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pice up your life
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Story by Beth Focht ~ Photos by Sallie Turner
H amburgers, hot dogs, ap
ple pie and fast food all
define the American way.
Part of a country’s culture and
people are embodied in its foods.
Although foods such as Chi
nese and Italian sometimes seem
commonplace, our American
ized versions of these foods are
much different from what is ac
tually served in those countries.
As part of the celebration of
culture during International
Week, the International Student
Association is hosting an inter
national buffet on Wednesday.
Students will be able to expe
rience first hand the differences
in foods from across the globe.
In Egypt, the food is similar to
the Mediterranean food of
Greece.
The meat is grilled or barbe
cued for most dishes and the di
ets tend to be high in cholesterol.
Tarek Radwan, a junior bio
chemistry major who has lived
in Egypt, said foods found in
Egypt are similar to other Middle
Eastern countries.
“A lot of spices like cumin,
garlic powder and olive oil are
main ingredients in Egyptian
foods,” Radwan said. “A sand
wich type of meal of shawarm
uses all of these spices in the
dish. The sandwich is almost like
a burrito stuffed with sliced beef
and tomato and these spices. ”
Dishes from Guatemala use
beans as the main staple of food.
Fried beans are a regular part of
the Guatemalan diet and are nor
mally eaten with corn tortillas
and different types of meat. A
popular dessert in Guatemala
consists of mashed banana-like
plantains and sweet beans sprin
kled with sugar.
Chinese foods in America are
different than those native to the
country. The types of foods eat
en in China are split according to
the regions of the country.
In the northern areas of Chi
na, the diets consist of flour,
breads, noodles and other dough
products. These main ingredi
ents are commonly made into
soups and stews.
The southern area of China
uses rice in most of the dishes.
This region’s food has a stronger
taste to it than the foods in the
north (due to its seasoning). The
sweet and sour and spicy tastes
can be found in the southern re
gions.
Judy Wen, member of the
China Student Association and a
sophomore business major, said
fried rice is her favorite dish.
“Fried rice is one of the easi
est dishes you can make,” Wen
said. “You can put anything you
want in it it and that is what
makes it so good.”
Many corporations may be
becoming larger, but some of
these traditional dishes are not
changing. Fast food restaurants
are now world wide, but these
establishments are not as relied
upon in other countries for a
quick meal, like they are in the
United State.
Marisa Torres, a sophomore
food science major from
Guatemala, said fast food estab
lishments are in the biggest city
in Guatemala, Guatemala City.
“The majority of the people in
Guatemala City have tasted
french fries or hamburgers,” Tor
res said. “Everywhere else in the
country, most people are not fa
miliar with these types of
meals.”
Junk food, another part of
many American diets, is not typ
ical in other countries.
Wen said in China, junk food
is becoming popular, but there re
ally is not a Chinese version of
junk food.
“China has a lot of snack type
foods,” Wen said. "I guess the
thing that could really be called
Chinese junk food would be
candy coated tomatoes.”
Tatsuki Ohashi, president of
International Student Associa
tion and senior international
studies and history major, said
there will be close to 30 interna
tional clubs participating in the
international buffet.
“This event (buffet) is going to
be very neat with all these cul
tures coming together,” Ohashi
said. “We have this event dur
ing International Week be
cause the International Stu
dent Association wants
students to have a taste of all
the diversity on the Texas
A&M campus.”
Ohashi said everyone in
volved has been working hard to
make the buffet a success.
“The newest numbers released
by the University show that Texas
A&M now has 2,600 students
from 118 countries around the
world,” he said. “This event is
meant to show students the
growing diversity on the cam
pus.”
Dini Sunardi, director of
the international buffet for the
international Student Associa
tion and a junior industrial engi
neering major, said the Interna
tional buffet is a great opportunity
for students to taste different foods
from different countries.
“Food is an important part
of the culture of the individual
country,” Sunardi said. “By
getting the chance to sample
the foods, people will have
the chance to sample the cul
ture. The buffet is also a great
time for international students
who have not had food from
home in a while.”
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