junk packed into them. I refuse to eat foods that come from abused animals. These simple standards of eating will change my life. Yes, I may stay in whole foods or local grocers for over two hours comparing labels and googling foods on my iPhone before I buy them, but that time and effort is what makes the difference.<br />
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Now that I will not be relying on the college to feed me, I will have so much more power to choose what I eat and where I buy my food from. Living in downtown Indianapolis is going to be amazing because of the resources available to me. I plan on going to the farmer's market every weekend and shopping at local stores.<br />
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I think it is important for our generation to realize that we <i>can </i>make a difference in the food industry and the way the world views food. I think change starts at the individual level for each person is responsible to make their life what he or she wants it to be; once people begin to transform, they spread their opinions and knowledge to others who will then think about how they can apply such ideas to their lives.<br />
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Mint juleps are a favorite hot-weather drink of mine. They're an ice cold, aromatic dance between fresh mint and good bourbon--and they are just so <i>beautiful</i>! (Look at this picture and <i>tell</i> me you don't already feel slightly refreshed.)</div>
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Cocktails are fascinating to me, and I think there are a couple reasons why this might be. First (and most importantly, perhaps), cocktails are ways to make art out of your favorite kind of liquor. It's a way to add a touch of class to your beverage, and they're interesting and aesthetically pleasing. This, then, leads to my second reason for being intrigued by nice cocktails--that it says something about the way people think about what they consume (and how much they're willing to pay to consume beautiful things).</div>
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Granted, mint juleps don't take much by way of supplies and are relatively cheap to make. However, there are hundreds of cocktails that either have several ingredients and are very labor-intensive to make or that consist of one ingredient--a top-shelf liquor of some sort--poured over ice. Regardless, we are still willing to pay a pretty penny for drinks that are aesthetically pleasing, and this is curious to me. Interestingly, though, we aren't often as inclined to pay a little extra (or even put a little extra effort into) fresh, locally grown foods. Why is that?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14793568897719976501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-5160429612645536602014-05-22T11:30:00.000-07:002014-05-22T11:30:18.958-07:00Poor farmersAfter two people presenting about chocolate, a lot of things have come to mind. I have drawn many similar conclusions about American farmers and farmers of things like chocolate. Both are struggling in today's society and are not being regarded as important, getting put in bad circumstances. <div>
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With free trade with things like chocolate, the producers/farmers lack things like social, financial security, and other safety nets to be able to hold out on selling their products when prices are low in the market. Producers in prosperous nations can wait, while other producers do not have these options, needing to sell their products immediately to get as much money as possible, as often as possible. By doing this, they lose lots of money. Child slave labor is also a huge issue with the production of chocolate, but that is a larger issue as well.</div>
Farmers in America are pressured to produce the crops that the high powered companies or government committees tell them to produce. It was shown in Food Fight how farmers are given contracts with high powered companies to produce things in a specific way and in specific quantities. Even if the farmers do not wish to produce it in a specific way, they are put in so much debt that a contract from one of these companies is the only way to get a much needed income. So they are cornered to be apart of this system, whether they want to or not. </div>
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So each type of farmers, either in America or international in West Africa, are pressured to not make as much money as possible and do not have many options, being forced into a corner with the decisions that they make. Any yet, they are the ones who produce the food that we eat everyday, and they are not treated with that respect. We should be conscious of the decisions that we make and buy the products that work to help the little man like fair trade products.</div>
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As we learned in<i> Food Politics, Political Food</i>, we are all related through the processes in which food is picked, processed, and prepared into the meals on our tables, the snacks in our cupboards, and the food we go out to eat in our favorite restaurants. If we're all related in some fashion, <span style="color: #cc0000;">what kind of people are we in relation to how we treat people in food service?</span><img alt="resizedcafeteriaworker.jpg (450×301)" src="http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedImages/mainstory/published/2012/2012-5/resizedcafeteriaworker.jpg" /></div>
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This past semester, I worked in the dish room of the dining hall for Sodexo. Many people who have worked in dish rooms in the past warned me about how awful it would be, and basically told me to try for a less strenuous position. I decided after reading the eye-opening <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Dimed-Not-Getting-America/dp/0312626681/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400781039&sr=8-1&keywords=nickel+and+dimed">Nickel and Dimed</a> (which everyone should read!), I wanted to get as much insight as possible into the lives of those who do the jobs most of society would turn up their noses to or simply ignore. <span style="color: #cc0000;">I wanted to be a dishwasher. </span>As I quickly learned, washing dishes in a commercial college kitchen is nothing to sneeze at-with two or three people in the dish room, cleaning, sorting, and putting away all of the dishes used to eat off of, serve out of, and cook with is no easy task. Yet my supervisor could do so seemingly effortlessly, whipping about the dish room and kitchen like nobody's business. After ten to twelve hour shifts (mine were shorter, usually from five to seven hours), she still rarely complained and was the most efficient person I have ever worked with. </div>
