A Variety of American Foods

A Variety of American Foods
The French are famous for their sauces, the Italians are praised for their pasta and the Germans are celebrated for their sausages, but is there anything unique to eat in the United States? When you get right down to it, there’s nothing quit as un-American as American food. Because the United States is made up mostly of immigrants, there is an amazing variety of foods, from clam chowder in Boston to chile con carne in Houston. The United States is a vast country influenced by many cultures and climates, and the traditional food of one area is often totally unlike that of another. New Mexico and Massachusetts are good examples of states that havvery different traditional food.

To understand and appreciate the food in any one region it often helps to know the area’s history. For example, New Mexico was once the home of the Pueblo Indians, who lived in villages and grew native crops such as corn, beans, pumpkins, and squash Later, Spanish settlers arrived in this area. These two groups exchanged ideas and customs and passed these customs on to their descendants. The intermingling of cultures is evident in the food of New Mexico.
New Mexican meals make much use of corn, which is served in a variety of ways-baked as tortillas, served fresh as corn on the cob, blended into soups and sauces, and mixed into salads or with other vegetables, especially red and green peppers. Native blue corn is quite surprising when it is served as blue corn bread, chips, or tortillas. In the markets of New Mexico, you can still find chicos, or sun-dried grains of roasted sweet corn. Chicos last a long time, but when soaked and boiled, they taste almost like fresh corn. Many recipes also contain piñon, or pine nuts, the small sweet seeds of the southwestern pine tree, once a staple food in the Pueblo diet.
A Spanish influence can be found in the sweet, anise-flavored cookies sold in New Mexico bakeries. They are prepared much as they were made in the kitchens of seventeenth-century Spain for the Christmas feast.
Some traditional foods of New Mexico that show both a native American and a Spanish heritage include enchiladas (corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, onions, tomatoes, chilies, and sometimes chicken or beef) , pinto beans, black beans, and hot and spicy salsa, an uncooked vegetable sauce.

Take a trip to Massachusetts, however, and not a chili pepper nor a tortilla will you find in a traditional meal. Influenced by the cold climate and the English-speaking people who settled there, the New England kitchen gives off the aromas of soups and stews and of meat popular, because these root vegetables grew well in the region and could be stored all winter long in the days before supermarkets and refrigerators. English –style puddings and pies are the traditional desserts, rather than the fresh fruit one often gets in the Southwest.
Whereas beef and chicken appear in many New Mexican recipes, in Massachusetts fish is very popular because of the nearby seacoast. New England is famous for its clam chowder, lobster, cod, scallops, and fish cakes. English herbs and spices are the seasonings used in New England dishes, which might taste rather bland to people accustomed to hot and spicy New Mexican food.

Each region of the United States is unique. Louisiana has a French influence. Many Germans populate the Midwest. In traveling around America, a tourist has the opportunity not only to visit a variety of places and see diverse landscapes, but to taste a variety of foods as well. Some may be very different. Others will taste just like home.


Words Parts of speech Meaning Meaning
Variety Noun ความหลากหลาย Various
Praised Noun การสรรเสริญ ยกย่อง ชื่นชม To express approval of : commend
Celebrated Descriptive Adjective ที่มีชื่อเสียง Widely known and often referred
Sausages Noun ไส้กรอก Minced and highly seasoned meat usu. Enclosed in a tubular casing
Unique Distributive adjective ไม่เหมือนใคร Sole
Immigrant Noun ผู้อพยพ A person who immigrates
Amazing Descriptive adjective น่าประหลาดใจ To fill with wonder
Clam chowder None ปลาหรือหอยต้มกับหมูและผัก -

Chile con came Noun เป็นอาหารที่มีรสจัดทำด้วยเนื้อ ถั่ว และพริก -Influenced Transitive verbs อิทธิพล Sway
Cultures Noun วัฒนธรรม The act of developing by education and training
Climates Noun ภูมิอากาศ The prevailing set of conditions
Traditional Noun ประเพณี An inherited
Totally Quantitative adjective ทั้งหมด To achieve a desired effect
Unlike Distributive adjective ไม่เหมือน Not like

