Class Discussion on Staples
Class Definitions:
- Something eaten at every meal
- something everyone (almost) eats in a country or region
- Basic ingredient --flour instead of the products it is made into such as
bread.
Meaning in other Languages spoken by Class Members
- Gujurat: cooking daily meals=" rojnu korak" (easy eating="selu
cavanu")
- Spanish: productos tipicos
- French: ingredients principaux
- Norwegian: daglig mat
- Armenian: (didn't know)
Regional Definitions from class members:
- Asian / Chinese / Thai / Philippine: Rice and "soybean stuff"
- Indian: Rice, Daal (yellow, green lentils (also a bread)), Coastal region
- Fish, Mango, Flat Bread (Naan, Roti, etc..Wheat-based).), Curry--yellow
South Indian soup, also a spice UK: Curry (a place of eating, a meat or vegetable
dish), Chicken Tikka Masala, Tandoori Chicken, Lassi (yogurt based drink),
Chai (ginger, cardamon, mint, (saffron for the wealthy) tea + milk+sugar),
Yogurt, Pakistani: Keema (ground meat) Lamb and Beef
- Irish, English, Welsh: Potatoes, Bread, Lamb, Garden Foods (veggies: i.e.
cabbage, peas) Fish, Beer Ingredients (barley, hops), cheese, seaweed, oats
- Italian: wine, bread, Southern: pasta, olives, seafood dishes - Northern:
risotto, veal, white sauce
- Eastern European: eggs, chicken, flour, apples, carrots, potatoes
- Lebanese/Armenian: rice, lentels, yogurt, flat bread, chick peas, cheese
(goat and sheep), olives
- Mexican: Tortillas, Beans, Rice, Chile, Tequila, Eggs + anything else, Chorizo
+ anything else
- South American: Rice, Beans (black, pink) , platano; Puerto Rico: 'habichuela'
Venezuela: 'arepas'
- Southern U.S.: Potatoes, Meat (Chicken & Beef), Corn, Flour, Salt, Iced
Tea, Beer
- Scandanavia: Fish & Potatoes
- U.S. general: an abundance of meat products (beef, steak, hamburgers, pork,
ham, bacon, chicken, etc.), grains (wheat, corn)-- cereal, bread, etc., unnatural
flavoring (soda, fast food), ice cream
- California: Fusion Cuisine (we take a little from everything), staple meat:
tofu Produce (avocado, citrus), Cheeses, Designer Greens, Fish, In-n-Out (Hamburgers),
Nor Cal - Asian Foods, So Cal - Mexican Foods, Central Valley - Meat;
Ross's Observations: Example of a staple English meal: Bread, cheese, and herbs
(not necessarily a cooked dish) (also pickled vegetables, pickeled fish)
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