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However, whenever I was out in the dining hall, or even on my break, I was invisible to the rest of the world (Sodexo staff being the exception.) Even people that would regularly say something to me acted as though they could not see me when I was in my (usually kind of gross) uniform. This is not a pity party, and a few of my friends treated me just the same as normal, but the point still stands: <span style="color: #cc0000;">why are we making people in food service invisible? Are they not just as human as we are?</span></div>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412200794988267622noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-46646201303593915832014-05-22T05:30:00.000-07:002014-05-22T05:30:11.206-07:00It's a Family TraditionWhat do you consider a staple food dish of your household? For my family and I, we look towards green bean casserole as our staple food dish. As the semester is winding down, we finished out class this week with presentations and the point of the presentation was to take a food dish that you know or wanted to make, and cook and present it to the class. Sounds like a piece of cake right? Not really.<br />
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I decided that I would take a classic dish of our family and add a fresh touch to it. I have never cooked the meal before and this proved apparent when the casserole turned out quite soupy. Note to self: The next time you use <span style="color: lime;">fresh</span> green beans and mushrooms, realize that they have a lot of water in them that will leak out into the dish therefore causing it to become soupier. At this point I was a little disappointed presenting this to the class, because I then had green bean casserole soup; not my ideal presentation. But the thing is, the class loved it! I was so surprised and when I tasted it, it actually tasted good. I was able to add a successful marking to my first fresh green bean casserole dish...or at least a successful green bean casserole soup dish.<br />
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The best part of the presentation was researching it and explaining why it was a staple of my house. I discussed its meanings and how its meaning of food gave importance at my dinner table. I loved being able to share how such a simple dish of only 5 ingredients has proven to be such a hallmark side dish of my family gatherings and I had the opportunity to cook and share this with others! Isn't it amazing how food can relay such a powerful message to others? Think about foods and consider why they are important. How have they impacted you? Have you shared a meal with someone at their household where they gave you a staple dish of their family?<br />
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The goal of green bean casserole being created was to use the ingredients that you could easily find in your household and create the dish. This casserole was created in 1955 by Dorcas Reilly who worked in the home economics department of Cambell's soup company. This dish was created to provide an option to those who don't always have a lot and show them that a simple dish can be made that also tastes well. It is crazy to think that the point of a food creation is the impact it will have on the family and who will be sharing the dish. I know from personal experience that while there may not be a lot of food work into this dish, a fresh twist adds a unique flavor to this experience and I was beyond happy to share this with my fellow classmates and professors. So now I ask you, what is your favorite dish and how has it impacted you? Go out and share a meal, because there is nothing more filling that sharing that meaning of food with others.<br />
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this phrase so often, but do we really know the implications of it? If we are
what we eat, then why are we creating a food system that is not helping us in
any way? I, for one, would not like to think of myself as a overfed cow that is
just being fattened up so it can die sooner. I don’t want to be known as a fast
food French fry that is doing nothing but killing people. Those are some of the
things I have eaten in my life. Am I nothing more than tortured animals and
unhealthy vegetables? These questions can be quite troublesome when they are
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want to think of myself as another animal going to slaughter. I don’t want to
be a vegetable that has grown in chemical-filled soil that is devoid of all flavors.
We may become what we eat. As Americans, we eat large amounts of fat and
sugar-filled foods. We are suffering from all kinds of food related disease
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eat. I would rather be made up of organic, home-grown vegetables and well cared
for animals. If we as a nation changed how we saw food, we would be better
equipped as a society. I know that I have tried to change some of my eating
habits slowly. Instead of getting a cheese burger, maybe getting a fresh salad
is a good idea. Growing some of my own plants can be a small step to help my
own life. If we started to look at the things we ingest as part of who we are,
maybe we could be better people. I know from personal experience that thinking
about the foods that go into my body does help me feel better. When I have the
chance, I’m going to try to go for better food options. If we all take a few
small steps, we could have a much healthier and happier nation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tomorrow I am going to do my food presentation on </span><a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-chip-blondies"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">chocolate chip blondies </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I was curious about the production of chocolate. I have never really looked into the process, but I gained a lot of my interest last year when Jasmine O'Conner did a presentation about fair trade chocolate. I thought the presentation was very intriguing, however, I never really got a chance to educate myself on the matter. I only learned what Jasmine had printed on a flyer that was attached to a piece of fair trade chocolate. So, I think now, taking this course, is the perfect time to research the production of chocolate--from the cocoa field to the molding of the candy bar</span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The plant chocolate comes from, the cacao tree or Theobroma, which is Greek for "Food of the Gods." It is grown in over 70 tropical countries and by over 2 million producers. The craziest thing is that it can take up to <em>five years</em> for a cacao tree to produce the cocoa pods. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The ripe pods are harvested twice a year. The pods are cut down from the trees with care to make sure that they can bloom in the next season. After being cut down from the tree, the pods are cut in half and the beans are exposed. The beans are then fermented to stop them from germinating. The fermentation process is essential to get the best quality of chocolate.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16437548679792202282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-87260558194437842832014-05-21T13:28:00.001-07:002014-05-21T13:28:18.005-07:00TGFJ- Thank God For Julia!