Add a Little Japan, Korea and China With a Dash of Buddhism

1. Add a Little Japan, Korea and China With a Dash of Buddhism By: Kelcee Lyford Nick Annie Nguyen

2. Table Setting • Dark red base color to show stability and calmness • Tan/Gold to bring out the red and calm it down • Bamboo baskets to hold some of the food • Candles to convey a formal evening meal • Usually they use square plates

4. First, A Look Into The Culture A unique restaurant in Japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTinSeKsacQ

5. Japan

6. Food Staples • Rice • Vegetables • Fish • Miso Soup • Tsukemono Pickles • Noodles • Tofu

7. Geography • Japan is the second-largest agricultural product importer in the world behind the United States • The hills in Japan are perfect for rice fields • Commercial fertilizers, insecticides, hybrid seeds, and machinery, have been used so effectively harvest

8. Dinner In a Japanese Household • Bite sized pieces that are easiest to cook and to eat • Chopsticks, never forks • Stir-Fry, vegetables, meats and rice • Rice is always separated from meat • A low table, cushions on the floor, the head of the house sits in a seat farthest away from the door • Emphasis on the artistic presentation of fresh and seasonal ingredients

9. Obtaining Food • Supermarkets • Fresh markets that not only sell the food they sometimes cook it • Kill the fish and animals at the time of the purchase • A majority of the time the food that is prepared at night was bought earlier that day

11. Taboos • Do not pass food from chopstick to chopstickwith another person • It’s okay to slurp soup or ramen • Do not put soy sauce directly on food, put it in a small dishbeside your main plate • Some drink their own urine to help with diabetes and asthma

12. Fasting • Some people in the Japanese culture believe that fasting will help diseases

13. Religion and Japan • Buddhism and Shinto • Some believe that they should not eat animals from the water or fowls

14. Recipe Crunchy Sesame Candy Ingredients 1 cup sesame seeds (about 6 ounces) 3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar 3 tablespoons honey Instructions Generously coat two large sheets of waxed paper with cooking spray. In a medium skillet, toast the sesame seeds over medium-low heat, stirring often, until they're fragrant and golden, 5 to 7 minutes. In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar and honey. Cook over low heat, stirring often, until the sugar is melted and the mixture is thick, about 5 minutes (because melted sugar can get quite hot, this is a step best left to parents). Add the sesame seeds to the sugar and stir well with a wooden spoon.

15. Place one sheet of the waxed paper on a work surface, greased-side up. Scrape the mixture onto the paper and top it with the remaining sheet of waxed paper, greased-side down. Using a rolling pin, roll the mixture into a square about 1/4 inch thick (a great job for kids). Remove the top sheet of paper and cut the candy into 1-inch squares with a sharp knife. Let the candy cool completely. Break apart the pieces and store them in an airtight container at room temperature until you're ready to package them. Makes about twenty-four 1-inch squares.

16. CHINA

17. Traditional Chinese Dance • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_4VpF5Z7xY&feature=fvwrel

18. Introduction to the Culture • More than 4,000 years old • China means Middle kingdom or Center of the world • Capitol- Beijing

19. China’s Landscape • Dominated by Valley’s of two great rivers • The Huang (Yellow) (south) • Agriculturally very fertile • Area is cold and sometimes suffers from sever winters resulting in short growing seasons (4-6 months) • The Chang Jiang(Yangtze)(north) • Starts in Tibet and empties into the China Sea by Shanghai • Warmer, wetter, and generally has a longer growing season (6-9 months)

21. More facts • China is estimated to have over 1 billion people • More than four times the population as the United states • Chinese language is equally diverse • Many dialects • Based on what region you’re located in

22. Religion • Ancient faith of china was a mixture of ancestor worship and respect for the forces of nature and heavenly bodies. • Supreme powers • Tien (heaven) • Shang Ti (the supreme power) • One gained favor with the spirits by the correct performance of ceremonies • These beliefs and practices were later incorporated into subsequent Chinese religions

23. Confucianism • Gave order to Chinese societies by defining the ways people should live and work with each other • Children obey parents • Parents take care of the Children • Tolerance in the elder • Humility in the younger • Proper behavior by the husband • Submissive behavior by the wife • Respect for elders • Compassion in adults • Allegiance to rulers • Benevolence by leaders • Treat others as you would like to be treated • Exercise self-restraint

