INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE
AMERICAN
CUISINE
Instructor: Nguyen Van Nha
THE KEY CONTENTS
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THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CUISINE
2
DISHES IN FESTIVALS
3
REGIONAL CUISINE IN THE USA
4
AMERICAN’S EATING HABITS
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QUIZ FOR FUN
1/THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CUISINE
Post Colonial
Cuisine
2
1
4
3
Colonial
Cuisine
Modern
Cuisine
PRE-COLONIAL CUISINE
1
American
cuisine has
been blened
with early
European
cooking
methods to
form the
basis cuisine
2
Native
Americans
often eat
cod, herring,
flounder,
lemon sole
3
Grilling
meats was
common.
COLONIAL CUISINE
When
the colonists
Commonly
hunted came
gameto
Virginia,
Massachusetts,
or
included deer,
bear, buffalo
any
the turkey
other English
andof
wild
. A number of
colonies
fats and, they
oils farmed
made from
animals for clothing and
animals
served to cook much of
meat in a similar fashion to
the
whatcolonial
they hadfoods.
done in Europe.
Post-colonial cuisine
During the 18th and 19th centuries,
Americans developed many new foods.
MODERN CUISINE
During the Progressive Era
(1890s–1920s) food production and
presentation became more
industrialized.
A modern dish consisting of
traditional roasted turkey, sweet
potatoes, and grilled vegetables
prepared with modern fusion
ingredients….
2/ DISHES IN AMERICAN FESTIVALS
EASTER
NEW
YEAR’s
DAY
HALLOWEEN
THANKSGIVING
CHRISTMAS
NEW YEAR ‘S DAY
Pork is often eaten
throughout America.
New Year's Day.
Besides, they also eat
black-eyed peas and
cabbage as a luck.
EASTER
In the United States,
ham is a traditional
Easter food. Easter
with leg of lamb
dinners, egg hunts and
lots of chocolate
bunnies.
Pumpkins are carved,
kids bob for apples, and
candy is consumed in
massive quantities… lots
and lots of candy.
Roasted
Turkey
Frog
Eye Salad
Cranberry sauce
Pumpkin pie
Why do Americans eat
Turkey on Thanksgiving
Cider Apple
New
England
Pacific &
Hawaiian
The
West
REGIONAL
CUISINE IN
THE USA
The
American
South
Midwest
New England is a Northeastern region of the United
States bordering the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
The Native American cuisine as a part
of the cookery style of early colonists.
Succotash
Chowder
The New England clambake is
a traditional method of cooking
seafood, such as lobster, mussels,
crabs, soft-shell clams, and
quahogs.
Hawaiian cuisine as example
of variety – fusion of Asian
and Pacific-rim cultures as
traditional native Hawaiian
MIDWEST
Chicago-style hot dog
Everything with barbecue
Barbecue experts believe that the
term does not refer to a cookout
or the method of cooking meat on
a grill, but to the meat itself,
which has been slow cooked and
smoked in BBQ pit.