Pancakes in Sociology
Many people across the world eat pancakes. They have been enjoyed by many generations through many centuries and are culturally multifaceted. Pancakes are part of American Culture as the pancake can symbolize many things such as one’s economic class or local culture. Although I have had pancakes often, they have still been something special to me. Breakfast itself was my favorite meal of the day as there was always the massive anticipation of what breakfast would be. To get up in the morning and to smell the sweet aroma is comforting, and the breakfast being pancakes adds a new layer of gratification. Pancakes had brought back memories of when I was young, such as a day when the sun was shining bright,
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The pancake is a symbol of cultural diversity. It symbolizes economic status depending on how it’s prepared, where it comes from, or what you put on it.
America is a very Eurocentric culture, has many traditions and foods that stem from Europe including the pancake. As mentioned earlier, pancakes have been enjoyed for centuries. The ancient Greeks ate them with honey, and the English under Queen Elizabeth enjoyed them with spices, rosewater, sherry, and apples. Christians before fasting for lent would enjoy pancakes because they needed to use rest of their eggs, milk, and butter (Rupp). Pancakes could be enjoyed in so many ways with so many things, and any culture could adapt the pancake to their own culture despite its predominantly European
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The linguistic relativity hypothesis argues that we are aware of things when we have words for them (Giddens et al. 60). We have a word for pancakes; in fact, it originates from the Middle-Ages, meaning cake or batter that would be fried in a pan ("Pancake."). However, there is not just one English word for pancakes; there are many, including hot cake, griddlecake, flapjack, Johnnycake, and corncake to name a few, each of these being unique and specific to local culture or region. Johnnycake, for instance, has its roots in the early American colonies. It was a slightly different recipe, one who used corn or Indian meal instead of wheat (Rupp). All these different terms show the localization the pancake can take within a culture. They essentially make the pancake their own. Also, pancakes are so ingrained in American culture that we even have idioms to compare something to pancakes. The term “flat as a pancake” is often attributed to something very flat. There were even humorous studies done to measure and compare the relative flatness between Kansas and a pancake (Rupp). The phrase “selling like hotcakes” means something is popular. These phrases show the pancakes popularity within a
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The warm lit room full of people’s chatter,but was sparsely filled with people inside the IHOP which contradicted the dark night of Dallas. My Mom, my two friends, Yenny and Ashley, and myself walked in stomachs growling at the scent of pancakes and all the delicious sides that came with it like bacon and eggs. That scent reminds me of how sore our legs and arms were including our throats that were aching from screaming loudly at the Verizon Theatre. Where we were enjoying one of our favorite bands who rarely came to America due to them being based overseas, so we were super exhilarated after seeing them it was like a dream come true. The smell of the Strawberry New York Cheesecake pancakes that I ate that came with mouthwatering chunks of
Either sweetened with honey in Greece or served with sides such as bacon and toast in America, pancakes are enjoyed worldwide. In Polish restaurants, there are dozens flavours of pancake to choose from, including both sweet and savoury. Come to Nasz Nalesnik to taste different pancake flavours everyday - from ham & cheese to strawberry with whipping cream or maple cyrus. There are Nasz Nalesnik stores in almost every big cities of Poland. POne plate of pancake here costs 4-5 USD
Due to the dietary restrictions of Judaism, Jewish people had to get creative when it came to making dishes. A perfect example of this would be the Jewish apple kuchen or cake. For thi...
During slavery black folks did not have a whole lot to celebrate, but they loved one another with warm hearts. Since many wanted to show love, cooking became a way to express love for one another. This was more than just sitting
...or overly praised. Chinese parents hate them like hate enemy; Chinese youths love them like love best friend. What burger truly means is a type of food which offer necessary energy source to people. When I look back to my cognition of burger, I found that those who is foreign to burger judges it on his or her own ideas, disregarding the fact of what burger is. Such bias is passed to the children by parents’ words and deeds; also bias is passed from peers also affected the cognition of burger. I believe that people who have bias will not hold their immature opinion any more after they come to the United States, experience the life of typical Americans and find that burger cannot be more common. Thus, before giving a comment on something, one should do some research and get to know better about it instead of only listening from limited sources then giving a conclusion.
