Unmentionable CuisineUniversity of Virginia Press, 1979 - 476 Seiten "'Unmentionable Cuisine' is an important new book about unusual animal protein sources and the more economical use of standard foods. A recognized authority on nutrition and a veteran observer of the world food situation, Dr. Calvin Schwabe establishes the fact that herbivorous animals and fish provide the only vehicle for the exploitation of immense land and sea areas for food production. He presents here a collection of recipes that offer alternatives to our narrow-based diet. The recipes are for the preparation of uncommon fish and fowl, and variety cuts of cattle, pig, and sheep -- as well as "unmentionable" animals that are standard fare for millions of non-Americans. The significance of this book is unquestionable. Americans must find more efficient and varied ways to eat if they are to survive. 'Unmentionable Cuisine' addresses itself to the deep-seated aversions and food prejudices that have precipitated an alarming decline in the variety and quality of the American diet. Highly sensitive and emotional responses lie behind these prejudices. 'Unmentionable Cuisine' exposes these irrational behavior patterns in American food habits as it compares them to the equally indefensible but easier to recognize prejudices of others. Opening our minds about food and educating our palates to new and varied experiences will prove as enjoyable as it is necessary. This collection is a cross section of recipes taken from national cuisines. Many of these have never appeared in print, and most, including several from mainland China, have not been available in English. The recipes are stimulating, different, and delicious. Dr. Schwabe's comments on the history, the lore, and the anthropological significance of diverse food habits in all parts of the world are fascinating and most informative."-- |
Inhalt
Reptiles | 253 |
FISH | 263 |
Amphibians | 269 |
Bony Fish and Mudfish | 277 |
Eels and Lampreys | 297 |
Sharks and Skates | 309 |
NONFLESH FOODS | 385 |
Milk Eggs and Sperm | 391 |
Chickens Turkeys Ducks and Geese | 215 |
Pigeons | 235 |
Small Birds | 245 |
De Gustibus? | 407 |
Glossary | 419 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
American anchovy animals bacon bake Basic Preparation bay leaf beaten egg béchamel sauce beef birds black pepper boil BOUQUET GARNI brains bread crumbs brown calf's carrots casserole chicken chopped onions chopped parsley cloves cook cover crayfish cream crushed garlic cuisines deep-fried dish Drain eaten eating electric blender finely chopped fish flavor flour FRANCE fried garlic garnish grilled heat intestines kidneys lamb lard legs lemon juice lightly liver Marinate meat melted butter milk minutes mixture mushrooms mussels olive oil oven paprika pâté percent pieces pig's pigeons poached pork potatoes prejudices protein rabbit recipes Remove rice roast ROUX Salt and pepper salted water sauce sausage sautéed seasoned serve shells simmer skin sliced onions snails Soak soup soy sauce species sprinkle squid stew stir stir-fry stuffed sweetbreads T-bone steak taste tender tomatoes tripe veal velouté sauce vinegar white wine yoghurt
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 286 - The Catfish is a name I fear. Oh, spare each stream and spring, The Kennet swift, the Wandle clear, The lake, the loch, the broad, the mere, From that detested thing! "The Catfish is a hideous beast, A bottom-feeder that doth feast Upon unholy bait; He's no addition to your meal, He's rather richer than the eel; And ranker than the skate. "His face is broad, and flat, and glum; He's like some monstrous miller's thumb; He's bearded like the pard.
Seite 246 - ... It is always served disgustingly underdone — almost raw sometimes — on pewter or tin plates, standing over burners with spirits of wine, to enable each person to cook it in a thick gravy according to his fancy. This is a very disagreeable process to witness. I never was tempted to undertake it. Excellent beef, mutton, veal, and lamb are to be had in all the large cities of the United States. But the national taste certainly runs on pork, salt-fish, tough poultry, and little birds of all descriptions.
Seite 161 - It became apparent to the Metropolitan Board of Health, in New York city, that the alarming increase of obstinate and fatal diarrhoea in the metropolitan district, was caused by the use of diseased meats.
Seite 2 - The rich white man, whith his overconsumption of meat and his lack of generosity for poor people, behaves like a veritable cannibal — an indirect cannibal. By consuming meat, which wastes the grain that could have saved them, last year we ate the children of the Sahel, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.
Seite 217 - Filipinos believe that women must not eat chickens that "lay here and there in different places" or they will become unfaithful to their husbands. In fact, among the Kafa of Ethiopia, women who disobey a similar taboo are made slaves. Only men eat chicken meat among the aboriginal Kamar people of India and in the Marquesas Islands of Polynesia.
Seite 411 - An industrial system which uses forty per cent of the world's primary resources to supply less than six per cent of the world's population could be called efficient only if it obtained strikingly successful results in terms of human happiness, well-being, culture, peace, and harmony. I do not need to dwell on the fact that the American system fails to do this, or that there are not the slightest prospects that it could do so if only it achieved a higher rate of growth of production, associated, as...
Seite 172 - I was a traveller, seeing and noting everything with au impartial eye, that, in order to prove myself an impartial judge between reason and prejudice, I proceeded with stoical fortitude to taste doggie ; one taste led to another, and resulted in a verdict for reason ; for in summing up, after a hearty meal, I pronounced the dog ham to be delicious in flavour, well smoked, tender, and juicy.
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