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What other cultures "Visited" Latin, Central and South America |
Europeans, Africans, Asians |
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what did the Europeans bring to the Latin, Central and South American regions? |
culinary traditions, the way of cooking, but quickly adapted to the fruits and veg of the americas |
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What European countries specifically influenced Latin, Central and South America |
Spain, France, Portugal and Italy |
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What did the Africans bring to Latin, Central and South America |
They brought and preserved many of their traditions and cooking techniques. and Chilies Africans brought over as Spanish slaves |
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what did the Asians bring to Latin, Central and South America |
Chinese brought with them their own spices and food styles, Rice; bold use of spices |
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How did religion (what religion) influence Latin, Central and South America |
Catholic, egg yolks used because egg whites were used to plaster churches |
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Why are Latin, Central and South American Desserts so sweet and made with so many canned milks |
sugar is readily available and acts as a preservative for cultures without refrigeration. Canned milk was used because it does not need refrigeration. |
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What are some of the mainstay ingredients of Latin, Central, and south america |
Coconut, Pineapple, guava, mango, banana, cassava, plantains, lime, rum and corn |
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Tres Leches |
Mexico Sponge cake soaked in three milks, evaporated, sweetened condensed and whole. |
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Brigadieros |
Brazil Sweetened condensed milk is cooked with cocoa power until very thick. cooled, rolled into balls and rolled in toasted nuts, coconuts or sprinkles |
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Conchas |
Mexico Mexican sweet bun, topped with a sweet paste and decorated to look like a shell. |
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Quimbolitos |
Ecuador Fluffy Corn sweet tamales Cornmeal cooked with lard, sugar, milk and eggs to form paste, wrapped in banana leaves and topped with raisins and steamed. |
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Alfajores |
Peru Shortbread-like cookies sandwiches with either cooked condensed milk or guava paste |
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How does the geography effect the food of Spain |
Situated with water around most of it. It connects to France on the northeast and on the souther tip where the mediterranean meets the atlantic. |
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What cultures effected Spain |
Spain, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Moors |
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How did the moors influence the food of Spain |
Fruits and nuts eaten by the moors, rice, spices like nutmeg and cinnamon and saffron. |
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Foods brought to Spain |
Chocolate, Vanilla, olives, grapes and olive oil (greek, roman) |
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what in the geography influences the food of portugal |
Rocky area good for growing grapes, rice, cheese for sheep and goats, (not many cows) Hot climates lots of canned milk, sugar used as a sweetener and preservative |
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what cultures influenced the portagese cuisine |
Same as spain |
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how do convents and monasteries generate revenue threw the middle ages |
selling baked goods like barriga de freira (nun's belly) papos de anjo (angel's chest) often spices such as cinnamon and vanilla. Also influenced threw the use of egg whites to starch the nuns habits, so egg yolk based products are common. |
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Honey Bread |
Portugal quick bread made with honey and spices |
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Pineapples in port wine with lime sorbet |
portugal Pineapple macerated in port wine served with coconut sorbet and chiffonade of mint |
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Pastas De Almendra |
spain Almond cakes |
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Arroz Doce |
portugal rice pudding with lemon zest and elaborately decorated with cinnamon |
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Tortitas rellenas de Natallas al Aguardients |
spain custard- filled pancakes with Aguardiente |
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What cultures influenced Italian cuisine? |
Etruscan, Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, Byzantine, and Jewish |
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how did the discovery of the new world change the cuisine of Italy? |
introduced products like, Potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers and maize. |
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Describe a typical Sunday in Italy |
Sundays are dedicated to eating and family, Almost all businesses are closed and long mid-day meal is the center of the day. |
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Cannoli
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italy
the singular Cannolo, meaning "little Tube" Cannoli consisits of a tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough filled with a ricotta based filling. |
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Bussola
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italy
Dry Italian ring shaped cookie with citrus |
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what are the main agricultural products of the Veneto region |
Citron, onranges, lemons, olives, olive oil, almonds, grapes |
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torta di Arancia
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Italy, sicily
A dry cake made with citrus and olive oil, served with whipped cream and fruit |
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what type of wine is Sicily known for |
Marsala wine |
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what products are grown primarily in Sicily |
Olives, grapes, sesame seeds and citrus |
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Ciabella Di Polenta
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italy
Moist polenta cake |
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what town is Parmigane Reggiano produced in |
Reggio Emilia |
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what product is Parma known for |
prociutto de parma, nut orchard abound here |
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Cassola |
Rome a ricotta and marsala wine raisin skillet cake |
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What products is Rome known for |
minerals, metals, pepper, grain, nutmeg, cloves and frankincense, fruit, citrus, rice and vegetables |
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Torata Gianduja |
Piedmont Moist chocolate hazelnut torte, using gianduga chocolate a specialty of the area |
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Descibe Piedmont |
a fertile agricultural region. the main agricultural product in piedmont are cereals, rice, maize, grapes for wine-making, fruit and milk and hazelnuts |
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Budino Di Mele |
Val D' Aosta Apple pudding with bread
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Descibe the Aosta valley |
characterized by siplicity and revolves around robust ingredients such as potatoes, polenta, rye, rice, orchards, cheese and meat Many dishes involve Fonatina cheese made with goats milk that originates from the valley |
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Panna Cotta |
Piedmont Means "cooked Cream" traditionally made by blending thick cream, egg whites and honey Alternative recipes, mostly used in restrunts outside of Italy use simmering together cream, milk and sugar mixing this with gelatin coll until set. |
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Describe Greece Cuisine |
a tradition of 4000 years. Mediterranean cuisine, Sharing characteristics with cuisines of Italy, the Balkans and Turkey |
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Describe the flavors of Greece |
Honey, Mastic, olives, olive oil, wine, sheet and goat cheese. |
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What ingredients are prodominent in greek desserts |
yogurt, nuts, honey, sesame seeds and grape. Some dishes use Phyllo (filo) pastry |
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How is Phyllo (fillo) dough made? |
Batter is poured on to a flat top and baked |
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Define Masic |
Aromatic, Ivory colored resin Grown on the Aegean island of Chios |
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What is special about the honey of Greece |
Honey from the nector of fruit trees and Citrus trees. Orange, Bigarade (bitter orange) |
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Galacktoboureko |
Greek Custard baked between phyllo and then soaked in lemon scented honey syrup.