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M_GJymUBY74/U3z7nXQn18I/AAAAAAAABwA/xiU3xbEJit4/s1600/julia_child_05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M_GJymUBY74/U3z7nXQn18I/AAAAAAAABwA/xiU3xbEJit4/s1600/julia_child_05.jpg" height="211" width="320" /></a>I suppose we can start with one of my favorite Julia quotes from her book, <i>My Life in France</i>, "This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!" It seems easier said than done. But when I think about it Julia was a woman who was criticized for being <i>6' 2"</i>, having an <i>odd</i> voice, marring her husband Paul at the<i> late </i>age of 34, and being a woman who wanted to learn how to cook classic French dishes in a world of convenience foods. You can learn more about her life by watching this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ZNFbGQ5p0">tribute to her life</a>.You can also rent the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/">Julie and Julia</a> and watch Meryl Streep embody Mrs. Paul Child. Better yet, you can get on<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXDc2G1hnhs"> youtube and watch Julia Child cook</a> homemade bread like she is in the kitchen with you. I am writing about her today not to educate you about her life but to point out that she would probably have something to say if she was in our Meaning of Food class.</div>
This semester I have been challenged to think about that way people interact with food-- and more and more I am realizing how thankful I am to have been taking this class as my last class of my undergraduate career.To live you must have air to breathe, water to drink, food to eat, and some sort of shelter. Whether you eat meat, veggies, bugs, cotton candy, or get IV nutrition--eating is something that everyone and everything must take part in on this Earth. In food we see culture, science, economics,history, sociology, etc. The list goes on and on because food is such a large part of our lives. <br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MMAWNpg5XDU/U3z7mq5DP3I/AAAAAAAABv4/y66fxxO7ZnI/s1600/Julia+Child+quote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MMAWNpg5XDU/U3z7mq5DP3I/AAAAAAAABv4/y66fxxO7ZnI/s1600/Julia+Child+quote.jpg" height="286" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yNpHYal2R5A/U30LhJ_fpHI/AAAAAAAABwY/1HiNUSG8vss/s1600/julia-child-cooking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>In the quote I mentioned, Julia Child give a long list of advice but I'm not so sure she is simply talking about<b> food</b>. I think Julia's advice wasn't to inspire us to<b> learn how to cook</b>-- I think she was telling us to l<b>earn how to live. </b>So much of food is wrapped up in social interactions and relationships that I wonder if she was talking about being fearless to live a life in which we meet new people, fall in and out of love, try to see things from a new perspective, or as she instructs try a new recipe. After all the old saying goes "variety is the spice of life." Which means: that if you do a lot of different things and meet different people, etc., your <b>life</b> becomes more interesting. Having and experiencing a lot of different things is what makes your <b>life</b> interesting. She tells us to learn from our mistakes like the first time we bake cookies and forget to put on the timer or the time you burned a relationship bridge. She tells us to be fearless and in this cruel world we sort of have to be on our guard-- but I think she was telling us to open up and be vulnerable for other people. Whether that is to someone you are looking to start a relationship with or someone who asks you for directions on the street. If we are all connected and similar through our need for food (or some sort of sustenance being absorbed into our bodies for life) why do we look at difference and structure a life based upon WE/THEY thinking?<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yNpHYal2R5A/U30LhJ_fpHI/AAAAAAAABwc/cPe6PZuCG9o/s1600/julia-child-cooking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yNpHYal2R5A/U30LhJ_fpHI/AAAAAAAABwc/cPe6PZuCG9o/s1600/julia-child-cooking.jpg" height="205" width="320" /></a> I know I sound a bit sappy which is probably due to the fact that tomorrow is my last day of class after 22 years of going to school but I think Julia was on to something. Whats the problem with lots of cooks in the kitchen? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273028160478039435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-80349466452272567202014-05-18T17:25:00.001-07:002014-05-18T17:57:40.931-07:00Gathering our own food<div class="MsoNormal">
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had my first experience gathering wild plants. I have been introduced to the
world of foraging, well not really, I have gathered wild fruits and mushrooms
before, but this has been my first time gathering wild plants and herbs. It was
interesting and hard at the beginning because I wasn't sure what I was looking
for. But with the help of the group I was gathering plants with and other
groups we ended up gathering a nice amount of plants, mainly garlic mustard and
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for the moment I have not gone mushroom hunting here in the United States but I
have gone mushroom hunting in Spain many times. My favorite wild mushrooms
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mushroom that usually grows next to pine trees during the fall is one of
my favourite mushrooms. It has a nice orange colour and is very fleshy. I personally
prefer to cook it in a pan with olive oil and then add some garlic, parsley
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my opinion is the best mushroom to eat, it grows during fall and spring. I
usually gather them in areas where the thistle is present. I cook it the
same way that I cook the red pine mushroom, but of course there are many
different and delicious ways to cook them.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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strawberries and redcurrant. I personally love these wild fruits that we can
find in forests and fields close to our houses, its fun and entertaining to
gather and of course they are delicious.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Gathering
edible plants, roots, mushrooms or fruits is an entertaining activity that we
can do by ourselves or with friends and family. It is healthy, we walk, breathe
fresh air and we end up eating healthy and natural food with many benefits for
our body. It is an activity that we, humans, have been doing since we have been
on earth and that we should not stop doing because it really has many healthy
