The French bread has social and economic connections in the New Orleans society. Socially in the society, the French bread was used to make a well-known sandwich, which is referred to as a poor boy, or more commonly a Po-boy sandwich. A Po-boy can be described as a long sub sandwich containing shrimp, oysters, sausage, or even lobster. In society, there are different reasons as to why they refer to this sandwich as a Po-boy, and the word has many different connotations. In addition, some of the myths of the origination of the name Po-boy still live on in their society. The Martin Brothers are the originators after collaborating with the Gendusa Bakery to create the poor boy loaf. In response to the New Orleans economy, the forty inch bread was a result of the switch from family bakeries to industrial manufacturing. However, the bread of the Po-boy has more history behind it than the sandwich itself. Gendusa created the huge 40 inch French bread loaf, because it reminded him of his Sicilian culture back when he was younger. He’d remembered seeing a loaf just as big. The Martins also participated in some charitable work by feeding the workman these Po-boy sandwiches for free whenever they came to their coffee stand during the strike, which was also during the time of the Great Depression. Whenever these men came up to the stand, they would state, “Here comes a Poor boy,” which is essentially where the name of the sandwich originated. However, the term Po-boy has another origination. When African American youth asked for a sandwich, they would refer to it as a “Po-boy” due to their dialect. In closing, these individuals decided to create an inexpensive tasty sandwich for a community that was suffering from high rates of unemployment and the Great Depression.
From hamburger buns to French bread to Nan bread, bread remains a staple in cuisine all over the world. In most cultures around the world there is a serving of bread or grain at every meal. Along with being of nutritional importance bread has social, religious, and economic importance. Bread has been a part of the center of a few social gatherings in history. An example of one occurred in the late 1800s, when the people of New Orleans began striking for labor rights. Restaurants and sandwich stands supported the strikers by giving them free lunch consisting of Po’ Boy sandwiches made from French bread. A simple showing of support like lunch could have been what kept the strikers going. Bread also has religious importance. Religions all over the world, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and many others give bread and baked goods up as offerings to gods and goddesses or abstain from eating bread to show their love for their higher power. Bread is also sacred in certain religions. In Christianity in particular bread symbolizes the body of Jesus Christ. Bread has also been an economic symbol in many societies. In the 1800s in Sicily, Italy the possession of bread meant that the person or family had money or social status. Because of a drought, wheat crops dried out and a famine began. Wheat became rationed and sold at a high price. Only the most elite in the town could afford to buy bread. Bread has heavily influenced people’s lives throughout history in all aspects of their lives from social change, to spirituality, to economic straits. Bread is one of the few things that tie everyone in the entire world together.
French bread has many economic connections, especially during the New Orleans Streetcar Strike in 1929. It was a dispute between Carmen’s Union and the New Orleans Public Service Incorporated. The union was trying to improve hourly wages for the streetcar conductors and workers; however, the New Orleans Public Service was trying to break this union up. The union resulted striking as a way to voice their wants. The streetcar conductors and workers would not work; thus, they did not make any money. During that time, the Martin brothers donated sandwiches to these men. These sandwiches were called ‘poor boys’. In the end, these sandwiches became a popular, inexpensive sandwich that thrived during the Great Depression. Also, this is a social connection. The Martin brothers sympathized with the streetcar workers, because they, too, were streetcar workers before they became bakers. Today, these poor boy sandwiches are known as “Po-Boy” sandwiches. Bread also has social connections. The donation of these sandwiches offered support and brought the community together during a hard time. “Citywide knowledge of their charitable act on behalf of the transit operators contributed markedly to the Martin brothers’ success.” Bread also has religious connections. During Mass, people would receive Communion. The bread symbolizes the body of Christ. It is interesting, because “Bethlehem” means ‘house of bread’ in Hebrew. “It is also the city south of Jerusalem that is considered the birthplace of Jesus.” According to the Old Testament, the “Eternal sends manna to the Hebrews when they are crossing the desert. Manna symbolizes bread and prefigures the Christian Eucharist.” The bread used for Communion is made from unleavened bread. In other cultures, people offer bread, pastries, or baked goods to the gods.
