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Soul Food - correct answer Traditional food of the African American ethnic
group.
Origins in the deep south
Pork - correct answer •seasoned with peppers & vinegar
•smoked and/or salted
Garden Crops - correct answer •the enslaved were often provided garden
spaces
•grew their own foods
•reduced their captor's cost of feeding them
Okra - correct answer •likely from Ethiopia
•boiled, stews, thickening agent
•deep fried
Black eyed peas - correct answer •used as food on slave ships
•planted as food source
•high in protein & minerals
•hulls and vines for animal feed
Rice - correct answer •staple in many African dishes
•African variety brought to Americas
,•used in many dishes
Collard Greens - correct answer did not originate in Africa
pork fat, seasonings, other vegetables
•slow-cooked
•called it "pot likker"
•also used for "sopping" cornbread
Aunt Jemima - correct answer •Chris Rutt & Charles Underwood
•Pearl Milling Company - 1888
•pre-packaged pancake flour
Nancy Green on the cover
former slave from kentucky
Cream of Wheat - correct answer •Logo created by Emery Mapes, 1893
•"happy black man" named "Rastus"
•Rastus - stereotypically happy black man
Uncle Ben's - correct answer •Frank Harwell - rice supplier
•suggested "Uncle Ben's"
•presumably named for a rice farmer
•"Uncle" was used by whites to address older black men
Mrs. Butterworth's - correct answer •Created in 1961 by Unilever
•matronly figure w/ apron
•Company says intended to "evoke the image of a loving grandmother"
, •customer complaints of allusion to a stereotypical "black mammy"
•Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen
Frito corn chips - correct answer •Charles E. (C.E.) Doolin
•1967, changed to the "Frito Bandito"
•stereotypical Mexican revolutionary
sombrero, handlebar mustache
Eskimo Pie - correct answer •Founded in 1921/1922
•Christian Kent Nelson
•candy store owner, Onawa, IA
•inspired by young boy's indecision
coated bricks of ice cream with melted chocolate
•"Eskimo" refers to Inuit and Yupik people (native Alaskans)
•derogatory term - means "eater of raw meat"
Pig - correct answer less than 120 pounds
Iowa - correct answer The top pig producing state in the US
•Beef consumption (lbs/capita) - correct answer •Uruguay - 124.2
•Argentina - 120.2
•Hong Kong - 114.3
United States - 79.3
•Pork consumption (lbs/ capita) - correct answer •Denmark - 142.6