benefits for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318810989530974976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-35611185765753891182014-05-16T13:27:00.001-07:002014-05-16T13:27:43.061-07:00Pricy Green Balls of Doom.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=JUNI" target="_blank">wildflower.org</a>, "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Of all the </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">native nut t</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">rees of North America, the Black Walnut is the most valuable save only the Pecan." Now, that is quite a strong statement, and considering that I just happen to have one of these very <i>valuable </i>trees growing in my front yard, I thought I would tell you a little about it...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">These green and brown little torture devices have been the catalyst for a cursing-spree at the start of an early-fall walk on more than one occasion in my household. When they start to fall there are just a few bright green fruits sitting among the fallen yellow leaves around the base of the tree trunk. You deceivingly say to yourself, "Oh good, some nuts for the squirrels this winter, how nice!" and move on with your day. But before you know it, what you thought was a perfectly manageable number of fruits doubles, and then triples, and you are looking at a yard that has more nuts than grass in it! You try to shrug it off again with, "I'm sure the wild animals will collect those in no time," as some feelings of doubt start to weasel their way into your head. Then, just as you're becoming accustomed to the piles of green fruits littering your lawn, the fruits start to darken into mushy, smelly, disgusting brown lumps of flesh rotting all over your property. Well, apparently, this is a sign of a ripe or mature nut...appetizing, right? </span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrjK0nS6Exe49M5eBMVm6DAUPLJMPX7PBEnQJbGFsIcDkT4xYl3-59ul0tXGofp_pFbe53t3fQ9GoAV66JRyNpyBgBQQDUn8yVO1oEzew6ux7tG90-4RpyaYmdKBiucUPVhrp8HFDZo8/s1600/cracked+black+walnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrjK0nS6Exe49M5eBMVm6DAUPLJMPX7PBEnQJbGFsIcDkT4xYl3-59ul0tXGofp_pFbe53t3fQ9GoAV66JRyNpyBgBQQDUn8yVO1oEzew6ux7tG90-4RpyaYmdKBiucUPVhrp8HFDZo8/s1600/cracked+black+walnut.JPG" height="320" width="242" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">According to <a href="http://honest-food.net/2010/12/14/black-walnuts-and-holiday-cheer/" target="_blank">this guy</a> (forager extraordinaire), the black walnut is actually quite delicious, although it is quite a project to extract the nut meat from its many layers including a potent-smelling husk that will dye your hands black, an unbelievably hard shell, and a rather complex inner membrane. So, even though black walnuts can be found all over the United States, the amount of labor put into collecting, cleaning, and shelling these satanic nuts means that it will cost you a pretty penny to buy some black walnuts for yourself already shelled. In fact, when you find them online, you'll pay <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/life/food/2006/09/21/English-black-walnuts-flavor-is-worth-the-trouble-to-shell-them/stories/200609210264" target="_blank">more than twice</a> the amount per pound of nut than you would buying some pre-packaged English Walnuts from a chain grocery store. So next time you pass by some fallen black walnuts, maybe consider saving some to crack open on a rainy day? I know I certainly will...<span style="font-size: xx-small;">even though they're still evil little buggers.</span></span></span></span>Sarah Erlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577846439378664916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-79350916179560765222014-05-16T12:52:00.000-07:002014-05-16T12:52:01.698-07:00Would you like to come for dinner?As I was saying in class yesterday, many of my friends get uncomfortable when having dinner at my house. If we're eating a meal that doesn't have beef or chicken usually there are no comments made. However, if we're enjoying a meal of hamburgers I often get nervous laughs followed by "So who are we eating tonight?" I had never really thought much about how people are disconnected from their food until I was older and my friends started making comments like these. And even more now that we have been talking about it in class. <br />
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After watching Food Fight it became even more clear about how disconnected people are from the food that they eat. In my friends case, they really do not like knowing they are eating animals that they once would go pet and play with in the barn. While on the other hand I take great comfort in this. Knowing exactly how my food is raised, in what type of environment and what it eats is a wonderful feeling. I then can know almost exactly what I am putting into my body. I think our society could greatly benefit from intake products like this and having a greater connection with their food. <br />
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I understand that this comes across as a hard concept! If you don't live on a farm how can you know how your meats are raised? Do we have the resources to do this without living on a farm? The answer to this is yes! There are many things we as individuals can do to be greater connected with the food we're putting into our bodies. When talking about having connections and knowing where our meat comes from. Livestock sales (I believe I mentioned this in class)!!! For those who do not live on farms but wish to have a personal connection and know where their foods coming from this is a great alternative! Livestock sales are not difficult to find and many times are show animals who are being sold. Show animals that have been greatly pampered and cared for! When purchasing meats from livestock sales information such as the feed given to the animal, the farm where the animal was raised and the farm the animal originally came from are all given to you! Many times you're also able to meet and converse with the farmer selling the animal. <br />
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In a way this is very similar to selling fruits and such at farmers markets! When buying produce at farmers markets you can have a genuine experience and connection with the food and where it came from. You can talk with the grower about how it was grown, what was put on it, when and where it was grown. You have the ability to obtain any information you wish from the grower. As well as just having a personable conversation!! <br />
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While the connections with our food are possible in these simple ways and could greatly increase the dining experience on an emotional level... It also has great genuine taste benefits as well! Personally, I can taste the difference between store bought meat and meat from our animals with one bite. This experience of taste is the same when it comes to buying goods from farmers markets. Sure these things might be a little more expensive but the quality and taste is naturally 10 times better than what you're buying from the store. <br />
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So in my opinion, we don't have to be disconnected from our food the way that our society is now. As individuals there are many ways we are have greater connections to our foods. It may take a little more work and a little more time. But I think that the work and time are worth the effort when it comes to knowing what you're putting in your body and the connection you can have with your food! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026713526461006858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-3332028567575039202014-05-16T12:43:00.000-07:002014-05-16T12:43:03.374-07:00The Struggle of the Forage!!!
