Sweets in America 3

 

 

Shuji Yoshida

 

 

 

       In this page, I would like to talk about Christmas' sweets. There are a lot of sweets in Christmas. So I examined it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       There were many sweets in Christmas celebrated all over the world now as well as the Christianity zone. Of course U.S.A. is no exception, too. This is because there are many Christians because U.S.A. is a nation built by a European emigrant originally. As for the sweets, various types of things form a line in the store not to mention cakes. Above all, it is a gingerbread cookie that I paid attention. In japan, there may not be friendly feeling because I do not consider it only by the name. However, all of you will know "cookie man". It is a gingerbread cookie to become the model! In America, it seems to be made well in each family on Christmas. It is very delicious.

 

 

 

       To sum up with my talk, American sweets were famed and were affected by various areas of the worth. Besides, the American sweets had many things which had an influence on the world.

 

 





Sweets in America 2

Shuji Yoshida

The American cake has many things which came from the Europe. Speaking of a cake on behalf of U.S.A., it is "ice cream" and a "doughnut" in that. U.S.A. is a world's best ice cream consumer. 2L sees the scene eating a certain a large quantity of ice cream when I watch an American home drama in the evidence. Gerard born in Italy has the model of the ice cream. In the case of marriage with Catherine from the Italy Medicis, it reached France with French Henry II who received this Gerard in 1533 and opened in the European whole land. Cake craftsman Francois professional co-op was Paris and sold something like whip cream and current ice cream using the egg in the 17th century.

And the sweet came from the Europe to New World U.S.A. It was a high-quality article very much in those days because I took effort for ice cream production. However, unprecedented ice cream such as the ice cream with a thing and the stick which it developed as industry explosively, and coated chocolate came to be put on sale when a machine to easily make ice cream for was invented. In fact, the word used "ice cream" was a thing born in U.S.A. today. Speaking of a cake on behalf of U.S.A., there is a doughnut. However, in U.S.A., I do not eat the doughnut as a snack and often eat for breakfast as staple food. Particularly, "Krispy Kreme Doughnuts" which went into Japan is popular recently because I can buy the thing of the fresh one early in the morning. In the first place it is said to be the Netherlands in the about 17th century to have had the models of the doughnut. This is the friedcake which a walnut was put on midmost. This was told to New World U.S.A. by an emigrant from the Netherlands. By the way, the hole did not yet become vacant on a doughnut midmost at this time.

There are various opinions about the hole of the middle of the doughnut, but does not understand it clearly which is right. There are various cakes and sweets in U.S.A. elsewhere every season. There are many things which came from the Europe formerly, but I am affected by the multiracial nation after time of 200 years, and I want to surely examine other sweets which grew up in unique culture.

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There are many sweets in the world. And we decide on learning world sweet culture. Much food culture is all over the world. Why do we choice sweet? It is because sweets charmed people by every time and we think that sweet culture is important as the same to other food culture.

I investigated American sweets in this time theme. Compared with Europe or Asia, American history is very short. However, the sweets culture which was subject to many influences of Europe has influence of a multi-ethnic nation, and is various nowadays. The sweets of Halloween, the sweets of Christmas and so on are very delicious seasons in case of the present time. Since the United States is the state which immigrations of Europe built, Christianity is very prosperous in it. So a lot of sweets about the event of Christianity exist. For example, the sweets using ginger syrup are famous.

As compared with the countries in the world, the history of 200 years is very short. However, I hope I get to know more things about the sweets culture during I investigate the unique and multi-ethnic nation, and can know the new figure of the United States from this investigation.

sweets in Netherland

Sweets in Netherlands

 

 In this part, I’d like to talk about Oliebollen.

Oliebollen is traditional New-Year's-Eve sweets eaten in the Netherlands at an end of the year and a model for doughnut. During staying at Netherlands from 1607 to 1620, the Puritan who persecuted in Britain learned how to cook.

