Food and Culture - A Very Good Article

[gardenmoma]

11/04

In light of some of our discussions about items like smalek, kiszka z Krwia and Czarnina ;D I submit the following short and thoroughly entertaining article about a U.S. western delicacy in a continuing, but sporadic, series about Food and Culture at Suite101.com.

Gerda is a good entertaining writer

My Food, Your Poison? anthropology.suite101.com/article.cfm/food_and_culture
In What Ways Are Food and Culture Related?
© Gerda Wever-Rabehl

GM

[suzanne]

Yes, food and culture are certainly closely intertwined. There's probably at least one dish in every culture that every other culture in the world would find disgusting!

[nancy]

Do you watch "Amazing Race" ?? This week, in order to get a Fast Forward, they had to eat cow lips. with teeth and hair still attached.

[gardenmoma]

Yuck! No!

It would be worth watching this episode just to see that!

I think the "beauty queens" are neat...beauty and brains!

GM

[nancy]

gardenmoma said:

I think the "beauty queens" are neat...beauty and brains!

GM

Yah, they were smart enough NOT to go that route!