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When I first heard that we would be going out
to forage, I was beyond delighted! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Imagining
that I would be out there, identifying leaf, stem, and root after the other I
thought that I’d really be something out there. Especially since we got to go
through some foraging books the night before; I had read a little about what to
look for, what to avoid, and I had almost memorized a few of the plants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Being out foraging I though that I would really
be going back to my Indian heritage, or at least trying to connect. To say the
least I was excited and optimistic!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When my group began our foraging, I headed
straight for a clearing of grass where I knew we should have been able to
easily pick out a few edible plants. But after trolling around in the same area
for 5-10 minutes, I soon realized that I had no idea of what I was doing. All
the green just started to run together, and when I thought I had something I
was quickly let down because to me; everything looked exactly the same!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thus within this short 10 minute I quickly got
a little depressed. So I began to think, hmmmm, the book said lots of things
grow by the stream. So I took my group down the thigh high grass hill and
proceeded to try our luck down by the water. To my dismay I still couldn’t find
a darn thing. Looking at other groups though, their bags already had loads of
stuff while ours only had what we hoped was an edible plant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So not only my lack of know how, but then the
humidity, O the humidity! It really began to take a toll on me both physically
and mentally. And so about 30min into it, my spirit and level of optimism was
completely depleted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Though the idea of foraging and getting your
own food sounds like a great way to go; without the right knowhow its almost
impossible to have a very productive first day. I do believe though that if I
had practice I’d get the hang of it and would almost consider making it a
hobby. Or if I had been raised, learning how to identify various plants then I’m
sure I would have had a much better experience.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All in all though my verdict is that foraging can be the struggle of struggles!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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So we had a great talk about foraging and how and what we eat ad some how we got on the topic of eating animals with a face. This has to be my absolute <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>LEAST FAVORITE</b></span> topic because I am a <span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>HUGE </u></span>animal lover. I try to keep myself distant from what i am eating and just thinking that it is food, this is life. But someone brought the good point of how we don't think of animals as living beings but just another object that we eat.<br />
It made me think now what if I ate my dogs that I have grown an attachment to for dinner. And then I was freaking out. I couldn't imagine even killing them let alone eating them.<br />
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So this got me to thinking. How often do we as a culture distance ourselves form the food that we eat. When Ryle was talking about her experience killing a chicken she explained how that if she can eat it she should also be able to eat it. For some strange reason this made me think back to the book and movie my mother made my cousins and I read and watch as a kid, Charlotte's Web.<br />
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But it makes you think why do we not want to eat something but are fine with eating others. Why can frank the dalmation live and billy the goat die? And the only thing I can come up with is the disassociation from it. We don't give the animals we eat a name, a face, a relationship. Most of the time we don't even see them or what they went through. I bet if most of us had to kill what we eat we could not because when animals are in front of us they turn into this cute, little thing that we can just pet and love on, but what we fail to realize is......<br />
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I guess the mother said it best in the movie when she told her daughter, "It's a pig. Not a toy. Not a dog. Not a baby. Just a pig. And we need to start treating it like one." But are these animals any less than us where they just deserve to be slaughtered. Now I'm not saying don't kill the little piggies I need my bacon in the morning. But we just need to have more respect for what we eat. So yea one day Billy may die but we don't have to treat him like that for his whole life. Just have to remember that what we eat had a life to an d</div>
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Sherill Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081986637612962303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-90335543154926548972014-05-16T09:54:00.002-07:002014-05-16T09:54:30.717-07:00The Grazing DietMany of us are on the brink of graduation--meaning that 8 days stand between us and the precipice to the world of budgets, bills, and buying our own groceries. It also means (more likely than not) that we are getting ready to stare right into the hideous eyes of clutching destitution. So how can we efficiently eat healthy on a budget restrained by starting salaries and student loans?<br />
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The unfortunate answer is that this won't be easy by any means--if not almost impossible. When $XXX per month is going to be detracted from your income to pay off loans, you probably aren't going to feel like forking out the extra money for fresh produce to make nice, healthful meals. Simply put, with your rent and all your other expenses, you probably won't be able to afford making three square meals of freshly grown food every day unless you're some kind of heir/ess--(in which case, I am truly envious). But I have found that the answer to this dilemma lies in changing our eating patterns, and not necessarily what we buy.<br />
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<b>The Grazing Diet.</b> Sure, many people do not think it is healthy for humans to eat like this--that it's something cows and other livestock do, and therefore we couldn't possibly degrade ourselves to such living. In addition, many people just think it's sacrilege to abandon the Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper way of living. But I would like to take a moment to point out its benefits.<br />
