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RLGN 1340 Food: Religious Concepts and Practices Winter 202 3 Exercise Three ( 20 %) Due March 26 , 202 3 Please read through the guidelines and prepare to submit your assignment on UM Learn by SUNDAY March 26 th , 11: 59 PM, on UM Learn Format : 2 pages, double - spaced, and 12 pt font. Food Memory - Eating or Not Eating Write a first person narrative description of a food memory, preferably from your childhood , or from some other point in your life . This could be a memory of tasting a particular dish or food for the first time, liking/disliking a particular food, or it could be a memory focuse d on a particular eating event - a “food event” - collective or individual. You may also focus on a memory related to not eating certain foods and/or practices of abstaining from a certain food (i.e., fasting, food restrictions, religious diet ary laws, allergies, or other restrictions). What were those very particular foods (= here please aim to define and describe the cultural, social and religious reasons for restricting these food items) that could not ever be eaten, and why? How was abstaining and refraining explained and what ima gery was used to present food items as inedible, polluting, disgusting, and impure? As you write about your food memory, think as well about the following: what do you remember specifically? How do you feel now about these recollections from the past? How is memory linked to food and eating? What do you remember about the social contexts and family settings? Do you feel that your recollections are very complete or not as complete as you expected? Please p ay attention to as many senses as you can invoke to evoke this memory. Interpret this food memory about eating or not eat ing, situate its significance to you personally, as well as for what it might reveal about your enculturatio n into particular food culture s and/or foodways. 2 For Interpretation and Analysis: 1 - Do a bit of research to place your memory in wider context. Discuss the cultural, symbolic, social, structural, or other meanings of this dish. Specify the social group for whom it has meaning, for what kinds of occasions and settings is this dish prepared, who is involved in the preparation, serving, and consumption of this dish, etc. 2 - Is this a food that unique to your culture and/or religion ? What are its traditional names? D o these names have any special significance and/or meaning? What ingredients go into making these foods? How and when are they eaten? Are there unspoken family “rules” about food consumption (e.g., what’s okay, and not okay, to eat; how and where should one eat, etc.) SOME ADDITIONAL TIPS and ways to approach this assignment (to include interpretation, raise questions, and present analysis) : a ) . If you recalled a dish at a specific event, talk to others who were also present and see how they remember the dish and the event; analyze the similarities and discrepancies between you r recollections; b ) . If you remembered a specific dish, you might also try to find the recipe for it. You may find multiple, slightly different recipes for a dish related to a food heritage, or a regional dish (say, baklava, butter cake , cabbage rolls, black eyed peas , or …? ) – if so, see how many varieties you can collect from friends, family members, and other sources ( take a look in Better Homes and Gardens , or some other standard cookbook common in North America, or in relation to your food her itage and culture , or the internet for a general recipe). *This is an assignment based on your own personal experience(s). **In addition to our course readings, y ou can use the following articles to guide you in exploring the ways to develop your first person narrative description of your food memory: “Why Food Memories Are So Powerful” http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190826 - why - food - memories - are - so - powerful “Savoring Memories of Sunday Dinner” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17112087 3 “Revitalizing the Culture of Palestinian Food” ht tps://hyperallergic.com/495332/revitalizing - the - culture - of - palestinian - food/ “Jerusalem: a Love Letter to Food” https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/10/15/162805706/jerusalem - a - love - letter - to - food - and - memories - of - home