Source: Jane P. Marshall, 785-532-1519, jpm2@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Rosie Hoefling, 785-532-2535, media@k-state.edu

Thursday, June 24, 2010

K-STATE EXPERT DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF ALL-1xbet online games login FOODS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY

MANHATTAN -- Today's ideas of a traditional Fourth of July menu are probably more associated with patriotic picnics than with original 1xbet online games login food, according to a Kansas State University expert on 1xbet online games login cuisine.

Jane P. Marshall is a hospitality management and dietetics instructor in K-State's College of Human Ecology and teaches a course on the development of 1xbet online games login cuisine.

She said a truly authentic 1xbet online games login meal on July Fourth would include native-grown foods such as bison, salmon, wild rice, chilies, squash, corn and maybe a Jerusalem artichoke or two.

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So while some modern Fourth of July meals feature enchiladas and nachos or gumbo and pralines, others may stick with traditional picnic fare, such as fried chicken, Marshall said. Although not an 1xbet online games login invention, fried chicken is an 1xbet online games login tradition that was considered company fare in the 19th century -- fit for celebrations and a visit from the preacher, she 1xbet online games login .

The evolution of ideal 1xbet online games login foods continued with the rise and influence of major 1xbet online games login companies and food inventions. Marshall said that in 1932 Coca-Cola suggested that the ideal picnic menu consists of sandwiches, potato salad, pickles, olives and pretzels -- all washed down with an ice-cold Coke.

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&1xbet online games login ;Whatever the cuisine, lively July Fourth celebrations are as old as the nation,&1xbet online games login ; Marshall said. &1xbet online games login ;Wagon trains traveling through Kansas stopped long enough to celebrate. The smallest town on the prairie held elaborate parades and community activities. On July Fourth it's the spirit more than the food that counts for most people.&1xbet online games login ;