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1. CUISINE OF THE USA
Alicja Aleksander
Zuzanna Krzemińska
Justyna Małecka

2. SOME HISTORICAL FACTS
 Pre-Colonial cuisine

3. ADOBE OVENS

4. COLONIAL PERIOD
 Really British till the times of American
Revolution
 After 1783 –
Independence!

5. SO, WHAT’S TIPICALLY AMERICAN?
 Renown Products and dishes

6. PEANUT BUTTER
HOW?

8. APPLE PIE

9. TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST
 EGGS AND FRIED BEACON

10. HAMBURGER

13. REGIONAL CUISINES IN THE USA
Division into regions:
 New England (region 1)
 Mid-Atlantic (region 2&3)
 The South (region 4&5)
 Midwest (region 6&7)
 The Southwest (region 8)
 The West (region 9&10)

14. MAP OF THE USA

17. NEWNEW ENGLANDENGLAND
New England consists of six states:
 Connecticut
 Maine
 Massachusetts
 New Hampshire
 Rhode Island
 Vermont

19. THE MOST COMMON DISHES IN
NEW ENGLAND
 The Native American cuisine as a part of the
cookery style of early colonists.
 Practical and fugal cuisine.

20.  One-pot dishes: 1. succotash, 2. chowder, 3. baked
beans etc.

21. THE MOST COMMON INGREDIENTS
TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW
ENGLAND:
 Lobster
 Other shellfish: little neck clams, razor shell
clams, blue mussels or oysters
 Much of this shellfish contributes to New
England Tradition – clambake

23. FRUITS OF NEW ENGLAND
 The Vitis labrusca grapes
Use: grape juice and jelly, wines
Worldwide company producing grape juice:
Welch’s
Worldwide company making higher quality
wines: Mogen David, Manischewitz
 Cranberries
 Apples
The original varieties: Baldwin, Lady, Mother,
Porter, Peck’s Pleasant etc.

25. PACIFIC AND HAWAIIANPACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN
 One of the most culturally diverse U.S. states
 The only state with an Asian majority population
 Hawaiian cuisine as example of variety – fusion
of Asian and Pacific-rim cultures as traditional
native Hawaiian

27. THE MOST POPULAR DISHES OF
PACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN CUISINE
 Seared ahi tuna with wasabi beurre blanc sauce
 Opakapaka (snapper) with passionfruit
 Hawaiian island-raised lamb, beef and meat
products
 A broad variety of agricultural products:
tomatoes, strawberries, mushrooms, sweet maui
onions and tropical fruits

29. MIDWESTMIDWEST
 Everything with barbecue
 Chicago-style hot dog

32. THE AMERICAN SOUTHTHE AMERICAN SOUTH
 Influence on the cuisine of many diverse
inhabitants of the region
 Americans of European descent
 Native Americans
 African Americans
 One of the most distinct cuisines in all of the
country

33. THE MOST COMMON DISH OF
THE AMERICAN SOUTH
 fried chicken

36. THE WESTTHE WEST
 Influence of Native American and Mexican
cultures, and other European settlers into the
part of the country
 Varying of the dishes depending on the area

37. THE MOST COMMON DISHES IN THE
WEST
 various specialties involving salmon
 In the Plains/Mountain States, such as Utah,
Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado
and Wyoming, cowboy/ranch culture is a factor,
and variations on the beef theme