Title: Green Eggs and Ham

General Information about Item:

• Material Folklore: Food
• Language: English
• Country: United States

Informant Data:

• The informant is a Dartmouth ’18 male. He went on a first-year trip in September 2014 and was a member of Lodj Croo in September 2017.

Contextual Data:

• Social Context
  • During breakfast at the Lodge, before the trippees depart to go back to Hanover, the members of Lodj Croo serve them green eggs and ham, as well as a few other vegetarian options. The trippees are surprised because they haven’t received meat for the entire trip, so many trippees get very excited.
• Cultural Context
  • Seuss is an alumnus of Dartmouth College. There are many parts of trips that touch on the Dr. Seuss theme. Trippees are excited to learn that someone as famous as him went to Dartmouth.

Item:

• Trippees are served green eggs and ham during breakfast at the Lodj right before their trip ends.

Transcript of Informant Interview:

“In the morning, we serve green eggs and ham. The ham is the only meat that people get on trips, which is pretty exciting for the students. I mean, it’s not the best ham, but it tastes like the best ham after not having meat for a few days. And two trip leaders will read the story, ‘Green Eggs and Ham,’ to the trippees of the entire section while they eat their eggs and ham. It’s really fun.”

Informant’s Comments:

• Informant noted that many other parts of trips also play on the Dr. Seuss theme. For example, Lodj Croo’s tent was called ‘Seussland’.

Collector’s Comments:

• Informant was an active member of Seussland.

Collector’s Name: Roshni Chandwani

Tags/Keywords:

• Material Folklore, Food