CUISINE OF THE USAAlicja Aleksander

Zuzanna KrzemińskaJustyna Małecka

SOME HISTORICAL FACTS

Pre-Colonial cuisine

ADOBE OVENS

COLONIAL PERIOD

Really British till the times of American Revolution

After 1783 – Independence!

SO, WHAT’S TIPICALLY AMERICAN? Renown Products and dishes

PEANUT BUTTER

HOW?

APPLE PIE

TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST EGGS AND FRIED BEACON

HAMBURGER

REGIONAL CUISINES IN THE USADivision into regions:

New England (region 1) Mid-Atlantic (region 2&3) The South (region 4&5) Midwest (region 6&7) The Southwest (region 8) The West (region 9&10)

MAP OF THE USA

NEWNEW ENGLANDENGLANDNew England consists of six states:

Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont

THE MOST COMMON DISHES IN NEW ENGLAND

The Native American cuisine as a part of the cookery style of early colonists.

Practical and fugal cuisine.

One-pot dishes: 1. succotash, 2. chowder, 3. baked beans etc.

THE MOST COMMON INGREDIENTS TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW

ENGLAND:

Lobster Other shellfish: little neck clams, razor shell

clams, blue mussels or oysters Much of this shellfish contributes to New

England Tradition – clambake

FRUITS OF NEW ENGLAND The Vitis labrusca grapes

Use: grape juice and jelly, winesWorldwide company producing grape juice: Welch’sWorldwide company making higher quality wines: Mogen David, Manischewitz

Cranberries

ApplesThe original varieties: Baldwin, Lady, Mother, Porter, Peck’s Pleasant etc.

PACIFIC AND HAWAIIANPACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN

One of the most culturally diverse U.S. states

The only state with an Asian majority population

Hawaiian cuisine as example of variety – fusion of Asian and Pacific-rim cultures as traditional native Hawaiian

THE MOST POPULAR DISHES OF PACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN CUISINE

Seared ahi tuna with wasabi beurre blanc sauce

Opakapaka (snapper) with passionfruit

Hawaiian island-raised lamb, beef and meat products

A broad variety of agricultural products: tomatoes, strawberries, mushrooms, sweet maui onions and tropical fruits

MIDWESTMIDWEST

Everything with barbecue

Chicago-style hot dog

THE AMERICAN SOUTHTHE AMERICAN SOUTH

Influence on the cuisine of many diverse inhabitants of the region

Americans of European descent Native Americans African Americans

One of the most distinct cuisines in all of the country

THE MOST COMMON DISH OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

fried chicken

THE WESTTHE WEST

Influence of Native American and Mexican cultures, and other European settlers into the part of the country

Varying of the dishes depending on the area

THE MOST COMMON DISHES IN THE WEST

various specialties involving salmon In the Plains/Mountain States, such as Utah,

Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming, cowboy/ranch culture is a factor, and variations on the beef theme