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<b>1. The grazing diet allows you to make fresh, nutritious foods last longer. </b>By eating 5 or 6 small portions of highly nutritious food each day, you will not only absorb the nutrients better, but you will also be able to eat better with less food.<br />
<b>2. You can save time. </b>I know that when I start working while commuting to law school in a few months, I will be taking full advantage of wraps and smoothies. You can save time and eat on the go--plus it's less work to put together a few small portions for a day!<br />
<b>3. YOU CAN SAVE MONEY! </b>Going to the grocery store often seems like a chore because you have to coordinate groceries with your weekly meal plan. With a grazing diet, you can simply grab the things that look good in the produce section that particular week, and you don't have to plan as much prior to going shopping.<br />
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All things considered, I think a grazing diet could be the saving grace for poor post-grads who are struggling to make a foundation for their finances.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14793568897719976501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-91306266536643895862014-05-16T09:09:00.001-07:002014-05-16T09:09:08.368-07:00Subway Sunday: Eat Fresh? <br />
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Every Sunday my fraternity brothers and some friends go out and enjoy a nice subway lunch. We have determined that this is the best hangover remedy for any <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c94UapKTiFM">Saturday night bad decisions</a>. Our logic is that fresh foods make you feel fresh and if you eat better you will feel better. I think this is pretty sound logic. But this past Sunday after eating, I got to thinking, where does Subway's food actually come from? When I am "eating fresh," what does fresh actually mean? Then we came to class on Monday and we saw how fresh foods actually are...<br />
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This week when we foraged, and by foraged, I mean we went out and picked a lot of weeds that looked like they could be eaten. I tasted some of them, but I just have no idea how people could have foraged back in the day and survived off of the land. My grandparents had gardens and I used to collect food from there and eat from that, but this was a new experience. This was what fresh is like...so what exactly is fresh now? I read another blog that said that it takes 6 weeks to train your taste buds. What have we trained our taste buds to associate fresh with? What exactly is our version of fresh now?<br />
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The Subway Sunday did get me to thinking, how fresh is my food? How many preservatives are in my tomatoes? <a href="http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/about_us/Social_Responsibility/SustainableSourcing.aspx#local">Where does it come from?</a> <a href="http://www.subway.com/Nutrition/Files/usProdIngredients.pdf">What is in it?</a> It turns out, they really try to keep it local. Well as local as they can be I guess... The Subway website made me realize how the produce economy can be dictated by a large corporation such as Subway. If Subway wanted to only go local and natural, they could dictate how farmers grow. Why shouldn't this be an option? When we talk about small changes, think about a small change that ONE company can make to change a large aspect of our society. If this were to happen, think about how it could affect schools! We might be able to finally get things on track for a healthier lifestyle. Until then, I guess we will have to "eat fresh" but never really know what freshness means until we get back to a different life or realize how natural things can be. The take away message: What can we do to change? What is fresh? Try to forage and listen to what your taste buds are telling you about freshness.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353860083300776766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-72364313784993410132014-05-16T07:40:00.004-07:002014-05-16T07:40:45.110-07:00Religious Meaning of Food II: Jewish Perspective<h4>
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In a previous post I discussed how religious dietary restrictions can function as a barrier between "Us" and "Them". I then suggested that if diverse religious groups could find commonalities among their dietary allowances that they could find communion and friendship around the dinner table. In this blog I will discuss Jewish dietary restrictions and compare these restrictions with Muslim halal dietary laws and attempt to find commonalities. <br />
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Jewish dietary laws are found in the New Testament in Leviticus 11:1-23 and Deuteronomy 14:3-20 in what can be called "The Law of the Beasts". They are fairly comparable to Halal dietary laws, as can seen by the chart below.<br />
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While Muslims are forbidden from eating pork, Jews are forbidden from eating all mammals which do not have cloven feet and which do not eat grass (which includes pork, rabbit, and others). These restrictions may also be related to those restricting both Jews and Muslims from eating carnivorous animals and birds of prey. Evidently, they both do not want to consume animals that eat other animals. The same restriction does not seem to pertain to fish that eat other fish. However this specific restriction may also be related to the necessity for both groups to properly slaughter their animals in order to drain the blood. Muslims require, however, that in addition to proper slaughter, that the animals must be slaughtered in the name of Allah, which some groups of Muslims believe is the same God described in the Torah and the New Testament.<br />
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In addition to the rules described above, Jews must a kosher kitchen. This enables them to better meet the meal requirements laid out in the Law of the Beasts. From what I have gleaned, a kosher kitchen just ensures that Jewish families can keep their meat and their dairy separate. They can do this by using separate dishes and silverware for meat and dairy. They can also cook their meat and dairy separate, in different pots or pans, while using the oven at different times for either dish. more information on kosher kitchens can be found in the link above. <br />