The fusion of wheat and corn into Old World and New World cuisines is an example of two different cultures in discordant. According to the text, “The Spanish conquest of America brought together two vastly different cultures with equally distinct culinary traditions.” (Pilcher, 3) Mesoamerican “Old World” cuisine centered on the usage of corn as the primary ingredient for the majority of dishes, while the European “New World” cuisine focused on wheat as the main ingredient. According to Pilcher, “European intellectuals claimed that corn was inherently inferior to wheat and that progress would only be possible if the government would wean Indians of corn and teach them to eat wheat.” (Pilcher, 3) The Mesoamericans depended heavily on maize (corn) as a primary source of
A pancake is a nice fluffy breakfast cuisine that even has a national blueberry pancake day which is on january 28th and is a big deal in some places. This is also mentioned in a shakespeare play. Can the waffle beat that? Another interesting fact is The largest stack of pancakes was made up of 60 huge pancakes and
Have you ever woken up in the morning with a sweet tooth for cereal. Well the perfect cereal to quench your hunger is Frosted Flakes.Frosted Flakes is Cereal. You may recognize them by the tiger that says "they're grrreat"(Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes,2016) Frosted flake is Kellogg's brand. This is a cereal that has that sweet benefactor but is also healthy. Frosted flakes are amazing. They also give you energy in the morning. If you are feeling really dead and run out of coffee just make yourself a bowl and you should be good to go for the day. Frosted Flakes are important because they are a source for breakfast and breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Gingerbread may also refer to a cake, or a type of cookie / biscuit made with ginger. In the biscuit form, it commonly takes the form of a gingerbread man. Gingerbread men were first attributed to the court of Queen Elizabeth I, who served the figurines to foreign dignitaries
The way in which we choose our foods can stem from events that occur during early childhood. When I lived in Jamaica as a child, I was only fed 'Jamaican style' cuisine. This involved lots of rice with peas, chicken, jerked pork, etc. However, I remember that my parents would take my brothers and I out to restaurants a few times a year as a treat. Our favourite place was a specific Chinese restaurant in a tourist area nearby our house. The food was prepared by Chinese workers and we got to experience what we believed was authentic Chinese cuisine. Another place in which we would enjoy was KFC. KFC represented an exotic 'Other' which allowed us to experience a different kind of social space. According to Finkelstein, this is known as an 'America place'. It is world-famous American food. Food consumption can be a social event where it is done solely for the experience. Interactions in restaurants are conditioned by existing manners and customs. Dining out allows us to act in imitation of others, in accord with images, in responses to fashions, out of habit, without need for thought or self-scrutiny. The result is that the styles of...
No matter how silly this may seem, food is very important to be thankful for, as America is one of the few countries that has a steady supply of food. Some countries, like Zimbabwe or Guinea, have rapidly dwindling food supplies, and their people usually have to eat whatever they can find, whether they enjoy its taste or not. However, America has no shortage of food, rather an overflow of it, and some people do not realize just how lucky they to have enough food to thrive. There is a great variety of food to enjoy in America, and each person enjoys a different kind. My personal favorite is Salmon Teriyaki, a type of meal commonly found in Japanese restaurants like the Zen Sushi we have just down the street. Food is necessary to survive, and people take it for granted every day, so we should realize just how much it means to have food and express our gratitude towards those who supply
A crepe is a thin pastry type pancake made from wheat flour that can be filled with a variety of sweet fillings to produce a classic sweet dessert from France. The word crêpe is French for pancake and is a derivative of the Latin word crispus which means “curled”. Crepes originated in Brittany, a northwest region of France, between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay. Crepes were formerly called galettes, which means flat cake and were served with meats and cheeses resulting in a savory crepe. Even though crepes originated in France, their consumption is now widespread throughout the world.
The rise of American power and influence after World War II saw the gradual spread of the popularity of the hamburger to other countries, sometimes through American-owned restaurants and sometimes through local ones. The spread of hamburgers by American-based transnational corporations is identified in particular with McDonald’s, which was established in California in 1940. Likewise, in Philippines, McDonald’s competes with Filipino-owned Jollibee, which serves its own versions of hamburgers alongside more traditional Filipino-dishes and in 1998 caontrolled 69 percent of the local burger business (Liddle 1998). This indicates that even Filipinos are being influenced by the foreign foods especially burgers and eventually began to assimilate and fantasize the burgers as regular food of the country.
In the last twenty years, many new styles and approaches to cooking have developed very quickly. We have access to all kinds of foodstuffs everywhere in the world. From the beginning of civilization we have learned a variety of cooking styles and methods. Americans have used foods native to this land along with utensils and cooking techniques from other countries when they settled here. We have always been open to new ideas. Food is a common bond that brings people together.