French bread has many social, religious, and economical connections. When the Martin brothers started using French bread to make their sandwiches, they started calling them poor boys. They called the sandwiches poor boys because they were given to the workers that were on strike for free. Sometimes, if the Martin brothers had remains of the French bread left over, they gave it to the poor. French bread also has a very strong social connection. French bread is used in many restaurants in New Orleans. Usually, when an out of towner comes to New Orleans, they ask for a "Po-Boy" first. The French bread is used to make Po-boys, it is used as a side dish for any type of seafood that you order, and it is also given as a side for any gumbo of your choice. French bread is either baked fresh in a restaurant, or it is processed and sold at the super market. Usually, someone could easily tell which bread is which. Along with economical and social connections, bread also has a strong religious connection. Many times in the Bible, bread is used as a strong symbol of life. The bread is used to feed a whole nation through the miracle of Jesus. Jesus says eat this bread, for it is my body. Bread is used at communion to show a symbol of the life that Jesus has given us.
The French bread has a number of social and economic connections and today’s society. New Orleans has its own new yeast culture when preparing new dough. The difference is a thinner and lighter crust that is associated with the New Orleans type of bread. Many bakers of the New Orleans area refer to the hard Mississippi River as the secret to making the bread. Until Hurricane Katrina, many families’ used the river for the breads special qualities. When the Martin brothers started making po’boys, they used French bread as the bread on the sandwiches. They were called po’boys because it was short for their true names which are poor boys. When the Martin Brothers had excess bread, they would give it to the poor. Also, when the workers went on strike they would receive free poor boys. The most common types of poor boys in this area are ham and cheese, hot sausage, shrimp, fried oysters, and fried catfish. French bread is either made fresh in a bakery or it is made in a factory where it is not guaranteed to be fresh. When bakers would have old bread, they would make a nice dessert of bread pudding out of it. Bread does have a strong religious aspect to it also. It was use by Jesus to feed four thousand people. The bible says,” Jesus replied, ‘They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat. ’We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,’ they answered.’ Bring them here to me,’ he said.’” Jesus told the people to sit down in the grass and took five loaves of bread to feed four thousand people. This miracle is also known as the miracle of the seven loaves and fish. Bread is used in many different and use ways in life.
Bread is probably the most common food throughout the world that shares a broad history, particularly French bread. French Bread holds many social, religious, and economic connections around the world. French bread is strongly connected in each way to New Orleans. Socially bread had a very big history. Bread is connected economically and socially throughout society. French bread is connected economically due to the 1929 Streetcar Strike in New Orleans, a conflict between Public Service Incorporated and Carmen’s Union. In order to show the public service system their seriousness, the union went on strike, as streetcar conductors refused to work, leaving no profits made. During this time, bread started to become a social connection as workers with no income started a change. Agreeing with workers judgments and the strike The Martin Brothers began donating sandwiches to those on strike. Martin Brothers gave workers full support and continued to donate sandwiches that later became known as poor boys or “po-boys”. Today the bread used on these sandwiches, French braid, is used in many New Orleans meals, sold in stores, and eaten on many restaurant plates around the city. Though bread holds a strong connection economically and socially, its strongest connection is to religion. Bread represents communion. In a catholic city like New Orleans bread holds an important meaning. In a catholic mass, bread and wine are seen as not only as the Eucharist, but also as the body of Christ. There are many types of bread, French bread isn’t included in religion, however the bread used during communion is unleavened bread; bread without yeast. Bread not only represents Christ but it also represents life and our union with Christ. Bread is connected to many things however; it has one of the best histories and most amazing connections to social, economic, and religious connections.