And, the model for the doughnut got across to New England with the Pilgrim fathers' colonization. Then, it was carried into the United States from Europe by the Netherlands immigration again, and it got across also to the Netherlands territory.

Secondly, I’m going to describe “Beschuit met muisjes”.

It is said that sweets called "Beschuit met muisjes" will be eaten in the Netherlands if a baby is born. People seem to sprinkle the sweets of a grain called muisjes on a rusk called Beschuit and eat.

If a girl is born, pink muisjes will be sprinkled. On the other hand, if a boy is

born, blue muisjes will be sprinkled. 

The name of it seems to mean a biscuit with a rat because a rat is productive. The same customs are taken in Germany.

 

Thirdly, I’m going to inform you of “Speculaas”

In the Netherlands, it is Cookie which is indispensable to St, Nicolas-day on December 6. Spices, such as a cinnamon, a clove, and a ginger are included, a little harder tough is characteristic of this cookie. Since St, Nicholas Bishop gave money and goods to people who are in poverty, he is called Santa Claus's originator. The children of the Netherlands are looking forward to the present given on the previous night of St, Nicolas-day. Speculaas has not only the forms of a square and a circle but also that of a Saint and a church at Christmas.

 

 

 

sweets in Germany

Sweet in Germany

 

 I’ m going to describe sweets in Germany.

Many German sweets imply the respect to nature and familiarity of Germans.  In Germany, there are many sweets made from sponge and wherever sweets are cut from, it is characteristic that a cut end is a geometric design.  For example, Baumkuchen, Schwarzwalder, Kirschtorte and so on.

Firstly, I’d like to talk about Baumkuchen.

Since annual rings are the symbols of a long life or prosperity, in Japan, Baumkuchen plays an active part in good fortune events, such as being presented as a present of a marriage ceremony. This means “Sweets of tree” in German.

Baumkuchen is said that “king of sweets”. The history is very old and it’s said that Greeks have already eaten it.

Though Baumkuchen is familiar with Japan, in Germany, since advanced technology, time and effort are needed for making, it is used for presents as "high-class sweets.

Secondly, I’m going to inform you about chocolate in Germany.

In German, the quantity of production of chocolate (730,000t), the quantity of import (216,000t),the quantity of export(275,000t), the amount of home consumption (671,000t), and these all are the second biggest amount of chocolate in the world . A per amount of consumption also is 8.2 kg in every year and goes into a higher rank along with Switzerland, Ireland. The amount of consumption of Germany is 4 times as big as that  of Japan.  

Thirdly, I‘d like to talk about Weckmann.

Weckmann is always in the bag which is distributed to children at the Martin festival.

This is often seen at the baker's shop at the time of Christmas. Where did the name of Weckmann come from? In South Germany, the white bread using wheat was called Wecken. Weckmann means Wecken and Man. That is, it meant the bread baked by the form of people.

 Weckmann is the bread eaten at the time of the festival of Christianity, and the doll of this bread expresses the bishop.
 

Speaking of the sweets eaten in Germany at the season of Christmas, "Stollen" including much dried fruit, such as a raisin is famous. This Stollen which is indispensable to Christmas of Germany is commonly began to burn around November and to cut little by little and to eat by Christmas

 

 

 

 

sweets in Austria

Sweets in Austria

 

In this page, I’d like to talk about Sweets in Austria. Firstly, I’m going to inform you of the way to spread sweets in Austria.

Distinguished family, Habsburg family repeated marriage, built the edge with a foreign country and extended the territory. So, the food culture of each country got across to Vienna, the capital of Austria. Pastry chef of Vienna took in the material and technology of each country and changed them into sweets with dignity.

And, it is said that people in Habsburg family who like sweets, for example, an empress, Maria Theresia, the youngest daughter, Marie-Antoinette and last emperor, Franz Joseph and so on contributed to development of the Vienna sweets.

Moreover, It is at the time of the Congress of Vienna held in 1814~1815 when the Vienna sweets becomes the present form.

