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World War I HW #7 1.How did attitudes towards the foods of immigrants change during this period of time, and why? After this time, the foods of immigrants would become more accepted and work into society more. Ideas on this at the time were conflicting as they were assimilating these into the American diet in an attempt to stretch what they could do with grain and meat during war time. while also attempting to “americanize” the diet of immigrants. However these recipes would eventually work their way into American cookbooks. They started as more bland versions of the foreign or exotic recipes that had been presented by immigrants. Many Americans saw had seen immigrant dishes as, “truly disgusting” their disgust was “sharpened by the conviction of eating gloppy foreign foods having racial consequences.” But that was changing because of what you said above, right? 2a.What examples does the author give regarding the connection between morality and eating during this time? Food shortages abroad and high food prices at home during the war time forced Americans to rethink the rules by which Americans eat. There were different propaganda and campaign efforts going around encouraging rethinking what citizens eat in order to preserve the nutrition needed for people fighting in the war. But the Progressives also believed that changes to the food supply could solve a variety of social problems, right? 2b.She suggests that this connection between food choices and morality, whose origins she traces to the Progressive era, has “never been higher” than it is in the US today. What two or three examples can you think of to justify this claim? That is, in what ways are (at least some) Americans linking their food choices to expressions of morality? Some Americans today have morality when it comes to what to eat and whether or not they should eat different animals. I think that vegans and vegetarians are an example of this. Good. They morally do not want to consume the product of an animal that has lost its life so they have altered their diet in a way where they don't. Another example might be Hindus not eating the meat of cows because it is seen as holy in their religion and they do not eat them for that reason. 3.As the author notes, rationality and morality became intertwined. What did eating rationally mean/what did it require from the perspectives of the Progressives, and how did that impact the field of nutrition, and inform a slogan used by the Food Administration to encourage conservation during WWI? Eating rationally meant eating more of what was needed nutritionally and not overeating. Leaving enough so that those fighting in the efforts would have enough to keep up
energy required to fight the fight. In the past having a little bit of fat on your body was seen as a good thing or as a sign of health but instead it became a sign of not eating rationally and not helping as much as you could through the wartime efforts. Being thin was a sign of you doing your part to help in the ways you could. The idea of thin being praised and a sign of beauty stuck through the next decades. “Victory over ourselves” – having the self-control to eat the “right” foods.” Needed to use science to inform eating, not tradition or pleasure. Also brought Americans’ attention to the field of nutrition, right?
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