The Primal CheeseburgerHere is a witty look at the powerful appeal of that ubiquitous American classic and universal food phenomenon, the cheeseburger platter. Elisabeth Rozin traces the historical, cultural, and culinary roots of each element - burger, cheese, bun, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion, fries, and, of course, Coca Cola - in search of the significance of its tantalizing allure. After all, this unique combination of red meat, fat, sugar, and salt violates all that is nutritionally and politically correct in the 90s, yet we can't resist it. The Primal Cheeseburger is an entertaining exploration of why this particular mix of textures, tastes, and smells evokes our carnivorous cravings and touches such a deep chord in our collective food consciousness. |
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... seeds to get as much oil as you could get in a couple of good bites of animal fat ; either that or you would have had to spend a great deal of time and energy pressing the oil from the seeds , assuming that you had a large enough supply ...
Elisabeth Rozin. beans and sesame seeds in Asia , and , after the discovery of the New World , oil from corn and peanuts and sunflower seeds . From the long view of human history , they are rela- tively recent developments . All are ...
... seeds . The seeds , if not the pickles , provided a certain redemptive pleasure , for when adult backs were turned , we grandchildren would scoop gobs of them from the pickle jar and spit them at one another , with a speed and accuracy ...
Contents
THE UNIVERSAL MEAL 1 THE GROUND BEEF PATTY | 1 |
THE | 2 |
THE CHEESE | 63 |
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