Tuesday, December 1, 2009

New Outline

Food and the culture:

Topic: Food around the world

Introduction:

We need food to survive. The food has wider perimeter than just eating food. There are different uses of food, ways of cooking the food and it is different from culture to culture.

Body:

  1. Food is used for different purpose:

  • Decoration

Wedding cake, candies and others

  • Celebration

Moon cake in Moon light festival, Turkey and mashed potato in Thanks giving.

  • Social gathering

Eat in restaurant, fast food, vending machine, street vendors


  1. Ways of cooking the food:

  • There are different ways of cooking food.

Fried, steamed, grilled and others.

  • The way people eat food also differs.

Some use chopstick, some spoons and forks and some use hands as well.


  1. Food differs from culture to culture:

  • There are different types of foods depending in the culture and the nationality.

  • In Nepal and China, people eat rice and meat usually but here in America people eat sandwiches, burger and others.

Some people do not eat beef, some do not eat pork.

  • As we visit different places, we have difficulty adjusting with the food.



Conclusion:

  • Food has different purposes, depending in the culture and places.

  • It is not only used to survive, but also to celebrate ceremonies and so on.