HIST 840
SYLLABUS
WEEKLY DISCUSSION MATERIALS
SOME HISTORIC MENUS
Week 9: Technology and the Household
Readings:
Reay Tannahill, Food in History, pp. 197-223 (Part Five: Introduction; Chap. 14: “New Worlds;” Chap. 15: “The Americas”)
Margaret Visser, Much Depends on Dinner, pp. 192-223 (Chap. 6: “Lettuce: The Vicissitudes of Salad”)
Jeffrey M. Pilcher, ¡Que vivan los tamales! Food and the Making of Mexican Identity(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1998), pp. 99-111.
Laura Shapiro, “Do Women Like to Cook?” Granta, 52 (Winter, 1995), 153-62.
Videos:
Real Hand Made Tortillas 2 (1:34 min.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7PBe60C4GQ&feature=related
How to use a tortilla press (0:54 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfIHmBnk51s
“Easter Parade”: Jules Munshin describes the making of “Salade François” (1948; 2:37 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKjez9E5xeY
Gordon Ramsay: How to make a classic vinaigrette and dress a salad (1:51 min.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMKe4aqQ4Bo&feature=channel
The Story of Jell-O (2:22 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RlALlveWwM
The Betty Crocker 4-Minute Cake (1945: 22:13 min.; start at 4:30):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6wKaLQ66r8
Invention of the original Swanson TV Dinner tray (3:30 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzlkO8LIWrs
American TV food commercials 1940s-1960s:
Jello salad commercial (1950s: 0.30 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea1VFt7DoPU
Jell-O Instant Pudding (1948; 1:17 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_ADz3bjBzY
EZ Pop popcorn and Jell-O instant pudding (watch 0:00-1:59 min. only):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaTZY7be2EY
Bird’s Eye Frozen Baby Food (1:00 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeNvlz2Q6Hk
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Dinner (0:35 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVSTrHf7h7U
Chef Boyardee Spaghetti Dinner (1:01 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx9KzBx4nNc
Swanson Frozen TV Dinners (1:22 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVwjNPpkTZA
Swanson Frozen 3-Course Dinners and TV Dinners (1:01 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Qn38WdTTs
Betty Crocker Cake Mix (1:33 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUNAmeMVuyk
Jell-O Instant Pudding, extolled by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (1:30 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj1lXLcklus
Jell-O Ice Cream Pie, made by Johnny Carson (1:02 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM2zZ0ZJNhY
Images:
James Lileks, Gallery of Regrettable Food
http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/