Saturday, October 27, 2012

Food HIstory Presentations - Fri night

From the exotic Balut to the mundane potato, students presented a history of their chosen food.  Special shout out to Summar's father who took the time to make Knafeh for the entire class.  This is an Arabic dessert that combines a shredded pastry, special cheese, honey syrup and ground pistashios - here's a look after we tore into it.

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  1. Tina Amaro October 28, 2012 at 9:18 PM

    Thank you to Summar's father as well for the delicious Knafeh! Seems to be very labor intensive, really appreciate it!

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    1. Summar F.October 30, 2012 at 7:15 AM

      You are so very welcome! He was very pleased to hear that many of my classmates enjoyed it. Thank you for the quinoa taste test!

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    2. Tina Amaro October 31, 2012 at 9:28 PM

      Summar, you are welcome as well! It's funny, I have been eating a lot more quinoa lately this week, for dinner and breakfast...must be because I have a lot of it around right now, but all I want is Knafeh! :)

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  2. AnonymousOctober 29, 2012 at 11:03 AM

    I thought that the food presentations were really interesting and fun. As gross as balut was, it is still always cool to learn about other cultures and what they consider good food. I also thought her presentation was very well put together and added enough humor and comic relief to take away our visual memories as well. I doubt I will forget the pictures anytime soon, but it was definetly educational and something completely different I had never been exposed to. I give her a lot of credit for creativity and originality!!!

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    1. AnonymousOctober 31, 2012 at 6:06 AM

      Sorry...forgot to put my name again. This was from Jennifer Caughey

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  3. AnonymousOctober 29, 2012 at 2:32 PM

    I really enjoyed listening to all the different food presentations. Even though I was familiar with many of the foods that were discussed, I found it really interesting to hear about their histories. I learned something new about every food that was presented which I really enjoyed. Michelle's balut was by far the most interesting of all the presentations though. Even though I found it gross, she had all of my attention especially when she started talking about why people sell them. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone else presents next class. -Darah Matheis

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  4. Gunner3mcOctober 30, 2012 at 6:23 AM

    I never really thought of food this way. The packaging, presentation, culture background, etc.

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    1. Ben DierkesOctober 30, 2012 at 11:20 AM

      I agree..I think it was crazy how almost everyone was on the same page on the food being related to men or women. I thought that was pretty cool.

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  5. PaulaOctober 30, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    Yes, thank you Summar's father.
    And thank you Michelle for the entertaining presentation of Balut. I will still not try it though...
    After the presentations on the potatoes, and the many uses...no matter how they are consumed, they are tasty!!!

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  6. Angela PutnamOctober 31, 2012 at 1:28 PM

    I enjoyed listening to all of the presentations this weekend, and of course getting to sample some of them. I thought the potato presentations were pretty great and went well together. I loved hearing the history of some of the foods I frequently eat or drink, along with Knafeh, Balut, and Shark Fin Soup. I actually considered doing my presentation on Shark Fin Soup, originally. Dottie, I had talked with you about watching a documentary that Gordon Ramsay did on this product. I found a link to it, I believe it is the whole film, very interesting.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SAkq6lsnoE

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  7. Angela PutnamOctober 31, 2012 at 7:24 PM

    I tried to post this earlier, but for some reason, it wouldn't take, so I apologize if it shows up twice! Anyhow, I stated that I found all of the potato presentations interesting since we got a good look into the different ways a single food item can be used. Also, I found the knafeh to be very interesting. The favorite part of the presentations for me was about the shark fin soup. I was actually going to use that for my presentation because of a documentary I watched on it. I was talking to Dottie about it, and found a link to the entire video. Disturbing, some very strong language, but a MUST watch. Here is the link to it:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SAkq6lsnoE

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    1. Dotty HamiltonOctober 31, 2012 at 8:34 PM

      Angela

      I just finished watching this video - wow, very interesting. I'm so thankful that Marcus called out attention to this food. Thanks for giving us more detailed information on the massive extent of shark fishing to obtain this status food. It shows both the powerful symbolic nature of food consumption and the role of money in continuing to harvest a product despite the concerns of animal cruelty and the risk of extinction.

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    2. AnonymousOctober 31, 2012 at 9:26 PM

      I haven't gotten through the whole video yet but so far it is very interesting and eye opening. I can't believe how they treat the sharks. :( Thank you for sharing.

      -Liz

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  8. AnonymousOctober 31, 2012 at 9:23 PM

    I am such a picky eater and typically don't try foods or dishes that I have never heard of before. I am glad I tried the Knafeh because I really enjoyed it! It is very neat that we have such a diverse group of students enrolled in this course. Because of this, I am constantly learning new things about the food and eating habits of individuals who are from a different cultural background than my own. This makes for very interesting food presentations and class discussion.

    -Liz

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