Characteristics of North American Food Culture
Since the era of European navigation, Europeans have traveled all over the world, and distant America has become their most important colony. It is also because of the opening of the colonists that this land began to look like a modern civilization. The United States and Canada are both colonial countries. Colonization is particularly strong in this land of North America, but people like to come to this land because there are very developed countries, beautiful scenery of the North American continent and good North American cuisine.
When you come to North America, you must go to America. When it comes to American food, everyone thinks of fast food, such as hamburgers, sandwiches, coke and so on. Indeed, fast food consumption in the United States is very high. But other American cuisines are also rich, and the food production is also very elegant. For example, filet mignon, which everyone is familiar with, is a kind of steak that North America likes very much. The selection of this kind of steak is very important. There must be tender meat on the back of the beef. The meat selected is pure lean meat, and there is no fat meat, so the meat is very tender. Frying steak is also a kind of kung fu. You can choose the degree of cooked steak according to your taste.
If you want to go to Canada, you must try the seafood here. There are many seafood in Canadian waters near the North Atlantic. The cold sea water here breeds the most delicious seafood. The most common seafood in Canada is salmon, and the local grilled salmon is very good. To roast salmon, you must cut it into even slices, then string it with poplar branches and roast it on the fire. Of course, all kinds of spices should be added in the baking process. This cooking method can keep the original flavor of salmon, crisp outside and tender inside, and it tastes very good.
If you travel to Mexico, you should try the most famous tacos. In fact, burritos can be eaten in the southern United States and places where Mexicans gather. The most important thing about burritos is the stuffing of burritos. Ordinary burritos are filled with beef and then marinated with salt, sugar and other seasonings. It's better to roast beef in the oven, it will taste better. Then you can eat the burrito wrapped in beef, and it's still delicious.
When you come to Mexico, you should try the local cactus. There are many cacti in Mexico, but do you know that cacti can also be eaten here? It is also a local specialty food.
There are many delicious foods in North America, which are rich in taste and mouthfeel. Because there are many immigrants from all over the world here, the food here is also very colorful in other places. You don't have to worry about food when you travel to America.
Eating habits in North America
North Americans use both knives when eating, and their dining style is also very particular. Therefore, when invited to have dinner with American friends, we should pay special attention to their dining habits. Generally, there is a knife and two meals on the dining table. The rice outside is for you to eat salad, the rice inside is for staple food and other snacks, and the knife is used to cut meat. If you use both hands, you should hold the knife in your left hand and right hand, and don't hold the knife for too long at a time.
Breakfast in North America includes scrambled or boiled eggs, sausages, potato chips, pancakes, jelly, toast, muffins, orange juice and coffee.
If you are not familiar with American restaurants, you should pay attention to the following points:
1. Choose a suitable restaurant (such as family restaurant, specialty restaurant, cafeteria);
2. Restaurant business hours (business hours 165438+ 0: 30 am to evening);
Generally speaking, you should reserve a table in advance:
4. When you arrive at the restaurant, you can't go directly to the table unless the restaurant has? Sit anywhere? Notice;
5. When checking out, don't forget to leave a certain percentage of the tip for the waiter (generally 10% ~ 15% of the actual total).
There are no compulsory public nurseries and day-care centers in the United States. The federal government has a pre-school education pilot program to help children from low-income families, but most families need to pay for nurseries or day-care centers themselves. In larger cities, there are sometimes pre-school education institutions catering to rich children.
Because some upper-class families think these schools are the first step into the Ivy League, they even have consultants to help their parents choose nurseries. In the United States, the school district government has the responsibility to provide school education for all school-age children in the school district, but the requirements for admission age vary from state to state. Most people begin to receive primary education from the year before the first grade of primary school (usually 5-7 years old), but the typical education starts from the first grade and ends at 12 grade (usually 18 years old). There are many universities in America. Since the Puritans who immigrated to the United States founded Harvard University, the first university in the United States, American higher education has inherited the traditions of ancient European universities such as Cambridge University and Oxford University. Up to now, there are 26 15 four-year universities in China offering bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. There are as many as 3400 two-year community colleges.
