Food Speech

I am here today to inform you about how to become healthier by making better choices about what you eat. Everyone sees and thinks of food in different ways; some people have a favourite food, some have a most hated food, some have their five a day, some have 10 portions of chips a day, some people might not eat breakfast, or maybe not lunch and some people like to cook food and very few just hate food. However every country has its own traditional food. Every country’s culture of food is varied and they all have different backgrounds.

The food from other cultures have spread around the world- either being adapted or just being eaten the same as they would from where they originated. -Italy is famous for its pasta and pizza. The word ‘pizza’ is thought to come from the Latin word Pinsa- meaning flatbread. Plus it is a fact that you will struggle to find a restaurant in Italy without pasta. –Despite the stereotype, the French don’t always smell of garlic, carry onions around their neck and wear stripy jumpers; but they still have the speciality in many French restaurants of eating frog’s legs and snails. In India the popularity of curry has spread so much that the chicken Korma is now one of the nation’s favourite dishes in Britain. – Chinas rice, noodles, chicken chow Mein and sweet-sour dishes are just many of the foods that have become so notorious throughout most parts of the world. – Finally English fish and chips; the unhealthiest on the list. All the UK really knows about this culinary favourite is that the fish and the chips themselves were developed separately.

The French invented chips ‘pommes de terre’ from the potato commonly believed to have been bought to Europe in the 17th century by Sir Walter Raleigh. Countries food cultures are not just known for having famous foods but many cultures eat in a range of different ways which does influence us today, if for example you get a takeaway they might serve you with the certain cutlery which that ethnic food is eaten with where it was originated from. As a further example in China it is known to eat with chopsticks for many foods, and in England we use a knife and fork.

Unhealthy food causing obesity and bad lifestyles is a huge issue occurring more and more throughout the United Kingdom and America. Fast food is the key area where people tend to go downhill. So many people fall in love with fast food as soon as they taste it, it is what people want- tasty, filling foods, full of fat, which you get fast. A survey was taken to find out the top ten American fast food favourites. At number 10 was Pizza huts pepperoni pizza and all the way down to number one which was voted as being Burger Kings Whopper.