Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Class 2: 13/1/14 MAG Group 4 Food Around the World

Today we started our conversation about food customs around the world.

Slide 1:

What did you eat for breakfast?  What do you think that I ate for breakfast?
Slide 2:




lTake time in groups to talk to your neighbors about food in France.

lWhat are the specific customs here concerning eating?

lWhat are foods that are important to French culture?

lWhat are the “faux pas” concerning eating habits? 
Slide 3:
What is this?  Why could it be illegal in the United States?

 Slide 4: Table Manner Test, decide if these are true or false.



Table Manner Test - University of Illinois by Darla Binkley and Marjabelle Stewart

1.       In Japan, it is acceptable to slurp noodles.
2.       Burping after a meal is a compliment to the hostess in Asian cultures.
3.       In Germany, it's acceptable to tuck your napkin into your shirt collar.
4.       In Australia, it's okay to eat certain foods off the knife.
5.       The European style of eating is to hold the fork in the left hand and push food onto it with the knife, which is held in the right hand.
6.       In Great Britain, small foods like peas and corn are eating by squashing them onto the tines of a fork.
7.       At a formal dinner in the United States, youth are served first.
8.       When eating picnic style in the United States, it is acceptable to lick ones fingers.
9.       In Chile, it is considered bad manners to eat food, except ice cream, on the street.
10.    In Samoa, the fingers are used to eat instead of utensils, licking the fingers is acceptable.
11.    Eastern cultures wrap both hands around the teacup while drinking from it.
12.    When a guest in someone's home in Columbia, it is impolite to overeat.
13.    In Bolivia it is considered polite to eat a small portion of each type of food offered.
14.    Traditional Indonesian families use silverware to eat their food.
15.    In El Salvador, it is polite to leave a little food on the plate.
16.    In France, it is impolite to have your hands under the table during a meal.
17.    In the Chinese culture it is impolite to taste every type of food prepared.
18.    There is lots of conversation during a Korean meal.
19.    When a guest in Switzerland, the best way to compliment the host is to take second helpings and eat everything on the plate.
20.    In the Middle East, people eat only with their left hand.



Slide 5: History of Food


  • lIn the beginning humans ate what they could find.  Hunter-gatherers
  • lAs humans became more developed, more sophisticated cuisine styles arrived.
  • lFood intake was often based on location and what was available. 
  • lThen technology such as canning, refrigeration, etc. changed the way we eat. 
Slide 6: How is diet impacted?
  •  Religion
  • Health
  • Choice
  • Location
  • Income
Slide 7: Wedding Traditons
Fruit cake - England
Bread breaking tradition - Greece
5 Jordan almonds - Italy
Greeted with milk - Morocco
Served rice - Thailand
Eat a whole pig - Philippines

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