Bread is one of the central foods for almost anyone in the past or present. You may even hear people use phrases such as "that's your bread and butter" or you go to because bread has always been will always be a go to food. In terms of religion As Christian and believers in Jesus Christ as well as Catholics bread is broken and eaten in Communion on first Sunday as the body of Savior who died for our sins. While on the social side bread is used for burgers, sandwiches, appetizers, and even a simply addition to meals like spaghetti. A bread strongly related to New Orleans of course is French bread. French bread was an economically food during the 1929 Streetcar Strike, The Martin Brothers began giving sandwiches to those on strike to help them since they clearly were not working and had little to no money for food. After the historic strike and donations in New Orleans the sandwiches The Martin Brothers donated became known as the poor boys or familar po' boys. Today you can go on almost any corner in New Orleans and get a po' boy with meat such as oysters, chicken, shrimp and maybe even crawfish. I'm sure most people have no idea that the common sandwich stems from a strike in 1929 or think much of bread socially, religiously or economically,
Ask an ordinary person what’s the significance of bread you would probably get some sarcastic response saying “well it’s good”. Bread however has a more religious, social, and/or economic connection to it as well. From a religious aspect, everyone knows the story about God turning stone into bread and feeding the multitude. In Christianity bread is a symbolization of the body of Christ. A formal tradition in the Christian religion is the Last Supper. During Jesus last days, he prepared a Last Supper with alongside his disciples, where he broke bread. In a more economic connection, a loaf of bread years earlier cost no more than a couple cents; fast-forwarding into 2012 bread cost an nearly $3.00 a loaf. Bread is a simple household item that is in constant demand. Every part of the world eats bread which makes it a central food. Economist measure simple household items like bread, over a period time to see how well the economy has improved or worsen. Over the years bread has risen to a staggering $3.00 a loaf. In a social aspect of bread, bread can have various meanings. Bread can be an alternative word used for money. French Bread especially has a significance in New Orleans. It has a social and economic connection to the city of New Orleans as well. People of New Orleans love the French Bread which is made to make the famous “po-boy” sandwich. The Martin brothers are the sole creators of the famous “po-boy” sandwich and which is a popular fad in New Orleans culture. Bread throughout history has a significant meaning from all parts of the world and everyone can relate to. Bread is used in many different ways and symbolize many different things.
Micheal Mizell-Nelson states in his article, French Bread, that “bread symbolizes maintenance of life as well as deprivation, and in a bread-and-water diet. Even though French bread is something we eat it has social and religious connections around the world. It has a big history more than anything. In my opinion freshly baked French bread is better than store brought French bread. Socially, French bread is used in many ways. French is used in many restaurants in New Orleans and sold in stores. When tourists’ comes to New Orleans to visit the first thing they try are the Po-Boy sandwiches. French bread which is used to make delicious sandwiches, used to be known as poor boy, which the Martins Brothers started to called the sandwiches that. Nowadays the sandwiches are called “Po-Boys”. In the late 1800s, when people in New Orleans began striking for labor rights, restaurants and sandwich stands supported them by giving them Po-Boy sandwiches. There are many types of Po-Boy sandwiches such as; Shrimp Po-boy, Gator Po-boy, Roast Beef Po-Boy, Oyster Po-Boy, Catfish Po-Boy and more. Usually when someone gets a Po-Boy they have a choice of getting the side order of any type of fries or gumbo. Religiously, bread is used during communion. Communion is the fellowship or association, typical communion for a Christian is a service where they take a cup of wine (which is substituted with some type of juice) and bread (usually a bread wafer) to remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This was initiated by Jesus when he held a Passover service, which the Church calls "the Last Supper". He said the cup of wine represented the blood he shed for each Christian and the bread represented his body. Jesus said “I am the bread of Life” and “I am the fruit of the vine.”
Ever since the past to now there have been social, religious, and economic connections to bread. Michael Mizell-Nelson talks about how French bread can be important especially in New Orleans. Bread can be made in so many ways because something simple as bread can be made into French toast for breakfast, poor boy sandwich for lunch, and bread pudding for dinner. All the New Orleans cuisine dealing with bread has a lot of meaning to it. Po-boys were very popular in New Orleans. An example of how there were social connections to bread is when people used to go on strike for labor rights. One of the jobs people had been streetcar workers. There was an argument between two companies, Carmen’s Union and New Orleans Public Service Incorporated. In result of this, the workers started a strike. The Martin Brothers gave sandwiches to the strikers feeding them so that they can keep the strikers going and active. Bread has also shown religious connections. In the Catholic and Christian religion, bread represents the body of Christ. I am a Catholic myself and whenever I go to church I eat the bread of Christ. Bread, pastries, and baked goods are also used in other religions to be offered to gods. An example of economic connections is how people used to lose their crops due to drought and only rich people could afford to buy bread.
