Food Science Midterm

Saint known for living off of eucharist only and shedding parts of her body

St Lidwina

women fasted for…

control over their bodies and environment

Gastronationalism

using food to show pride in your nation both by protecting traditional foods and selling them as a part of national identity

gastronationalism has…

political, economic, and social ties

3 examples for national identity food controversies

foie gras, feta, casu marzu

mcdonalidization

companies putting profitability over all else

ritzer argues that… (mcdonalidization)

main driving forces of globilization are material factors and economic profitability

glocalization (mcdonaldization)

product is distributed globally but is adjusted to accommodate the user or consumer of a local market

rationalization (mcdonaldization)

traditional modes replaced by concerns of efficiency and social control

4 bullet points of mcdonaldization

efficiency, predictability, quantity over quality, control

what is predictability

sameness, certainty, security, standardization

what is control in relation to mcdonaldization

control over employees/customers - rules, cameras, etc

man machines: human becomes machine like for efficency

what is the mclibel case

mcdonalds lost case in regards to exploiting children for advertisement, false advertising, , animal cruelty, low worker wages

examples of mcdonaldization pushback

mclibel case, disposable culture/waste

sugar bulletpoints

medicine/spice, beet roots & less dependence on imported sugar cane, boosted economy, slave labor, cube more convenient

potato example

from Peru, used widely today, potato pancakes, ireland

sugar example

papa new guinea, expanded in Europe because of plantations

corn example

animal feed in mesoamerica, became used for humans in europe

3 inventions that perpetuated expansion of food

printing press, compass, gun powder

how did the printing press expand food

wide publication of cookbooks

how did the compass expand food

oversea travel and discovery of new worlds

how did gunpowder expand food

conquering worlds, birth of distinctive national cuisines and national identies

bullet points of chocolate and beer

martin franc, patriotism, nationalism in names of items, association with nationalism after wwI -sought to built unity and pride through cultural products