2. American Food
• Local Michigan and Nebraska specialties
• Family traditions of Loni and Sarah
• U.S. Regional foods (East, West, Midwest,
South)
• Recipes and explanation of food we brought
for you to try
• Cultural comparisons regarding food
• Questions?
• Time to taste the food!

3. Michigan Specialties
• Blueberries – picked by hand in the summer
• Apples – picked by hand in the fall
• Cherries – picked by hand in the spring
• Fudge
– a rich chocolate dessert
• Pasties
– small pot pies made with rutabaga filling - a
traditional food eaten by local immigrant miners.
– Kind of like an empada

4. Michigan Specialties
Blueberries Cherries

5. Michigan Specialties
Fudge Pasties

6. Nebraska Specialties
 Meat!
 Omaha Steaks
 Buffalo
 Apples—hand picked every fall
 Apple Pie
 Apple Crisp
 Apple Butter
 Pumpkins
 Dorothy Lynch
 Made in Nebraska and only sold in the Midwest
 Runza
 Family run restaurant

7. Nebraska Specialties
Nebraska BeefOmahaSteaks Buffalo
• Meat
Buffaloburgerandsteaks
• Milk  BuffaloCheese

8. Applefest
• Apples are:
– Entered into competitions
– Used for games
– Used for cook competitions
• Yearly festival
that celebrates
local apple
harvest.

9. Nebraska specialties
Dorothy Lynch Runza
• Pockets of yeast bread filled
with beef, cabbage or
sauerkraut, onions, and
seasonings.
•Family comany that was started in the 1940’s
•Salad dressing
•But also used on:
•Pizza
•Lasagna
•BBQ
•Taco Salad

10. Nebraska Specialties
Nebraska Popcorn Inc.
• Top producerofpopcorn in
the country.
• It gets SO HOT in
thesummerthat it
makesthecorn pop.
• My great
grandmagrewupon a
popcornfarm
SweetCorn
•Cornonthecobwithbutter
•Sellingcornontheroadduringthe
summer

11. Sanderson Family Traditions
• Weekend Brunch
• Pancakes/waffles, eggs, bacon/sausage, fruit
• Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
• Decorate Christmas cookies
• Thick soups and breads in winter
• What we eat changes drastically with the seasons in Michigan
• Fresh salads
• Hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken and fish on the grill
• Corn on the cob
• Sunday Rump Roast
• Potatoes, carrots and gravy

12. Sanderson Family Traditions
Cinnamon Rolls Christmas cookies

13. Sanderson Family Traditions
Summer grilling Sunday Rump Roast

14. Sanderson Family Traditions
Winter soups Summer salads

15. O’GradyFamilyTraditions
 Pink Stuff
 Fruit Salad
 Chilli and Cinnamon Rolls
 Beer Soup
 Guinness Beer
 Pecan Pie
 Thanksgiving
 Smoked Meats
 Monte Cristo
 Sweet and salty sandwich
 Biscuits and Gravy
 Day after Thanksgiving tradition

16. O’GradyFamilyTraditions
Pink Stuff
•We always eat it on
Thanksgiving and my birthday!
Chili with Cinnamon Rolls
•Often served for school lunch
•Unique to the Midwest
•Eaten on cold winter days

17. O’GradyFamilyTraditions
Guinness Beer Soup
•Type of stew
•Lots of vegetables
Monte Cristo
•French Toast Bread
•Ham and Turkey and Swiss Cheese
•Powdered Sugar
•Berry Jam

18. O’GradyFamilyTraditions
SmokedMeats Biscuits and Country Gravy
•Wealwayseatthisdishthedayafte
rThanksgiving

19. Popular Eastern U.S. Food
• Lobster (Maine)
• Coney Island hot dog (New York)
• Hot dog with chili, onions and mustard
• Philly Cheese Steak (Philadelphia) and hoagies
• Sub sandwich with steak, cheese and peppers
• Bagels
• Donut-shaped bread for breakfast
• Crabcakes (Maryland)
• Crabmeat and breadcumbs as a seafood hamburger
• New York style pizza
• Thin, wide and foldable crust
• Buffalo Wings
• Invented in Buffalo, New York
• Small chicken wings in buffalo sauce (sweet and spicy)

20. Common Eastern U.S. Food
Lobster Crabcakes

21. Common Eastern U.S. Food
Coney Dog New York Style Pizza

22. Common Eastern U.S. Food
Buffalo Wings Philly Cheese Steak

23. Common Eastern U.S. Food
Bagels Hoagies

24. CommonMidwesternFood
The “AllAmericanFood”
• “HeartyDishes”
– Large, fillingfood
• DeepDish Pizza
– Chicago Style
• Chicago Style Hot Dogs
• Foodon a stick
– StateFairFood
• ChiliandCinnamonRolls
– Eatenduringthewinter
• Sweet BBQ
Midwestern food
is greatly
influenced by
northern and
eastern European
traditions

25. CommonMidwesternFood
Deep Dish Pizza
•Found in Chicago
•Several layers of ingredients
ChiliandCinnamonRolls
•Unique to theMidwest
•Spicychiliandsweetbread

26. CommonMidwesternFood
Chicago Style Hot Dogs
•Yellow mustard, peppers, relish,
onions and tomatoes
Kansas City BBQ
•It’s sweet flavor makes it unique