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Descibe the origins of the word Galacktoboureko |
Derives from the Greek "gala" meaning mik from the Turkish Borek, meaning Filled. "filled with milk" |
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Loukoumades |
Greek Similar to a small crusty donut Small fried balls of dough drenched in honey and sprinkled with cinnamon. |
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Vasilopta |
Greek Saint Basil's cake or Kings Cake, traditional only for New Year's Day. Baked with a coin inside, whoever gets the coin in their slice is considered blessed with good luck for the whole year. |
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Moustalevria |
Greek a flour and grape must (juice) flan |
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Descibe the geography and climate of Turkey |
a country that has all the seasons and different areas have different weather patterns |
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how did the Ottoman Empire Influence Turkey? |
Were the foremost in asserting their influence upon the country.
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How does the Geographical location of Turkey affect the cuisine? |
They are in a very favoraable location when it comes to trade with many travelers and traders. |
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How does north Africa influence the cuisine of Turkey? |
The Sultand had complete control over the spice roads of the region, This ment the easy availability of these spices with were freely incorporated into their cuisine. |
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List the Primary ingredients of Turkey |
Butter, olive oil, sunflower oil, canola oil, seasame, hazelnut, peanut, walnut oils. Nuts especially pistachios, chestnuts, almonds, and walnuts mixed with spices. Plums, aprocots, dates, grapes and figs, roses and rose water. |
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Haytali |
Turkey Specialty from the Mediterranean region with consists of pieces of starch pudding and ice cream (or crushed ice) put in rose water sweetened with syrup. |
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Kadaifi |
Shredded yufka, Kadayif both of which can be prepared with either walnut or pistachio. Turkey |
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Marzipan |
made of ground pistachio Turkey |
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Mucan |
Jelly like sweet that contains 41 different spices Believed that "mesir Macunun" is good for health and has healing effects. Turkey |
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Dondurma |
Turkey Turkish Gum Ice Cream made with cornstarch or dried fruit, rose water and rose petals |
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Turkish Coffee |
Turkey Served with or without sugar, usually served after dinner or rarely together with desserts. |
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what year was yugoslavia united |
1918 |
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what countries do most yugoslavian desserts and pastries come from |
Serbian, Croation and Bosnian |
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Descibe Serbian cuisine |
Shares characterists of the Balkans (esp Yugoslavia) the mediterranean, esp Austrian and hugarian cuisines, |
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what are some examples of Serbian confections |
Koljivo, Baklava, nut roll and Sacher torte |
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Descibe Croation cuisine |
known as the cuisine of the region, its modern roots date back to ancient periods and the differences in the selection of food stuffs and forms of foodstuff and forms of cooking are most notable between those on the mainland and those in coastal regions. |
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How are the mainland cuisines of yugoslavia characterized |
Hungarian, viennese, and in some part turkish |
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What influences the costal foods of yugoslavia |
influences of the greek roman and mediteranean- Italian and french |
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Descibe Bosnian Cuisine |
balanced between Western and Eastern influences. The food is closely related to Turkish, Middle Eastern and other Mediterranean cuisines. However, due to years of Austrian rule, there are also many influences from central Europe. |
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Revani |
Turkey Semolina cakes soaks with honey syrup |
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Krempita |
Yugoslavia custard filled cake |
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Potica |
yugoslavia A yeast dough is rolled flat then filled with ground nut filling and rolled up. |
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kataifi |
Turkey Shredded phyllo wrapped around ground pistachio and almonds and baked. This topped with warm syrup and pistachios |
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Baklava |
Greece Sweet pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and sweetened. held together with syrup or honey. |