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    distinct features about them? When you chose to dine at a Chinese restaurant you will always get a fortune cookie when you finish your meal and you have the option of eating with chopsticks. When dining at a Mexican restaurant you are always served tortilla chips to munch on before your actual meal and most of the time you don’t need silverware to eat. Last‚ but not least when you dine at an Italian restaurant they will always give you bread before your appetizer and you will always need silverware

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    pounds. Josephine’s currently resides with her parents‚ who are both from a Central American decent. Josephine’s mother is from Honduras‚ and her father is from Guatemala. Culturally‚ both countries involved a great amount of rice‚ beans‚ and corn tortillas to almost every meal; this also includes fresh or fried vegetables and meats of all kinds. As stated in a source‚ “Honduran cuisine uses more coconut‚ in both sweet and savory dishes‚ than any of the other Central American countries. Fruits and

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    supply and demand

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    KrugMicro2eMods_Mod07_Layout 1 3/21/11 2:08 PM Page 71 What you will learn in this Module: Module 7 Supply and Demand: Changes in Equilibrium • How equilibrium price and quantity are affected when there is a change in either supply or demand • How equilibrium price and quantity are affected when there is a simultaneous change in both supply and demand Changes in Supply and Demand The emergence of Vietnam as a major coffee-producing country came as a surprise‚ but

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    The Public Need to Know

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    The Public Need to Know By Sarah Smith English 115 May 28‚ 2013 Research has shown that children born in the 2000‘s have a 1-3 chance of developing type two diabetes‚ and 7% of obese five to seventeen year olds has at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease. “Over the past 30 years childhood obesity has more than tripled in the United States. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry‚ obesity in children is one of the easiest medical conditions

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    Burritos

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    very good. Many of burritos usually have the same stuff‚ like kind of meat‚rice and beans. Many kinds of rice and beans‚ so there’s many things you can choose‚ most stuff comes from the same place. There’s also burrito bowls which is without the tortilla and put into a bowl. Same things can be added to

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    Mexican Food Whoever has eaten Mexican food notice that the food is spicy? In this essay we will talk about spicy food‚ like Pozole‚ Enchiladas‚ and Tamales. How we make it and what is the significance of why we make it. When is celebrated and when we make it. In this paragraph we will be talking about Pozole. Pozole Mean’s hominy in English. It Is a Soup or stew from Mexico that usually spicy if that’s how you want make it. The pozole is made from hominy with meat (usually with pork or chicken

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    Mexican Food

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    corn‚ beans‚ and peppers. These foods are cheap and widely available. • Corn is the basis of the Mexican diet. It can be found in almost every meal‚ usually in the form of a tortilla‚ pictured here. Types of Basic Food • Basic foods in Mexico are tortillas‚ frijoles‚ chilies‚ guacamole‚ and salsa. • Tortillas are flatbreads that have been the staple food of generations of ordinary Mexicans. They are often served alongside a meal as bread would be. They are used in many typical dishes

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    Nutrition Assessment Unit 4 Assignment Kaplan University Tasha Howard Professor Wunderly August 26‚ 2013 During a nutritional assessment‚ the client’s height‚ weight‚ age‚ sex‚ and physical activity level are gathered and used in determining the body mass index (BMI) and daily caloric intake requirements of micro- and macronutrients. The following formula‚ from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ was used to determine Josephine’s body mass index (BMI) using her current height

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    Costa Rican Food

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    instead of mixed. There will usually be some type of meat (carne asada‚ fish‚ pork chop‚ or chicken) and a salad to round out the dish. There may also be some extras like fried plantain (patacones or maduro)‚ a slice of white cheese‚ and/or corn tortillas in accompaniment. Salsa Lizano is ubiquitous as a condiment and as an ingredient in cooking various dishes‚ including gallo pinto. In many family gatherings or for special occasions is very common to prepare Arroz con Pollo (rice with chicken) accompanied

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    have always been busy since I can remember. Often her hands slapping in a rhythmic motion busy at work manipulating dough to make tortillas for her family’s meals. She precisely rolls out tortillas with the right amount of pressure‚ like a steamroller rolling over the pavement‚ in order to obtain the perfect circularity. The patting of the dough forming the tortilla alludes to a delicious hearty dinner as the aroma fills the house at the end of the day. Great Grandma’s hands spend hours in repetitive

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