Appreciate Transitive verbs รู้คุณค่า, ชมเชย To value justly
Region Noun ภาคใด, ภาคหนึ่ง Direction
Villages Noun หมู่บ้าน, ชุมชน, นิคม An incorporated minor municipality
Crops Noun พืชผล The yield at harvest
Pumpkins Noun พืชจำพวกฟักทอง The large usu : this vine
Squash Noun พืชตระกูลน้ำเต้า As vegetables : a plant and esp.
Settlers Noun ผู้อาศัยต่างถิ่น To become clear by depositing sediment
Exchanged Noun แลกเปลี่ยน Trade
Passed Transitive verbs ตกทอด, ถ่ายทอด Move, Proceed
Customs Noun ประเพณี Habitual course of action
Descendants Noun ลูกหลาน One deriving directly from a precursor
Intermingling Intransitive verbs ผสมผสานกัน To mingle or mix together
Evident Descriptive adjective เห็นได้ชัด In an evident manner
Meals Noun อาหาร An act or the time of eating a portion of fogl
Tortillas Noun อาหารแม็กซิกัน Around thin cake of unleavened cornmeal or wheat flour bread
Blended Noun ผสมผสาน, ประกอบ To mix thoroughly
Mixed Descriptive adjective ผสมกัน Combining features of more than one kind
Vegetable Noun ผัก Plant
Especiall Demonstrative adjective โดยเฉพาะ Special
Pepper Noun พริกไทย Either of two pungent condiment from the berry
Surprising Descriptive adjective น่าประหลาดใจ Amaze
Chips Noun มันฝรั่งทอดแผ่นบาง ๆ A thin crisp morsel of food
Sun-dried - ตากแดด Various small articles or items
Grains Noun เมล็ดข้าว A seed or fruit of a cereal grass
Roasted Transitive verbs ย่าง, อบ To cook by exposure todry heat or an open flame
Soaked Transitive verbs แช่, หมัก Wet, saturate
Boiled Transitive verbs ต้ม To heat or become heated to a temperature
Recipes Noun ตำรับ, สูตร, วิธีปรุงอาหาร Formula
Contain Transitive verbs บรรจุ Load
Pine nuts Noun เมล็ดสน -
Staple Descriptive adjective สำคัญ, หลัก Principal
Anise-flavored Noun พืชจำพวกผักชี-ยี่หร่า -
Prepared Descriptive adjective เตรียมการปรุง To make or get ready
Heritage Noun มรดก Legacy
Include Transitive verbs ประกอบด้วย Feature
Enchiladas Noun ขนมปังกลมยัดเนื้อของแม็กซิกันใช้กินกับเนยและซอสพริก-
Stuffed Verbs ยัดไส้ To fill with a soft material
Onions Noun หอมหัวใหญ่ Shallot
Tomatoes Noun มะเขือเทศ A usu. Large, rounded, and red
Cheese Noun เนยแข็ง The curd of milk usu.
Chilies Noun พริก A thick sauce of meat and chilies
Uncooked Descriptive adjective ยังไม่สุก, ดิบ Unripe
Aromas Noun กลิ่นหอม Fragrance
Stews Transitive verbs เคี่ยว, ตุ๋น Simmer
Turnips Noun หัวผักกาด The root of a turnip white root
Root Noun ราก The essential core
Refrigerator Noun ตู้เย็น To make cool
Desserts Noun ของหวาน, ขนมหวาน Sweet
Rather Distributive adjective ค่อนข้างจะ More correctly speaking

Appear Transitive verbs ดูเหมือนจะ To become evident
Recipes Noun วิธีปรุงอาหาร, ยา Formula
Nearby Demonstrative adjective ใกล้ Close at hand
Seacoast Noun ฝั่งทะเล Seashore
Clam Noun หอยกาบ Any of numerous bivalve mollusks including many that are edible
Chowder Noun ปลา ; หอย Fish
Lobster Noun กุ้งลอปเตอร์ Any of a family of edible marine crustaceans with two large pin cerlike claws and four other pains of legs
Cod Noun ปลาทะเล Fish
Scallops Noun หอยแครง Any of numerous marine bivalve mollusks with radially ridged shells
Fish cakes Noun ปลาสับผสมมันฝรั่ง (ลูกชิ้น) Fish ball
Seasonings Noun เครื่องปรุง Condiment
Dishes Noun อาหาร Food

