Native American Food Essay
Food Modified Through Generations
In the late 1800’s Native Americans treasured food, but the cooking appliances were rudimentary. Native American food and cuisine have historical significances, because it has changed the cooking industry today. Today we eat unhealthy, easy, quick meals. Farming methods allowed crops to grow on the same soil. It was hard, tiring, and miserable to work in the hot sun, trying to catch your family a meal. Today, microwaves, ovens, and mixers make it effortless to make a meal in minutes. Even though today we have advanced utensils to cook with, meals are less healthy and higher in fat content. Native Americans created traditions and culture due to resources surrounding their food in the late 1800’s which has lost …show more content…
When cooking, people use the term ‘Native American Food’ as a regional or tribal phrase. Native Americans were the first to grow foods such as beans, potatoes, and corn. Native Americans had helpful farming methods, and shared them with the Europeans. Stone hatchets, pointed sticked, bone shovels, and hoes are some tools Native Americans used near the area of the Great Plains, before the white settlers arrived. Natives were faced with the hardship of not being able to use methods such as canning, electricity, and refrigeration, and still had to ensure people had plenty to eat throughout the Winter. “They would preserve their food and store the surplus to make sure they had plenty to eat throughout the year” (Atwood). Presant-day, there is no use for harvesting crops and wasting a great deal of energy, when we can spend fifteen minutes of our day going to the grocery store and picking out a dollar potato. “The kinds of wild foods gathered by a Native tribe and the tools they needed to do it with varied a lot depending on where the tribe lived” (Lewis) . The Natives worked hard and efficient in the 1800’s. This generation has become chunkier and lazier due to the new food industry. Obviously some still hunt, farm, and harvest, but it is not part of the American daily life. Understanding and exploring unique and traditional means of food, such as storage/preparation, has increased
In the late 1800’s Native Americans treasured food, but the cooking appliances were rudimentary. Native American food and cuisine have historical significances, because it has changed the cooking industry today. Today we eat unhealthy, easy, quick meals. Farming methods allowed crops to grow on the same soil. It was hard, tiring, and miserable to work in the hot sun, trying to catch your family a meal. Today, microwaves, ovens, and mixers make it effortless to make a meal in minutes. Even though today we have advanced utensils to cook with, meals are less healthy and higher in fat content. Native Americans created traditions and culture due to resources surrounding their food in the late 1800’s which has lost …show more content…
When cooking, people use the term ‘Native American Food’ as a regional or tribal phrase. Native Americans were the first to grow foods such as beans, potatoes, and corn. Native Americans had helpful farming methods, and shared them with the Europeans. Stone hatchets, pointed sticked, bone shovels, and hoes are some tools Native Americans used near the area of the Great Plains, before the white settlers arrived. Natives were faced with the hardship of not being able to use methods such as canning, electricity, and refrigeration, and still had to ensure people had plenty to eat throughout the Winter. “They would preserve their food and store the surplus to make sure they had plenty to eat throughout the year” (Atwood). Presant-day, there is no use for harvesting crops and wasting a great deal of energy, when we can spend fifteen minutes of our day going to the grocery store and picking out a dollar potato. “The kinds of wild foods gathered by a Native tribe and the tools they needed to do it with varied a lot depending on where the tribe lived” (Lewis) . The Natives worked hard and efficient in the 1800’s. This generation has become chunkier and lazier due to the new food industry. Obviously some still hunt, farm, and harvest, but it is not part of the American daily life. Understanding and exploring unique and traditional means of food, such as storage/preparation, has increased