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We have been discussing Jewish and Muslim dietary restrictions. We have noted that if food can be a powerful uniting tool for families or other groups, then it may also be a powerful divisive tool separating "Us" from "Them". This has been an attempt to analyze both Kosher and Halal food laws so as to see just what Jews and Muslims, and by extension Christians may eat together. I was personally surprised by how similar the two sets of dietary laws were. This makes sense though, as Muslims believe that their Qur'an is just an additional later version of the revelation received by Jews and Christians. To answer our question then, it seems that the three groups may eat any mammal, fish, or bird, so long as it is not carnivorous. Large mammals must also have cloven feet. This animal must then be properly slaughtered so as to drain the blood. In order to appease the Muslims this slaughter must happen in the name of Allah, but liberal observers of any tradition may be able to agree that Allah is just another name for their G-d. Lastly, to ensure that everyone is pleased, this food must be prepared by methods used in a kosher kitchen, ensuring that the meat is separated from the dairy. If all of these laws are followed then, in theory, the three groups should be able to eat up!<br />
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This weekend, I had the privilege of cooking with my dear friend and neighbor, Echo. Echo is from Liaoyang, China, and was one of my first international students to guide as an International Pal. Since those beginning days at Hanover for her, we have become good friends, so it only made sense for us to cook together for this adventure we're calling a blog. I asked Echo to teach me how to cook some authentic Chinese cuisine, and she didn't disappoint. (Mind you, yours truly is not much of a chef!) We decided to make a dish Echo calls Chinese pizza, so there will be a lovely recipe (or two!) for you at the end of this post-yay!<br />
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One of the things I find most enjoyable about cooking is the relational aspect of cooking. In today's "got to have it now," instant gratification culture, many times we miss out on the emotional work of cooking and food. One of the things my mom says makes her food taste better than other food is that "it's made with love." While that is incredibly cheesy, there is also some truth to that: so much emotion and thought and hard work goes into making a simple meal, and by joining together to make that meal, we are forging a bond that is being fed (pun intended) in the kitchen. Back home in China, Echo would make Chinese pizza with her family during special holidays, thus strengthening that familial bond.<br />
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For Echo and I, cooking together enables us to have time to grow our friendship, as well as learn more about each other's cultures. When Echo first arrived in the United States, I spontaneously decided that we would make chocolate fudge together, as a way to bond, plus to have something fun to do! In this way, I was able to share part of my culture with her (as fudge is not really a thing in China, so she had no idea what it was.)<br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aubrey's Fudge Recipe (Adapted from <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/five-minute-fudge-wreath-recipe.html">Rachael Ray's 5 minute fudge recipe</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"> 2 bags of chocolate chips</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Melt your chocolate chips on the stove top.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Then add in your sweetened condensed milk until your chocolate takes on a fudge-like consistency.</span><br />
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Echo and I have not only grown our friendship through cooking, but also had a culture exchange. This is why I have no "secret" recipes: because cooking is a relational experience, and is meant to be shared! That being said, here is Echo's recipe for Chinese pizza!<br />
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(*Sidenote: Chinese pizza is really nothing like the pizza we normally think of. According to legend, Marco Polo came across Chinese pizza in his journeys, and when he returned to Italy, tried to recreate it and failed, thus giving us Italian pizza. That may or may not be true, but it's still pretty fun.)<br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Mix your meat, minced vegetables, olive oil, soy sauce, salt and spices in a bowl to taste.</span></div>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412200794988267622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-51060814481637885892014-05-16T04:01:00.000-07:002014-05-16T04:01:20.135-07:00We need a spy!!! After watching <i>Food Fight </i>and thinking about the issues discussed in the movie, it is very disheartening. There are great initiatives taken to try to change the food industry system with examples like Representative Ron Kind for Wisconsin and his seemingly radical changes to the distribution of money in the food industry, the edible schoolyard, or a system in a school where they would grow food and cook meals as part of the curriculum. These types of great game-changers end up being rejected or do not spread as quickly as they should. <div>
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I feel like the reasons behind the non-spread of some of these reforms are selfish. With the bill reform that Ron Kind put forth, yes it was drastic, but it was a possible option and what the representative said that was opposing the bill was that people like Ron Kind should not be involving themselves with issues they do not understand, like to food industry. If representatives in our government, people who get elected into their positions, shouldn't take any part in a matter that effects the entire United States population directly, then who should?? This does not make any sense to me. </div>
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So... I have come up with a plan. An individual will go into politics. This person, most likely a man because in politics men are normally seen as better candidates, why, I have no clue, but men outnumber women in politics. He will also be attractive because it is also sometimes illustrated that people who are more physically appealing can gain more support and leeway.This may be a poor example, but like the first broadcasted presidential debate between JFK and Nixon. I would vote for either Ryan Reynolds, Bradley Cooper, or Ryan Gosling... but that's just my opinion! </div>