In French Bread, there are plenty of economic connections presented. One was the New Orleans Streetcar Strike in 1929. The strike was about an argument between the Carmen's Union and the New Orleans Public Service Incorporated. Due to conflicts with increasing their wages, the streetcar workers decided to go on strike. With nobody the conducting streetcars, nobody could ride them. With nobody riding them, there is nobody paying. With nobody paying, no money is being made. With a lack of income coming in, it was hard to feed the families of these streetcars. However, the Martin brothers decided to help with by giving away free sandwiches to the streetcar workers. The sandwiches became known as "poor boys" by the people during this time. With so many people going out and receiving these sandwiches, there was plenty of publicity going around for the Martin brothers. These sandwiches are still being produced for the people of today's society. The sandwiches went from being called "poor boys" to "Po-Boy" by the people of today's society. So much success has been created due to these sandwiches. It brought lots of people together, such as the many streetcar drivers. By helping the streetcar drivers and their family by giving them free food, it made the situation of the strike seem less harsh than what it really was. Who knew that so many people can come together over a sandwich! Bread also has religious connections as well. For the Communion at Mass, bread is handed to the people of the church as the body of Christ. Many great things have resulted from bread over the past years, and due to certain historical events, one can connect bread to any topic.
There are many different connections between New Orleans and bread. First, the French bread and New Orleans go all the way back to the Streetcar Strike of 1929. When the strikers had a “lunch break,” they would go and get sandwiches made on leftover stale bread referred to as “poor-boys.” The sandwiches were inexpensive, so the labor workers could afford to eat during strike. These sandwiches became popular during the Great Depression because they were so cheap and accessible to citizens of the city. The bread also connected the city together through the rough times. The workers had something to look forward to each day because they had an unspoken bond with the Martin Brothers. The brothers would supply the workers with food as long as they kept up with the strike. Bread also has religious connections. During Communion, Jesus is represented through bread in the Catholic faith. The bread represents his body and flesh that is to be eaten by his followers. In the Old Testament, manna was sent to the followers of Jesus to help prevent starvation and to make them realize their was a God out there because their faith was altering due to lack of food. Bread connects many different cultures together as one. In New Orleans, we are known as the “Melting Pot” due to the many different cultures here. That means many different customs are shared including different breads. These shared recipes bring the society closer together through similar means. Bread is always pretty cheap, so it is easily afforded by most anyone. This is where the “poor-boy” originated due to the fact that it was cheap stale bread, who anyone could afford to buy. This brought the society closer back then, and bread still continues to mold and hold society together today.
Everyone eats or has eaten bread. It is used and almost every meal we have day. It will forever be a favorite side item to go will all types of meats and fish. The most common use of bread is being eaten as a side item such as a dinner roll or biscuit. Many people make sandwiches with bread. Bread goes with everything. Bread has such a deep history from being one of the main food items when meat was not available and all they had was bread and beans, to being eaten with almost every fast food item on the menu. Bread is used everywhere even in church. Like the Lord shared his bread with his disciples in Baptist churches we drink wine and eat bread/cracker that represents what he did with his disciples. I don’t really know if other religions use bread like we Baptist do but I think there are a few other religions that use too. All we use bread in the meals we eat after church. I go to a small church and we eat after church but there is always some type of bread to go with or meal. Bread is a whole wide food. I think Asians are the only ones who don’t eat it with all of their meals because they eat rice with all their meals. Economically bread is sold in every grocery store and even at gas stations. Some small towns like mine have bread shops that sell only bread and bread products. We in America consume around 900,000,000kg of bread a year. That’s a lot of bread. This means were produce and sell tons of this product. If bread is a 50cents a pound it would mean that we spends somewhere around 4.5 hundred million dollars just off bread alone.