 

In order to improve discipline of the French Revolution and Europe after Napoleonic Wars, the war participating nation's politicians and important persons gathered in Vienna. However the opinion of each country collided at this meeting and an argument did not make progress easily. On the other hand, the ball, the concert, and the feast were opened almost every day. Then, various graceful sweets were invented in order to entertain the guest from each country.

 Secondly, I’m going to inform you of “Kipfel”.

It is the bread and Cookie which carried out crescent‐shaped and was invented in Vienna. Then, as a proof of the victory which ruled Turkey, it was made as the motif of crescent indicated on the Turkey national flag.

 

Then, “Kipfel” of bread became the original type of croissant. It is also the original type of the swirl bread, "Danish pastry" representing Denmark.

“Kipfel” of cookie is a snack of the Christmas transmitted from old times in Austria. And,“Kipfel” means “The form of horse's hoofs”.

 

Finally, I’d like to talk about custom of Austrian people.

People who live in Vienna have the custom of taking the time of the snack called "yaoze" in the afternoon. People who live in Vienna have the custom of taking the time of the snack called "yaoze" in the afternoon. it means the time when people enjoy coffee and sweets. The time is about at 4:00 p.m. when this time zone comes, everyone stop working and visit a cafe house for "yaoze".

Moreover, although it is said that the Turkish coffee in which the defeated Turkey army left is the origin of the coffee of Vienna, the coffee made from the natural water of the Alps is special taste.

In present-day Austria, on the whole, lightly sweetened sweets are increasing because now, it is not the period when sugar expresses wealth as ancient times and the number of those who care about health is increasing.

Moreover, under the influence of the sweets in France, the sweets made with soft tone and fruits have appeared.

 

 

sweets in Greece

Sweets in Greece

 

I’d like to talk about Greek sweets. Firstly, “cheesecake” is popular among people. Of course, cheese is essential for cheesecake. Then, how cheese was made?

It was said that Arabic nomadic tribe had made cheese before generation of ancient Greece. Arabic nomadic tribe act with sheep’s stomach put milk of animal. But, when they tried to drink it, a lump of white material and transparent water came out from sheep’s stomach.  This lump of white material was cheese. Then, by enzyme included stomach and swing of stomach in moving, milk was made into cheese. In this way, it spread all over the world and especially in ancient Greece. Right then, what is a model of cheese cake?

It is “toriyon” which is popular foods among ancient Greeks. “toriyon” seemed to be kind of custard pudding.  Afterward, various kinds of sweets made of cheese came to be cooked all over the world through spread of cheese. In Japan, “So” which was equal to cheese was made. But, “So” didn’t develop because it didn’t suit people’s taste in those days. However, During the Meiji era when Western things entered at a burst, people positively started to take in cheese. During the Showa era, refrigerator was exploited and sweets which can’t keep long spread. For example, cake with fresh cream. Moreover, “cottage cheese” and “cream cheese” appeared and “rare cheesecake” came to gather attention.

Then, media picked up sweets made of cheese all together. As a result, cheesecake became one of major sweets. Now, a wide variety of cheesecakes are enjoyed. For example, “baked cheesecake”, “rare cheesecake” and “souffle cheesecake”. Which type of cheesecake do you like?
 

 

Secondly, Greece is famous for “waffle”. Origin of waffle dates back Greece in the eighteen century. “uburi” which is one of the oldest sweets of all. It was printed uneven pattern on and baked. And it became “waffle”. It is sweets which enjoyed by common people as with “crepe”. So, the stand outside seemed to sell “waffle” at the festival of village.

There’re the unique ways to cook “waffle” depending on each regions. For example, “Belgium waffle”, ”American waffle” and ”Japanese waffle”

 

 

Finally, history of wedding cake is very old and “wedding cake” in ancient Greece was made of small and solid biscuit made from wheat which is major food for people living.

Greeks seemed to crush up a piece of biscuit and scattered them on bridal head in order to hope for bridal pregnancy.