Food Habits Are Shaped By Environment
Food habits are shaped by environment, available ingredients, climate, and even factors like class and income. Though food is first and foremost a basic necessity, it is also a cultural symbol. However, besides these common cultural symbols, many nations boast of “exotic” foods that are native to a region or a people.
JAPAN:
Okonomiyaki: This can best be described as a savory Japanese pancake. Chopped vegetables and meat or seafood are mixed with batter and cooked on a griddle. It is then topped with a special sauce and mayonnaise and sprinkled with nori and dried fish flakes.
Sushi consists of cooked vinegared rice, combined with other ingredients, usually raw fish or other seafood.
Nihonshu is brewed using rice, water and white koji mold as the main ingredients. It is drunk either hot or cold.
MEXICO:
Stink bugs: These little crawlies are of economic importance in Mexico and not least because they are eaten as taco filling, in Taxco and other regions of Mexico. The Mexican comestible bugs are called jumil, and are eaten alive.
Tequila is a spirit made with blue agave and made primarily in the region around Tequila or Jalisco. The word tequila can’t be used by manufactures in other countries, so it is definitly a national drink of Mexico.
Guacamole, is an avocado-based sauce that originated with the Aztecs in Mexico.It has also become part of American cuisine as a dip,condiment and salad ingredient. It is traditionally made by mashing ripe avocados with a molcajete with sea salt. Some recipes call for tomato, onion, garlic, lime juice, chili, yogurt and/or additional seasonings.
ARGENTINA:
Mate: This is one of Argentina's national obsessions. It is a type of non-alcoholic infusion of Yerba Mate leaves steeped in hot water and drunk through a filtered straw. Drinking mate socially can often be an occasion of great ritual and custom. This drink is often used to break the ice in Argentina, and if ever you are offered some, it can be considered rude if you
JAPAN:
Okonomiyaki: This can best be described as a savory Japanese pancake. Chopped vegetables and meat or seafood are mixed with batter and cooked on a griddle. It is then topped with a special sauce and mayonnaise and sprinkled with nori and dried fish flakes.
Sushi consists of cooked vinegared rice, combined with other ingredients, usually raw fish or other seafood.
Nihonshu is brewed using rice, water and white koji mold as the main ingredients. It is drunk either hot or cold.
MEXICO:
Stink bugs: These little crawlies are of economic importance in Mexico and not least because they are eaten as taco filling, in Taxco and other regions of Mexico. The Mexican comestible bugs are called jumil, and are eaten alive.
Tequila is a spirit made with blue agave and made primarily in the region around Tequila or Jalisco. The word tequila can’t be used by manufactures in other countries, so it is definitly a national drink of Mexico.
Guacamole, is an avocado-based sauce that originated with the Aztecs in Mexico.It has also become part of American cuisine as a dip,condiment and salad ingredient. It is traditionally made by mashing ripe avocados with a molcajete with sea salt. Some recipes call for tomato, onion, garlic, lime juice, chili, yogurt and/or additional seasonings.
ARGENTINA:
Mate: This is one of Argentina's national obsessions. It is a type of non-alcoholic infusion of Yerba Mate leaves steeped in hot water and drunk through a filtered straw. Drinking mate socially can often be an occasion of great ritual and custom. This drink is often used to break the ice in Argentina, and if ever you are offered some, it can be considered rude if you