Venison

The food practices of humans are determined by values, attitudes, beliefs, and environmental and religious circumstances; all of which are the products of tradition, culture, and contacts. Knowledge and culture affect the intake of a particular food. The success in understanding the culture of other countries or ethnic groups lies in understanding their rituals in food consumption customs. In developing countries, culture plays a crucial role in determining food patterns. Each ethnic group has…

What is a Ketogenic Diet? The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate, adequate protein, high-fat diet that is designed to change your metabolism, help you maintain a healthy weight, and greatly improve your health. Since glucose is the easiest molecule for your body to convert and use as energy, it is used as your body's primary source of energy. However, when you greatly lower your intake of carbohydrates and significantly increase your intake of fat, your body is put into a state known as…

Uses of Nitrates and Nitrites in food Nitrates and Nitrites in the food industry Nitrates and Nitrites or more commonly known as curing salt or pink salt, is usually used in foods such as hot dogs, sausages, ham, meat loaf, bacon and other deli meats. Nitrates and nitrites in the food industry are more commonly found in a charcuterie, which is a store that sells cooked meat in direct translation. We use nitrates and nitrites in our foods because they provide a more vibrant colour to…

Marco Polo was born in 1254 to a wealthy Venetian merchant family in Venice, Italy. His mother died when he was very young and his father, Niccolo Polo, and uncle, Maffeo Polo, were successful jewel merchants. As a result, they spent much of their time traveling throughout Asia for most of Marco’s childhood. Consequentially, Polo had no parents for much of his youth and was raised by his extended family. While they were traveling in Asia, Marco’s father and uncle traveled to China, here they…

off a refinement” (Swift Par 17) of his scheme. Swift is open minded to hearing the thoughts of “a very worthy person, a true lover of his country” (Swift Par 17) whose virtues he highly esteems. The refinement to his scheme was that “the want of venison might be well supplied by the bodies of young lads and maidens, not exceeding fourteen years of age nor under twelve.” (Swift Par 17) The reason why the age group of 12 to 14 year olds should be used is because it would motivate the children to…

Scandinavia Cuisine Introduction The Scandinavian countries include Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. These countries are located north of the Baltic and North seas, except Denmark and Iceland, and they share common borders. The population of the Scandinavia is mostly concentrated in the warmer south regions. The harsher northern areas extend above the Arctic Circle. Sweden has different climate zones. It has the widest range of agriculture that is concentrated in the south. It…

The Renaissance Era was home to very unique cooking techniques and food preparation. Cooking methods in the Renaissance included spit roasting, baking, boiling, or frying, as well as salting and smoking. The most common way to preserve meat was with salt, whether that be by dry-curing or brining. Ways of preserving other foods was smoking, drying, or even pickling via vinegar. Dairy that was available in that age was usually turned into cheese or butter. Butter could be made in butter churns…

I had the opportunity to meet a young man from Germany, Thassilo, who has been staying with my family and he was very excited to help me with this assignment by answering interview questions. The interview questions were on different subjects including their cultural beliefs and values, differences in family between Germany and the United States, beliefs of counseling, head of household, religious belief, faith and the church, adjustments to being in the United States, similarities of Germany…

for the nobles was meant to look grand. The bread eaten by the high class was a type of bread called manchet. Manchet is a fine, white bread and the poor did not eat this, instead the poor ate rye bread. As for meat, the upper class would eat beef, venison, pork, sausages, and other meats that the lower class could not afford. The nobles also ate fish, but the reason for this was Lent. Lent was a day when Christians or Catholics were forbidden to eat any kinds of meat except for fish. This day…

Brute Marley is a very built man and his hair is his pride and joy reaching all the way down to his torso. His skin was as brown as a bear’s fur. He was the son of Bob Marley and Medusa which made him the king of reggae. When he was born he was smaller than the other kids but was musically gifted which was not surprise to Medusa nor his father. Even know he was talented it did not stop the other kids from picking on him. So one day after her son came home from school crying with his hands over…