27. Midwestern Food
Food on a Stick & Fried Food

28. Popular Western U.S. Food
• Fish tacos
• Salmon
• Wild game (deer, buffalo, bear, elk, moose)
• Rocky Mountain Oysters
• Fried bull testicles
• Blackberries
• Mushrooms
• Chuckwagon dinner
• Hearty meal typical of ranchers and cowboys
• California is heavily influenced by Mexican, Asian and
Mediterranean cuisine
• “Locavore” (popular idea in Oregon and Washington state)
• Person who only eats what is grown/produced locally

29. Common Western U.S. Food
Fish Tacos Blackberries

30. Common Western U.S. Food
Mushrooms Rocky Mountain Oysters

31. Common Western U.S. Food
Chuck wagon Chuck wagon dinner

32. Popular SouthernFood
• People who ate Southern food six times per week had about a
41 percent higher risk of stroke.
– Suzanna Judd, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Alabama
• Collard Greens
• Corn Bread
– Corn bread is sweet in the south. It is usually served with honey .
• Crawfish (aka Crawdads or crayfish)
• Jambalaya
• Chicken and Waffles
• Grits
– Sweet and salty
• Southern BBQ
– Spicy and smoky flavor
SouthernFood
is
influencedbyAf
rican,
NativeAmerica
nandHispanicf
ood

33. SouthernFood
Collard Greens
•Originally “slave” food
•Mixed with meat discarded
from the master’s kitchen
•Similar to Feijoada
Corn Bread

34. Popular SouthernFood
Crawdads
•Alsocalledcrayfishorcrawfish
Jambalaya
•Louisiana Creolecuisine

35. Popular SouthernFood
ChickenandWaffles
•Myfavoritedish!
Grits
•Served sweet or salty
•A dish that dates back to Native
American and slave times

36. Popular SouthernFood
Southern BBQ Okra

37. Measurement Differences
USA
• Pounds (lbs)
– Ounces
• Fahrenheit (F)
• Tablespoon
Brazil
• Kilo (K)
– Gram
• Celsius (C)
• Colher de sopa

38. Pancakes and Waffles
• Popular breakfast food nationwide
• Also called “flapjacks” or “hotcakes”
• Traditionally topped with butter and maple syrup
• Other toppings include: fruit, whipped cream,
chocolate, nuts and (ice cream on waffles)
• We don’t eat pancakes every day; it’s more
common to eat them on the weekends or holidays
• There are certain restaurants which specialize in
pancakes and waffles such as IHOP (international
house of pancakes) and Waffle House
• Both are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

39. Pancakes and Waffles
Pancakes Waffles

40. Pancakes and Waffles
IHOP Waffle House

41. Pancake Recipe
• 1 ¼ Cups of flour
• 1 Tablespoon of sugar
• 3 Teaspoons of baking powder
• ½ Teaspoon of salt
• 1 egg
• 2 Tablespoons of vegetable oil
• 1 Cup of milk
Mix dry ingredients together. Beat egg and add oil
and milk. Mix all ingredients together. Drop
cupfuls of batter on frying pan and flip when
golden brown.

42. Mac &Cheese

43. Mac &CheeseRecipe
• Box of Kraft MacaroniandCheese
– Noodles (Boil for 10 minutes andthendrainwater)
 Mix in the:
 Cheesepowder
 Milk
 Butter

44. Peanut Butter
• Very popular U.S. spread
• Made of crushed peanuts, salt and sugar
• Comes in varieties of crunchy or smooth
• Used in sandwiches along with honey or jelly and
jam
• Used in baking cookies and desserts
• Very common to put on toast and bagels in the
morning or on crackers and apples as a snack

45. Peanut Butter
On bread / toast
PB and J (peanut butter and
jelly)

46. Peanut Butter
As a dessert As a cookie

47. Peanut Butter Snacks
Ants on a log Peanut butter and banana

48. Peanut Butter Brands

49. Apple Crisp
• Similar to apple pie....but better!
• Common dessert in the fall
• Often served with ice cream

50. Apple CrispRecipe
• 1 lb of crisp apples (peeled and cored)
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 cup of oatmeal
• 1 ½ cups of white Sugar
• 1 ½ cups of brown Sugar
• 2 tablespoons of cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla
• ¾ cups of butter
• Orange Juice and Zest
• 2 tablespoons each of baking powder and baking soda

51. Apple CrispRecipe
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degree C).
• Cut and peel apples
• Mix apples with the white sugar, 1 tablespoon flour
and vanilla, and cinnamon together, and sprinkle over
apples. Pour orange juice over all.
• Combine the oats, 1 cup flour, brown sugar, baking
powder, baking soda and melted butter together.
• Crumble evenly over the apple mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 45
minutes.

52. Brazil vs. USA
EatingHabits
• What are some differences you have noticed
or observed?
– Sarah and Loni?
– In the movies?

53. Brazil vs. USA
EatingHabits
Brazil
• Eat pizza with fork and knife
• Cover food with napkin
• Lunch is the large meal
• Sharing large drinks
• Use of straws
• Powdered and boxed milk
• Juice made from fruit or frozen
pulp
• Eggs left at room temperature
• Recipes are done from memory
• Numerous tiny shots of coffee
– Coffee is usually sweet
USA
• Eat pizza with hands
• Touch food
• Dinner is the large meal
• Individual drinks
• Drinks straight from can/bottle
• Fresh and cold milk
• Store-bought juice
• Eggs kept in fridge
• Follow the recipe exactly from the
book
• One large coffee
– Coffee is served dark

54. Thanks for Coming!
• Questions?
• And now let’s eat . . .
– Macaroni and cheese
– Apple crisp
– Peanut butter and crackers
– Pancakes and maple syrup