Second Week Preview

Thailand

LINK TO MAP OF THAILAND
http://www.worldofmaps.net/en/asia/map-thailand/online-political-map-thailand.htm

Sah-wah-dee khrap . (Good Luck). Thai food is one of our absolute family favorites. Its taste can be amazing and its appearance can be so beautiful that you hate to eat it. Thai food likes to balance the five following sensations in each dish or meal; spicy, sour, sweet, salty, and sometimes bitter. But, there is no really traditional Thai breakfast. A Thai breakfast can be anything from chok, a recipe similar congee or jook, to the same recipes that are often cooked for Thai lunch or dinner. As in Japan, and Ancient Rome, people in Thailand like to eat dinner's leftovers for breakfast. Tea is a big deal in Thailand, but they also drink coffee. They sometime drink both iced.

Breakfast – Iced Green Tea, Khao Tom (Thai Rice Soup with Pork, Chicken, or Shrimp)
Lunch – Iced Green Tea,
Tom Yam (Thai Hot and Sour Soup with Chicken)
Dinner – Iced Green Tea, Chicken Pad Thai (Most Imported Thai Noodle Dish) and Pineapple, Mangoes, and Papayas

Ancient Greece

LINK TO MAP OF GREECE
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/maps/ig/Ancient-World--Maps/Greece-500-479-B-C-.-_QU.htm

Yeia sas. (Health to You). Ancient Greeks devoted volumes of writings to food; philosophy writings about food and entertainment writings that included food. Greek cooks were celebrities. Everyone waited, with great anticipation, to taste their latest new recipes. During the age of Homer they ate lots of meat but when their economy could no longer endure that, they voluntarily chose a lifestyle of eating broth-flavored sauces, soups, and stews instead. When bread replaced meat as the largest portion on the plate, they sometimes even made the plates out of bread (pizza).

Breakfast – Grape Juice, Bread and White Sauce, Olives, Figs, and Feta Cheese
Lunch – Grape Juice, Moussaka (Eggplant baked in hamburger sauce, and thin white sauce)
Mid-afternoon Snack – Feta Cheese Pie
Dinner – Grape Juice, Imitation Blackened Fish and Chilled Artichokes

Ancient Israel
Shalom. (A Deep Comprehensive Peace and Well Being). Even though the Israelites spent a lot of time in Egypt, by 30 AD or CE, their diet was more similar to the Greek diet than the Egyptian diet; based on bread, wine, and olive oil. Meat was only eaten during special holidays. So most of the time they were basically pescatarian vegetarians. Pescatarian are vegetarians who eat dairy products, eggs, and fish. Their diet was unique to their region because there were several foods that the Greeks and Egyptians ate, that the Israelites didn't eat due to their religious obligations. Many of these religious obligations are still kept by some modern Jews today.

Farm Worker's Breakfast: Grape Juice, Bread, Cheese, and Olive Oil
Everybody's Lunch: Grape Juice or Water, Bread, Fish, Roasted Grain, Olives, Figs and Raisins
Everybody's Dinner: Yogurt Drink or Kefir, Honey, Bread, and Lentil Soup

Mali, Africa

LINK TO MAP OF MALI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ml-map.png

Bon Jour. (Good Day). The people of Mali have a very healthy diet of which they are very proud. Due to its high fruit and vegetable content, and millet, their staple gain, their diet has allowed them to avoid many of the modern-day plagues of the industrialized world, such as heart disease. Tea is a big deal in Mali.

Modern Farmer's Breakfast – Water and Millet Porridge or Kini (Rice)
Modern Farmer's Lunch and/or Dinner – Water and Couscous or Kini (Rice) with Peanut or Tomato Sauce
Rich Person's Breakfast – Lemongrass Tea and Egg Sandwich
Rich Person's Lunch -- Lemongrass Tea and Thiebu Djen (Stewed Whitefish) or Couscous de Timbuktu
Rich Person's Dinner – Lemongrass Tea and Vassa au Poulet, (Stuffed Chicken) and Meni-Meniyong, (Sesame Honey Sweet)

Medieval Europe

LINK OF MEDIEVAL MAP OF EUROPE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Late_Medieval_Trade_Routes.jpg

Goad Day. (Good Day in Medieval English). O the medieval era; kings, lords, castles, manors, villages, and serfs, sword fighting; jousting, and chivalry. But, what did they eat in those castles?

King's or Prince's Breakfast – Prince Bisket (Bread) and Buttered Beere (Buttered Ginger Ale)
Lunch – Spiced Grape Juice (Hypocras, Mulled Wine, or Spiced Wine), Bread (White Bread), Stuffed Pork (Imitation Stuffed Piglet), and Almond Cakes (aka Honey Cakes)
Dinner – Ale, Bread, Stewed Chicken, and Cheese
Bedtime Snack -- Bread Pudding (aka Italian Bread)

The Scandinavian Peninsula

LINK TO MAP OF SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scandinavia.jpg

God Kvall. (Good Day). The Scandinavian Peninsula (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands) was once the land of the Vikings. Some modern day Scandinavian foods are the very same recipes that were eaten by the Vikings; especially in Iceland. Their climate is very cold, so change comes very slowly. Scandinavians are still eat Viking recipes like whale and shark steaks (both probably not sold at Walmart). Whale and shark steaks are probably not that difficult to grill, but they are very difficult to buy.

Viking drinks were mainly barley ale and fruit cider. For these meals I've used ginger ale in place of ale, and apple cider is easy to buy. So, here are some easy food recipes from Norway.

Breakfast – Orange Juice, Muesli, and Yogurt
Lunch – Ginger Ale (Ale) and Imitation Gravlax
Dinner – Apple Cider and Pea Soup

USA – Fictional Futuristic Post-Apocalyptic Grand Canyon Area

LINK OF MAP TO USA
http://www.pdclipart.org/displayimage.php?album=70&pos=2

Hello. These are recipes from a video game where cooking food is a part of the game.
Post-apocalyptic fiction is a form of fiction where the author imagines what life would be like after a super-catastrophic war, plague, or environmental disaster; espeically after a catastrophic nuclear war.

Currently, the USA is the home of the largest publicly held company in the world, JP Morgan Chase (Ban), as well as the number 3, 4, largest such companies, General Electric (Electricity Provider), and Exxon Mobile (Gasoline Provider). It has the 2nd highest number of patent holding inventors, Japan being the 1st. It is home to the 7th, 10th, and 17th tallest buildings in the world; The Willis Tower at 1,451 feet (formerly the Sears Tower), the Trump International Hotel Tower, at 1,389 feet and the Empire State Building, at 1,250 feet; and home to the 13th, 14th, and 15th largest malls in the world; The Mall of America, South Coast Plaza, and Millcreek Mall. But, in a post-apocalyptic fictional story, the author imagines that all accomplishments have been reduced to rubble by some overpowering calamity. Fans of this kind of fiction, like to imagine the challenges that might occur if the worst possible things happened, and someone actually survived. There are at least 135 versions of video games set in a post-apocalyptic senario. So let us try to imagine trying to eat in a world where all that is left, in the whole world, is one corporation located near the Grand Canyon Arizona/Nevada USA, and most things are in shambles.

Breakfast – Drinkable Yogurt or Kefir, Fried Cola (Post-Apocalyptic Style), and Scrambled Eggs
Lunch – Water, Hard Tack and Dried Veggie Trail Mix
Dinner – Local Wild Tea and Grilled Goat Bobs with Onions, Green Bell Peppers, Red Bell Peppers, and Shiitake Mushrooms




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