Eating,+Food,+and+Diet+(Monique)

Eating, Food, and Diet (Monique)

 * DIET-[[image:http://images.kulinerkita.multiply.com/image/2/photos/upload/300x300/SlxOSgoKCBwAAA4tYfE1/Tips-Membuat-Kaldu.JPG?et=Av6h2GLnZeVLxREHyR2bXA&nmid=266699713 width="179" height="176"]]KALDOU **

=== Women that live in Senegal learn to cook and present food at a young age. All the different ethnic groups in Senegal have their own traditional dishes. People that live in Senegal see size as wealth. If you are a decent waist size you are considered wealthy because it means you are well fed, and probably you are fed often. Meals in Senegal usually have one main dish of rice, millet, or corn, covered with a sauce made from vegetables, meat (if you happen to be Muslim the meat would not be pork), poultry, fish, beans, or milk and sugar. Your dessert would be made of fruit and/or yougurt. A dish eaten often is called //yassa//. Yassa is dish made of rice and chicken covered with a sauce make of sliced onions and different spices. Another popular dish in Senegal is called //thiebou dien//. This dish is made of fish and rice that is generally eaten for lunch. A traditional Wolof dish is //mbaxal-u-Saloum//. This is a sauce made of ground peanuts, dried fish, meat, tomatoes, and various spices served with some rice. Rice tends to be more expensive than other important/popular foods it happens to be reserved typically for lunch. Lunch is the main meal of the day. Instead of rice, millet is more common at other meals besides lunch. === === Senegalise people generally like there food spicy or sweet. For tourists unfortunently there is no happy medium between spicy and sweet. Fish is a very important source of protein for people in Senegal because generally they don't tend to eat a lot of red meat unless they own goats or cattle. ===


 * EATING-[[image:http://eatinz.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/plantain3.gif width="154" height="125"]]Fried Plantains **

=== People of all ages enjoy the same snack all over Senegal. That snack would be //plantains//. Plantains are the most versitile fruit in West Africa. Plantains can be boiled, baked, grilled, fried, or they can even be eaten raw. Plantains are similar to bananas but they are harder, and are a lot more bitter than bananas. Plantains can be taken out of there shell or can even be eaten with the shell still in tact. Plantains arn't the only fruit senegalise people eat. Senegal is also rich in magoes and papaya. There is a dish that was originated in Senegal, it is called //Casamance Fish Stew//, or //Kaldou.// This stew is generally eaten for special occasions. It is made with: red snapper(fish), lemon juice, peanut oil, sliced onions, and habanero pepper. Senegal is a major importer of peanuts and rice, so if you have a meal in Senegal expect it to be cooked in peanut oil and served over rice. Since Senegal was once ruled by France, Senegalise cuisine is extremely influenced with french foods. For example a favorite of children of Senegal is Bagette. === === In Senegal people usually eat breakfast from 6:00 am to 9:00 am. Lunch is eaten from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. And dinner is generally eaten after 8:00 pm. In Senegalise homes men, women and children eat seperately. Women usually cook the meals for the men, and after the men are done eating and the women are done cooking the children and women start eating. === ** FUFU FOOD- **

=== Food happens to be scare in certain parts of West Africa. The people of Senegal have learned to cope with this. Whether they have to eat two meals a day or cook with whatever is around, they will make a way to have a meal. Main meals (or only meals) tend to be served in the late afternoon. It usually consits of a thick stew or soup and a starch. If possible, the soup or stew contains vegetables, maybe some meat, poultry,or fish. The starch would be anything from bread to rice to fufu. Fufu is a common meal/snack in Senegal that tastes and has a consitstency of mashed potatoes or tater-tots (depending on the way it's cooked.) In Senegal the stew and starch are often combined to make a one-pot meal. === === Few people in Senegal have refridgeration available, so most of their food is extremely fresh. Senegalise people often grow up with a fruit and/or vegetable garden in their backyard. They often grow up with a farm of chickens, goats, and cows also (if they're wealthy.) Most West African's live in rural areas which explains why most people have a farm. Farmers in Senegal rely on a relitively dry, dry season and a very wet rainy season. If there is a good rainy season the more their crops flourish. If the rainy season doesn't bring a lot of percipitation, it makes a difficult harvest considering farming provides the money in most Senegalise homes. ===

**BIBLIOGRAPHY-**

=== 1. Harris, Colin. //A Taste of West Africa//. New York: Thomson Learning, 1994. Print. 2. "Republic of Senegal Diet." //CultureGrams World Edition//. Pro Quest, 2010. Web. 9 Mar. 2010. . 3. Montgomery, Bertha Vining, and Constance Nabwire. //Cooking the West African Way//. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2002. Print. ===