The “enterro do bacalhau” serves as an excellent illustration of the unique and iconic status of cod in Portugal, because no other food has been so invested in Portuguese popular culture. The Portuguese learned to rely on this fish in times in need, which ultimately earned it the title of the “faithful friend,” a moniker that is very elucidative of this standing relationship. (Sobral 2011:633) While proof of the continuity of this association between cod and the Portuguese is in the consistent presence of salted and dried cod in the kitchens of the people, it has been a part of the socio-political lives of the Portuguese for centuries. Bacalhau à 500 Anos: The Beginning of Atlantic Cod Fishing The treaty of 1353 between Pedro I of Portugal
The sale of food products in the market of Tlatelolco with its various colors, shapes, smells, and sounds “unified Native American cuisines while preserving rich regional variations; [epitomized] the social relationships that depended on the feeding of gods and people; and [preserved] the cultural significance of taste for pre-Columbian cooking and eating” (9-10). Cuisine played an important part in the constructing of social hierarchies in Mesoamerica, and to this day continues to shape individuality not only in Mexico, but also for every country. Traditional forms of Mesoamerican cooking mainly belonged to women, and three simple utensils including a cazuela, a metate, and a comal, allowed them to frugally make delicious tortillas. But they “derived much of their self-worth from skill at the metate, the ability to grind maize so they could feed tortillas and tamales to their husbands and children,” (14-15). This single crop has permitted for these lower-class women to preserve and refine the pre-Columbian cuisine of tortillas and tamales. Mexicans have always been and still are a people of corn, in spite of numerous attempts to change this, partly in thanks to the female
The subsequent description of the cod’s historical significance served to relay the economical and cultural importance of this fish, or rather the instrumental value of the fish. The...
The can of squid was a delicacy and when Única found it she was excited and said to Mondolfo, “Monboñombo, look at what my Guardian Angel put in the trash for me!” (109). They shared the squid and that night Única and Mondolfo’s relationship changed. That night “they sat down on the road by the shack. He pulled the easy-open tab and the can revealed its generous contents” (109). The author continues to describe the night using expository description, “Mondolfo had the courtesy to spear first, offering her a piece of squid to mouth, and her stomach did a double traction flip” (109). They continued to feed each other and Única was nervous because she was unfamiliar with that kind of feeling. They kissed and Única expressed how she has “never been kissed” they continued and “they took each other’s’ hands and devoured each other on Mondolfo’s cardboard” (109). After this Mondolfo asked Única to marry him, she said yes, and Oso Carmuco was asked to marry them. The wedding happened quickly and people were excited as “nothing else was talked about in the dump, and Oso Carmuco walked around a nervous wreck trying to memorize the Wedding Mass” (115). During the wedding, everyone was happy for them as they “broke out into applause, some threw trash up in the air, they shouted and the whistled”
The formation of the company Bacardi begins in the early 19th century in the prosperous trading town of Santiago de Cuba. Santiago de Cuba attracted the Bacardi brothers, Magin, Juan, Jose, and Facundo from the port of Stiges, southwest of Barcelona, Spain. The brothers worked hard, with the little money that they had, to establish a business, creating a shop to sell everyday goods (1). Around 1843, Don Facundo Bacardi Masso, the second youngest Bacardi Brother, had saved up enough money to begin his own business alongside his wife, Amalia Moreau. After having to temporarily leave Cuba because of earthquakes and a cholera epidemic, financial hardships, and moving back to Santiago to their poor business, Facundo’s first business was
Bless Me, Ultima, a story of a young boy who has to learn how to grow up very quickly, with the help of an old women cunandera, or healer. Her name is Ulitma. She is an old soul and a person who whenever duty calls, will be there ready to help. She takes the boy, Antonio, under her wing and helps him through the toughest time in his life. In Anaya's novel, Bless Me Ultima, Ultima serves the purpose of curandera or healer, but she also serves as the powerful force of good for the main protagonist of the story, Antonio, helping him understand the world as he tries to grow up.
In the first section, Monroy describes the Indian and the Iberian cultures and illustrates the role each played during missionization, as the Indians adapted ?to the demands of Iberian imperialism.?(5) He stresses the differen...
Russell-Wood, A. J. R. Portuguese empire, 1415-1808 a world on the move. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins UP, 1998. Print.
In France there are different kinds of music. Rap is one of the most innovative and unique products. For this paper, I decided to choose, Melanie Georgiades aka Diam’s who was a French rapper born on July 25th, 1980 in Greece. She was the unique child. While she was three years old, her mother moved to France after her divorced with her husband. The single mother and she lived in the Essonne Departement, in Ile-de-France. Diam’s discovered rap with the album “The Chronic” by Dr. Dre in 1992 and the “Je rap” by the famous French band NTM with Joe Starr.
Every summer my family and I go to our house in the cape just north of Boston. One hot summer morning, I was leaving the house to meet my family at the beach, suddenly I remembered my mother asked me to pick up a jar of “Kingfish Herring” for her and her friend to snack on at the beach.
Much like the banana industry of the past, there was once an incredible variety to the fish one could find and purchase at market, but recently only a few are easy to find at the local grocery store, due to the demand for a consistent and recognizable product. Cod is an instantly recognizable name in terms of fish breeds. It is a fairly bland fish, however its history is anything but; wars have been fought over Cod and it has been a famous contraband commodity. Consumer demand plagues this fish as well as directly influenced its decline. Unlike the cultural underlying influences found in the banana industry, Cod is remarkably simple. Its found, its wanted, its consumed; repeat. Kurlansky claims the fish “changed the world” and while
Lorson, Jennifer R. "A “Brief” History of Peruvian Cuisine." La Vida Comida. La Vida Comida, 13 May 2011. Web. 01 Mar. 2014.
While most of the practices described in this paper outline a rich culture, this is a culture that when met with colonization was almost destroyed.
Brazil’s national dish, Feijoada, is intertwined with the complex colonial history. Many believe African slaves created the dish, while scholars claim that slaves made it for their masters. Despite Feijoada having a complex and controversial creation story, it still plays an important role in society; representing history, bringing people together,
..."Not a Real Fish: The Ethnographer as Insider-Outsider." In P. R. DeVita (Ed.), The Naked Anthropologist: Tales from Around the World (pp. 73-8). Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
The old woman would hold hands of the young girls and watch. If the hands were smooth and pliant; if the spices placed on the palms sang their songs, the girls would be accepted or else they were hurled into the sea: Spices have strong colonial connotations and they also symbolise the subversive power of the postcolonial era. When we look back down the lanes and by lanes of history, the spices had first allured, enchanted and enslaved the foreign travelers with their latent powers. In the course of time, these travelers became the rulers of the land. In this tale of dreams and desires, the spices are mastered by a female, incidentally called Mistress, rendering a distinct colonial master-slave flavour.