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American Food

Learning Objective: To fjnd out about the diversity of foods grown in America’s diverse climates, and develop cooking skills while following a recipe for a traditional American food.

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What foods do you associate with the United States

• f America?

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Did you think of some of these foods? Many ‘fast foods’ are commonly associated with America. Before they became popular there, many of these foods were not readily available in Britain.

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Many of the foods we associate with the USA became popular ‘fast foods’, or ‘convenience foods’, during the 1950s. America was becoming very prosperous, and people had more money to spend on entertainment and eating out.

The 1950s

Many American families had more money than before the Second World War. They had more money to spend on better kitchens and equipment in their homes. Fast food became more varied and more readily available

• everywhere. Americans could get hot, fast food at cinemas, sports

stadiums, and even, for the fjrst time, without getting out of their car: drive-through restaurants became popular during this period.

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The Climates of the United States of America

The Northeast has a temperate climate, similar to the UK. The South is subtropical and humid. The Midwest has a warm, continental climate. Much of the West has a cooler, dryer climate than the regions to the east of it. The west coast, and California in particular, has a Mediterranean climate. The Rocky Mountains have a much colder, dryer, alpine climate than other parts of the West.

The United States is huge! It is almost 40 times the size of the UK. It has many difgerent climate regions. How do you think these diverse climates afgect the food that is grown in America?

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The diverse climates of America mean that diverse crops and livestock can be

• grown. Food is grown in

abundance in America, and there’s a huge variety, too! There’s much more land for farming in the USA than in the

• UK. Much of the

farming is done on the Great Plains and in the ‘Corn Belt’ of the West and Midwest.

Maize growing in the Corn Belt. Cattle grazing on a farm in the Great Plains. A vineyard in California.

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One of the most important crops is wheat. What foods can you think of that are made with wheat?

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Did you think of these?

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Apple pie is one of the foods most strongly associated with America. There’s even a saying about it:

“He’s as American as apple pie!”

But did you know that apple trees are not native to America? Apple seeds were brought to the Americas by early British settlers during the 17th Century.

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Today we will be cooking, following recipes where the main ingredient is wheat. How can we ensure we work hygenically and safely with ingredients and apparatus?

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