Origin: From Old English fōda, from Proto-Germanic fod-,by Grimm's law from Proto-Indo-European peh₂, poh₂ (“‘to protect’”).
Language
A body of words an the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition
I am doing this for a course I am taking about the Language of Food. I decided to take the class because it sounded very interesting and it is one of those courses that is different. I am a budding linguist and I do not claim to be a food expert or anything of the sort. I do not like to cook and prefer someone else do the cooking, hence lots of take out. I have a strange relationship with food, due to food allergies. I have become a very picky eater. The list of things I can eat grows smaller every day. I make my family and friends nuts when we go out to eat asking lots of questions.
Traveling around the world, I have been lucky to sample some of the various foods. Some of which I really enjoyed like the pizza and paninis in Rome. Some of the cuisine was not as tasty like the veal in Berlin. I have an affinity for Middle Eastern foods, probably my favorite thing to eat. But this is possibly because I can eat most of it without a bad reaction.
I spend a lot of time reading the list of ingredients on the packaging of foods. I chuckle when I look at the boxes labeled organic, as I usually find that there isn't even one organic item in the list of ingredients.
Definitely makes one begin to wonder about what is truly in the food that we ingest.
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