24. Taoism& Buddhism • Simple life • Communion with nature • Avoidance of extremes

25. Traditional Food Habits • Chinese eat a variety of foods and avoid very few • Developed due to famine by too much or too little rainfall • Reflects The Han people • Largest ethnic group • Beijing has a large Muslim population • Lamb, baby goat, horse, and donkey • NO PORK • Foreigners introduced- not indigenous • Tomatoes • Potatoes • Chili peppers

26. Staples • Few dairy products • RICE • Polished white long-grain • Porridge called “congee” Breakfast or late night snack with meat or fish added for flavor • Served to the ill “American chicken noodle soup” • Wheat • More common in north • Made into noodles/dumplings/ pancakes/ steamed bread/ Egg roll/ wonton wrappers • Meat • Meat/ seafood/ poultry

27. Staples…Continued • Soybeans • “poor man’s cow” • soy sauce- salt • soy milk • bean curd/ tofu • black beans • hoisin sauce-Cantonese • oyster sauce- Cantonese • Vegetables • Extensive use • Asparagus • Broccoli • Cabbage • Cauliflower • Eggplant • Green beans • Mushrooms • Onions • Peas • Potatoes • Radishes • Squash • Chinese varieties differ(favored) • Leafy bokchoy, wrinkled napa cabbage/ winter melon/ shitake/ straw mushrooms/ bamboo shoots/ water chestnuts/ pea pod(sweet peas)

28. More Staples • Fruit • Slightly unripe/ salted • Jujubes • Persimmons • Pomegranates • Tangerines • Fruits typically preserved in syrups • Yellow-orange loquats, longans, litchi • Traditionally food is cooked in lard if affordable • Sugar not common until recently where desserts were made from a bean paste • Hot soup or tea is the beverage that usually accompanies a meal • TEA • Black, oolong, green • Alcohol • Made from grains or fruit like plums

29. Cooking methods • Most Chinese food is cooked/ rarely raw except for fruit • Cooked food may be eaten cold • Cooking methods-(limited fuel available) • Stir frying • Steaming • Deep fat frying • Simmering • Roasting

30. Regional Variations • Northern • Shandong • Peking duck, mu shu pork • Honan • Sweet and sour freshwater fish • Mongolian • Hot pot • Food eaten first, broth consumed later as a beverage • Southern • Szechwan • chilis, garlic, Szechwan pepper • Yunnan • Use of dairy products • Cantonese • Stir fry, most common to American fare • Dim sum • Tea • Pork is a preferred meat in the South

32. Meal Composition • Daily Pattern • 3 meals a day, numerous snacks • breakfast-congee • lunch- lighter version of dinner • Composition of a meal governed by specific rules- • Yin and yang foods • Plus proper fan and ts’ai foods • Fan-grains • Ts’ai- cooked meats

33. Etiquette • Traditional eating utensil-chopsticks and a porcelain spoon • Porcelain serve ware • Everybody at the table takes the same amount of ts’ai • Younger diners wait to eat until elders have started • Rude to reject food • Rude to eat with bowl resting on table- raised to mouth instead • Rude to pick at food and to lick chopsticks • Laying chopsticks across bowl and dropping chopsticks is considered bad luck • Improper to stick chopsticks straight up into a rice bowl, symbolizes an offering to the dead

34. Chinese New Year • January- February • Settle old debts • Honor ancestors • Honor parents • Honor elders • On the 23rd of the last lunar month of the year • Kitchen god- reports to jade emperor • No knives on the first day- may cut luck” • Tangerine, fish, chicken, chestnuts, and tofu traditional served • Friends and relative visit and exchange during the first 10 days, Feast of the Lanterns marks the end of the new year on the 15th day • Dragon dance with firecracker to scare away bad spirits

35. Therapeutic Uses Of Food • Eat yin and yang to make sure body is nourished correctly • Hot foods-caloric • Cold food- low cal • Staples- rice and noodles • Pu or bo- strengthening food • Some Taboo’s come into play • Deer antlers • Rhinoceros horns • Pulverized seahorse

36. Recipe 1- Pork and tofu Stir Fry • http://www.food.com/recipe/pork-and-tofu-stir-fry-185953

37. Recipe 2- Traditional Egg Rolls • http://allrecipes.com/recipe/authentic-chinese-egg-rolls-from-a-chinese-person/

38. Recipe 3- Cantonese Roasted/BBQ/ Peking Duck • http://chinesefood.about.com/od/poultry/r/crispyroastduck.htm