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So, this man will act like all of the heads of the food industry. He will have the same views as the people in power, so the individuals in power will like him, and most likely work the system so that he would work his way up, hopefully easily, to the top with the other individuals.</div>
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Once he is in the highest ranked position, he would pull the rug out from underneath the people in charge. If people like Ron Kind would present a radical reform bill like that to him, he would support it, approve it, pass it, sign deuces, and head out of the building. He would subsidize a significant amount of money into the fresh produce industry and less into the processed foods industry. He would shake stuff up!! He will be the ninja of the government, if you will. Completely change the system... drastically. The whole system just needs a push in the completely other direction. This is radical... but it just might work...</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819567815853726066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-1952725464916182392014-05-15T10:14:00.001-07:002014-05-15T10:14:32.951-07:00we are in and of the world <span style="color: #3d85c6;">"humans are in and of the world"</span><br />
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This is an idea that I constantly find myself coming back to because it reminds me that everything in this universe is connected through shared energy. Humans are not nearly as separate from or superior to nature as we may think... instead, humans depend on nature and its powerful and often unpredictable forces. In our modern world today, some groups of people seem to have a sense of entitlement over nature and the resources it provides.<br />
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This is because the modern agricultural industry has distanced us from nature by mass producing and packaging foods that at one point, did come from the ground, but in their final stages do not seem natural in any way. But we don't care! We only care about the cost and the taste! Right?<br />
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So it seems. But there have been many recent movements to spread awareness about where our food comes from and who our money supports. People are becoming more educated on the health risks associated with eating prepackaged foods and are making moves to buy local products instead. But can this change the world?!<br />
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Because of big agribusiness and commodity chains today, many Americans are separated from nature for they do not think of it as a provider of the goods they buy and ingest. This is probably due to the fact that most products we buy have so many ingredients (natural and artificial) and are wrapped in pretty packaging that we do not see the product as something that came from the earth. Food looks more like fun gifts that we get to open up and stuff our faces with, rather than something that was once a living organism just as us.<br />
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This distance from nature and the food it produces makes it easier fro consumers to disregard the environmental destruction and exploitation that accompanies food production. "Out of sight, out of mind" is a good way to think about it. If we don't see the cow being mistreated before it is butchered, then we don't think twice about eating it! <span style="color: purple;">This post challenges you to think about what you are eating and how you are dependent upon nature's forces and resources for your livelihood! Be more consciously aware of how the choices you make affect every other being around you. Be mindful and get rid of that entitled ego of yours! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811430410270034984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225484064771073016.post-76413535573083979912014-05-15T09:49:00.004-07:002014-05-15T09:49:36.598-07:00We have Forgotten how to Hunt and Gather?!<div class="MsoNormal">
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past Tuesday was quite an interesting experience. For the first time in my
life, I was expected to walk out into a field and find food. With the help of a
book on edible plants and a couple classmates, we were expected to find as much
edible material as we could. This turned out to be more of an adventure than we
had originally thought. There was no real way to know if what we were doing was
right. How were we expected to spend an hour outside and find plants that would
not kill us? What would happen if we found the wrong plants? When everything
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and find things you can eat in nature. It’s an easy enough concept. However, it
became one of the most difficult tasks in the entire class so far. While
everything in the book looked different, everything growing on the ground
looked the same. Two plants could look almost identical, but one of the plants
is toxic. We found on a few occasions that the plants we thought were one thing
were something completely different. The use of a book was so much less helpful
than the use of our professor’s knowledge.<o:p></o:p></div>
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in tribes would instruct the younger generations how to hunt and gather. This
was very important because if a group were to survive, they needed to be nourished.
If a group could not pass their knowledge down, the others would either die out
or have to figure out another way to survive. Since many cultures have learned
other ways to survive, we have lost the knowledge of plants and animals.<o:p></o:p></div>
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groups of people still use it as their means of survival. Take for example the Kalahari
Persistence Hunters. Their means of hunting does not use any sort of tools to
hunt. They will use their bodies as their weapons. However, they use their
bodies in ways we would not normally associate with hunting. Instead of using
tools to kill an animal, they will chase the animal until it collapses. Since
humans have the ability to cool ourselves through sweating, humans can run
longer than animals without a break. <a href="http://www.huntercourse.com/blog/2011/05/amazing-hunter-gatherer-societies-still-in-existence/" target="_blank">Here</a> are a few more examples of
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