Bland Descriptive adjective จืด Flavorless

Accustomed Transitive verbs ทำให้คุ้นเคย, ทำให้เคยชิน Be familiar
Spicy Descriptive adjective เผ็ดร้อน Be hot
Populate Transitive verbs อาศัยอยู่, ตั้งถิ่นฐานใน Settle down
Traveling Intransitive verbs ท่องเที่ยว Tour
Opportunity Noun โอกาสที่ดี Auspicious
Diverse Quantitative adjective หลากหลาย Various
Landscapes Noun ภูมิประเทศ Topography
Country Descriptive ชีวิตชนบท Rural
Examples Noun ตัวอย่าง Sample
Different Descriptive adjective แตกต่าง Distinct

History Noun ประวัติศาสตร์ An established record
Arrived Intransitive verbs เกิด, กำเนิด Originate
Bread Noun ขนมปัง Baked food made basically of flour or meal
Century Noun 100 ดอลล่าร์ A subdivision of a Roman legion
Famous Descriptive adjective มีชื่อเสียง Fame
Pasta Noun อาหารอย่างหนึ่งของอิตาลี -
Quite Quantitative adjective ทั้งหมด Absolutely
Mostly Quantitative adjective ส่วนมาก Mainly
Vast Quantitative adjective ใหญ่โต, กว้างใหญ่ Width
Another Distributive pronoun อีกอันที่แตกต่างกัน Some other
State Noun สภาพ Mode or condition of being
Understand Transitive verbs เข้าใจ Comprehend
Once Quantitative adjective ครั้งหนึ่ง (ในอดีต) half

Topic
A variety of American foods.

Main Idea
The French are famous for their sauces, the Italians are praised for their pasta and the Germans are celebrated for their sausages, but is there anything unique to eat in the United States? When you get right down to it, there’s nothing quit as un-American as American food. Because the United States is made up mostly of immigrants, there is an amazing variety of foods, from clam chowder in Boston to chile con carne in Houston. The United States is a vast country influenced by many cultures and climates, and the traditional food of one area is often totally unlike that of another. New Mexico and Massachusetts are good examples of states that have very different traditional foods.


Context clues
1. Germans are celebrated for their sausages, but is there anything unique to eat in the United States?
2. Chicos last a long time, but when soaked and boiled, they taste almost like fresh corn.
3. Many recipes also contain piñon, or pine nuts, the small sweet seeds of the southwestern pine tree, once a staple food in the Pueblo diet.
4. Some traditional foods of New Mexico that show both a native American and a Spanish heritage include enchiladas (corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, onions, tomatoes, chilies, and sometimes chicken or beef) , pinto beans, black beans, and hot and spicy salsa, an uncooked vegetable sauce.
5. In traveling around America, a tourist has the opportunity not only to visit a variety of places and see diverse landscapes, but to taste a variety of foods as well.


Compound sentences.
1. Because the United States is made up mostly of immigrants, there is an amazing variety of foods, from clam chowder in Boston to chile con carne in Houston.
2. To understand and appreciate the food in any one region it often helps to know the area’s history.
3. . Chicos last a long time, but when soaked and boiled, they taste almost like fresh corn.

Complex sentences.
1. when soaked and boiled, they taste almost like fresh corn.
2. who settled there, the New England kitchen gives off the aromas of soups and stews and of meat popular, because these root vegetables grew well in the region and could be stored all winter long in the days before supermarkets and refrigerators.

Pattern of text Organization.
Time order
To understand and appreciate the food in any one region it often helps to know the area’s history. For example, New Mexico was once the home of the Pueblo Indians, who lived in villages and grew native crops such as corn, beans, pumpkins, and squash Later, Spanish settlers arrived in this area. These two groups exchanged ideas and customs and passed these customs on to their descendants. The intermingling of cultures is evident in the food of New Mexico.






Summary.
Each region of the United States is unique. Louisiana has a French influence. Many Germans populate the Midwest. In traveling around America, a tourist has the opportunity not only to visit a variety of places and see diverse landscapes, but to taste a variety of foods as well. Some may be very different. Others will taste just like home.





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