These universities have no fixed form, ranging from the University of Texas at Austin with nearly 50,000 students to deep springs college, California with only 26 students. Some universities have vast and beautiful campuses and complete teaching facilities, and some universities are located in several humble teaching buildings in downtown areas. There are no high walls between the campus and the surrounding urban areas, they are completely integrated with the surrounding urban areas. American universities are also divided into public and private, with four-year and two-year systems, regional and national systems, junior colleges and comprehensive colleges, and so on. These schools are completely independent and have nothing to do with any politics or sects. Each university has different timetables, teaching plans, educational purposes, and even salaries paid to faculty and staff.
With the accelerated pace of life in North America, fast food came into being. Its fast food chain stores are all over the world, among which McDonald's fast food chain stores are the most influential. The fast food provided includes: hamburger, roast beef, steak, ham, sandwich, KFC, potato chips, baked pies, ice cream and various carbonated drinks.
North American food culture etiquette
1. When sitting, keep your body straight, don't put your elbows on the table, and don't cross your feet. The distance from the table is better, which is convenient for using tableware. Don't fiddle with the tableware on the dining table. Fold the napkin in half and gently put it on your knee.
2. When eating with a knife and fork, take the knife and fork from outside to inside, with a fork in your left hand and a knife in your right hand; When cutting things, hold the fork in your left hand to hold the food, cut the food into small pieces with a knife in your right hand, and send it to your mouth with a fork. When using a knife, the blade should not be outward. Put down your knife and fork and pose when eating. Eight? Font, respectively on the edge of the plate. The blade is pointed at yourself, indicating that you will continue to eat. After eating each dish, put the knife and fork together on the plate. If you are talking, you can hold the knife and fork. When you don't use a knife, you can hold a fork in your right hand, but if you need to gesture, you should put down your knife and fork. Never hold a knife and fork in the air, nor wipe your mouth with a napkin in one hand, let alone a cup with a fork in the other. Remember, never put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the table.
Don't sip soup, but shut up and chew when eating. Don't lick your lips or smack your lips. If the soup is overheated, don't eat it until it is slightly cold. Don't blow it with your mouth. When you drink soup, scoop it out with a spoon. When the soup in the soup plate is almost finished, tilt the outside of the soup plate slightly with your left hand and scoop it out with a spoon. After eating the soup, leave the spoon in the soup plate (bowl) and aim the spoon at yourself.
4. When eating fish, meat and other dishes with thorns or bones, don't spit them out directly. You can spit it gently on the fork with a napkin and put it on the plate. If there is a small amount of food left on the plate, don't scrape the bottom of the plate with a fork, let alone help you eat with your fingers, but help you eat with a small piece of bread or fork. When eating noodles, roll them up with a fork and send them to your mouth.
Bread is usually broken into small pieces and sent to the mouth. Don't bite the whole piece of bread. When spreading butter and jam, break the bread into small pieces before spreading it.
6. When eating chicken, most Europeans and Americans regard chicken breast as the most expensive. When eating chicken legs, you should first remove the bones by force, not by hand. When eating fish, don't turn it over. After eating the upper layer, remove the fishbone with a knife and fork, and then eat the meat of the lower layer. When eating meat, cut a piece and eat a piece. Don't cut the pieces too big, or cut all the meat into pieces at once.
7. If you want to add milk or sugar to your coffee, stir it evenly with a small spoon and put it on the saucer of the coffee. When drinking, hold the cup handle in your right hand, put the saucer in your left hand, and drink directly with your mouth, not with a spoon. Don't bite the whole fruit when eating it. Cut it into four pieces with a fruit knife, and then remove the skin and core with a knife and fork.
8. When eating meat with bones with a knife and fork, you can eat it with your hands. If you want to eat more elegantly, you'd better use a knife. Fix the whole meat with a fork (you can stand the fork upright and press the meat with the back of the fork), then insert a knife along the bone and cut the meat. It is best to eat while cutting. When you have to eat with your hands, hand washing water will be attached. What does it mean when hand washing water is served with meat with bones? Please eat with your hands? . After eating with your fingers, wash your fingers in a bowl filled with hand washing water. When eating ordinary dishes, if your fingers are dirty, you can also ask the waiter to bring hand washing water, and pay attention to washing your hands gently.