1976_04 The Daily Collegian April 1976

              4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN      Thursday, April 29, 1976
The food of the world
I
Photos by Joe Laspina
...en route, monsieur
Staff Reporter
o meat, vegetables and spices
blended in unfamiliar
s  a culinary tou
of the world through
strange, tasty dl
sties from a
11 over the globe.
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. Inside. It hasafu
lly-equlpped, spotless
udents prepare unusual dishes as tixamples of the
varied, cultural
s In the world.
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and onions.  Nex
add the potatoes and
dietetics n
Put the eggplant In the
bottom of the d
sh and put
he meat over It an
d bake It until It looks
He tilted a dish of Greek
Moussaka toward
the students who were
listening. "Like
The colorful
lend of me
at and vegetables
looked like something
Students sample foods of many cultures as a final
According to Instructor Ratana Newsome, the object ofthe class Is
to increase awareness of other cultures and to knock down cultural
prejudices by becoming more familiar with others through their
food. She said she thinks everyone should take the class.
"It wtll stop wars," she explained, laughing.
The course ls one of seven requirements for students who are.
nutrition and dietetics majors. Both federal and state organizations
under the American Dietetic Association require students to take
such a course, explained Karen Gilliam, a senior In dietetics.
•It's to prepare them (the students) to deal with people of different
nationalities in a therapeutic situation," she said.
She added that with the knowledge they obtain, students will know
"how we can utilize the different diet patterns.*
Newsome said diet ls directly related to a culture's geographic and
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Global gastronomies at CSUF
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climatic environment and availability of food's.     -
■Breakfast In England Is really a substantial meal," said another
student as she made an oral presentation about thedlsh and con-'
tributed some facts about the particular diet pattern which spawned
the food. "The tradition for breakfast that started In the 15th century
is still prevalent today."
The class Is divided Into five groups which take turns cooking
jt a lab each week, while the remaining students study or make
notes from the proceeding lecture. 4"
So far, the class has studied vegetarianism, religious and festive
h foods. They have also tried dishes from Europe,
, China and otherj:ountrles. Some of the students said that
ilthough they do not have trouble with their weight they couldn't help
i*l ng affected by the parade of gastronomlcal delights.
•Next year I'm going to be a vegetarian," said Bob Bonanno, a
nutrition senior who Is also one of two men In the class. He said
he saw a challenge In meeting his nutritional requirements through a
strict, meatless diet. But first, he has to move from the dorms.
Gilliam  likes salted codfish  and  vegetables, and dietetics Junior
:l likes fried squid, something she said she would
Thursday, April 29, 1976     THE DAILY COUEGIAN-5
CU Program *
posts still open
it try on her own.
1 squid really turned rr
taste the kind!
" answered sheree Tellema,
if foods we've never tasted before,* said
Thai graduate student I.aoo Teswanltch. She plans to teach basic
ui;h school nutrition courses when she returns to Thailand, and
*ill prohahly take some American dishes with her.
While part of the lab group made their presentation, the others
^1 a ionE table with a white tablecloth. As each finished talking
about his particular dish lt was placed on the table. Plastic sllver-
xjrr, paper plates and cups were set out.
A girl held up a deep dish with crepe suzettes In orange butter
sauce. As she talked, other group members closed the drapes and
switched  off the lights. She carefully poured brandy Into the dish.
"I've never done this before, I'll tell you," she sald'as she put a
:u:iued taper to the crepes. Light blue flames leaped from the plate.
Santa Rosa High wins FFA
award in CSUF judging
Santa Rosa High School took
home the sweepstakes honors
rrom the 28th annual Future
larmers of America Field Day
held here Saturday.
The event attracted more than
J.000 FFA aiembers from 115
California high schools. The
!i<*ld day was sponsored by the
^rhool of Agricultural Sciences
and   Security    Pacific National
Santa Rosa Judging teams
placed first In the agricultural
mechanics, entomology and forestry events, second In fruit
irees and fourth in the meats and
iairy cattle contests. Hanford and
Santa Maria High Schools were
serond  and third In the sweep-
llughson High School became
'he state champions In grapevine
nidging at the field day. Julie
Hemming*" of Thomas Downey
liifh School at Modesto was the
ir In the co
Campus
calendar
high Individuals
petition.
Hanford High School won the
dairy cattle and farm power and
machinery contests, and Santa
Maria was first In dairy pro-''
ducts, poultry and vegetable
crops Judging.
Other contests and the winning
teams were agronomy, Woodland
Senior High School; farm records, Elk Grove; fruit trees,
Fowler; land, Madera; light
horse, Arroyo Grande; livestock,
Taft High School In Woodland
Hills; meats, Nevada Union; and
ornamental horticulture, Washington   Occupational   Center  In
Speech to honor
Vietnam peace
The Fresno Chapter of the
Friends of Indochina organizing
Committee, In cooperation with
the CSUF Activities Program,
will sponsor a program to commemorate the nrst anniversary
of the end of the Vietnam War.
Tonight at  7  p.m. in the In-
p.m.—Simulating laboratory
pment on the computer will
iscussed by Dr. David Zeller
ie College Union, room 312.
Arts Building, n
s, "Dlen Blen Phu* and
'Only.the   Beginning," will be
.two
3:30 p.m.-Cindy Poulos and
r. Herb peckham will elaborate
"Mini vs. Maxt—which is best
r computer assisted lnforma-
bi?" In the College Union, room
1
in the Women's Gym, room 134.
H;15p.m.-Eurlpldes' tragedy
"The Ba'cchae" will open In the
lotto Wright Theatre. Admission-
11 50 cents with activity card,
Si.50 for high school students
and $2.50 general admission.
FRIDAY
10 a.m. - Chris Wellens will
,s'l< on programming for non-
programmers.
servatlons concerning Indochina.
Lowell Finley, a teacher at
UC Santa Cruz and a free lance
Journalist, will offer his eyewitness account of the current
situation In the countries of Vlet-
The other speaker ls a representative of the Association of
> patriots in the United
■ Fresno's program will be 01
of the anniversary of the end of
Newsome said that the average lab costs about »25 tor food, although some cost more and those without meat generally cost less.
There is no lab fee because, said Newsome, the department budgets
As the last speaker finished and put the dish on the table, the
students began to pick up plates and silverware. Circling the table,
they took a taste from each dish. Newsome said everyone ls supposed
to try everything. It appears that everyone did, even though the dish
might be lox (salmon), a    dish Bedonskl thought tasted "raw, like
Applications will be available
until 4 p.m. Friday to students
'wishing to. serve on the College
Union' Program Committee. Applications can be picked up in the
program office, room 317 of the
College Union.
extended to give current mem-
ben of the program committee
Ume to dgn up. At first, members believed n       '
id quietly, Intent on their creations. Those at the
The students work
tables also worked li
For the last lab, the students will prepare their favorite dish from
their ethnic backgrounds. They will also contribute one recipe tc
a cookbook which Is printed and sold to tbe*Btudents for the cost ol
Its production. Most of the students said they were glad they took
the course and were surprised at what they had learned.
They learned plum pudding does not have any plums, borscht
is a Russian beet soup, the English served trench, a meal on an open-
faced sandwich because they did not have any plates, and scones
are an especially rich biscuit.
One student said during his demonstration that Americans generally go by the looks of a dish.
"Well," he said, "It doesn't look too good, but lt tastes fantastic*
on next year's committee. Wben
committee members found out
otherwise,   the deadline had
pus community.
Alpha discordance
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will
hold a disco-dance Saturday, May
1, In the Staff West cafeteria. It
will begin at 9 p.m
1«>1.	
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