Title: Traditional American Meal 2

General Information about Item:

• Genre and Sub Genre: Familial Folklore

• Language: English

• Country where Item is from: United States

Informant Data:

• Eric Stolt provided us with what his family eats every year for Christmas Dinner. He is 21 years old, currently a ’19 at Dartmouth College and lives in Minnesota. Both his parents are from Minnesota. His family practices Christianity.

Contextual Data:

• Social Context: On large holidays families typically have a traditional meal that they will make for that holiday. Christmas is no exception as all of the people we interviewed spoke about a traditional meal that they have every Christmas.

• Cultural Context: Steak and potatoes is a very common American dish. both his parents are from America and celebrate Christmas with a traditional American meal.

Item:

• His father cooks the steak and his mother prepares the mashed potatoes for Christmas dinner. They make this meal every Christmas.

Collector’s Name: Clay Chatham

Tags/Keywords:

• Food, Tradition, Christmas,