What are the social, religious, and/or economic connections to bread? Bread symbolizes the maintence of life and deprivation, as in a bread-and-water diet. The history of bread in New Orleans cuisine demonstrates a culinary mixing with German and Italian bakers making their contributions to the bread. The earliest loaves of bread that were produced in the colony resemebled the standards of the early eighteenth-century France. The decades of the Spanish government and the early period of the American era did not affect the taste of French bread-baking style. By the 1820s, almost sixty French bakers ran small to medium sized bakeries. By the mid nineteenth century, Viennese bread were going across throughout Europe and by the early 1900s, Viennese and French bread were widely available in the United States. In the traditional New Orleans French bread, milk was never added but many suggested that German and Austrian influences have made the New Orleans bread more dense and much lighter than the traditional French bread. The social connections to bread started during the Great Depression. The religious connection to the bread is that it connects to Jesus.
French bread has many social, religious, and economic connections in many places, New Orleans in particular. The Martin Brothers first used French bread in their sandwiches known as poor boys, also known more commonly as a po-boy. These po-boys were given to workers and strikers for free of charge to help in their endeavor to get jobs and better the community. These strikers would visit during lunch and were served po-boys which drove them even further to fulfill their duties. This is the social aspect of French bread and it played a big role in the history of New Orleans. Without bread, who knows what would have happened to these strikers. Bread also plays a huge role in religion. For example, Catholics use bread to represent the body of Christ, or Eucharist. It represents the union between people and Christ. Wine accompanies the Eucharist to represent the blood of Christ. On Sundays, Christians eat the bread and wine to celebrate and worship Jesus Christ. Many other religions also use bread because it can be used as an offering to gods. Economically, bread played a role in some societies as a symbol of wealth. During the 19th century in Sicily, Italy, having bread meant you were rich. This is because droughts would destroy fields of wheat, making it impossible to grow more bread at low prices. Wheat became rare and those who were able to buy it were considered the richest.
There are many meals that must have bread in order to make them complete. Many people cannot have a meal without having some type of bread. There are several connections that people can make for bread in regards to social, religious, and economic aspects. Bread represents many different things for different cultures. Bread is a dish that holds some level of importance in each religion. In Christianity the church comes together to perform communion; this is when the church comes together remember Christ and all that he has done for us in his life through his death and resurrection. Bread represents the body of Christ and the grape juice or wine represents his blood. Communion is also performed in the Catholic religion. Bread is a important and represents something important in my religions There is also a social connection to bread. Bread is a key component in most meals from all over the world. Many dishes from different places in the world have bread or a form of bread. Since bread is usually in most people meals from around the world. Bread is a global dish that can be use to connect many people from different parts of the world together. There are several economic connections that people have created to bread. Many people refer to the “bread-winner” as the person who brings in the most money. In many families the person who is referred to as the bread-winner is the finical support of the family. Bread can also be view from a lower economic stand point. Bread was often served with low price meals and bread is not highly expensive it is actually one of the least expensive food items in society. Bread can have two meaning when it comes to an economic stand point. Bread has social, religious, and economic connections.
In today’s society French Bread has many social, religious, and economic connections. From a social view, French bread is connected to po-boys. In New Orleans, the Martin Brothers first used French bread in their poor boy sandwiches, which later became known as po-boys. These sandwiches were given to strikers and workers for free during a time when they were trying to acquire a better community as well as jobs. During lunch they would go to the Martin Brothers place where they were served po-boys. This social aspect of French bread pushed these strikers and workers to fulfill their responsibilities and it also played a big role in the history of New Orleans. Bread also plays a key role in religion. In Christianity bread is used during communion to represent the body of Christ. Also in religion communion takes us back to remembering the last supper where Jesus and his disciples supped with bread and wine. Catholics also use bread in their religion to represent the body of Christ, or Eucharist. Other religions also use bread as an offering to gods. Aside from religious connections to bread, there are also economic connections to bread. During certain periods of time bread was a symbol of wealth. In Sicily during the 19th century having bread meant you were wealthy. Due to droughts the price of bread would increase due to its scarcity making it only available to those who had money. Also in today’s society the term “bread winner” is given to the person in a household who brings in the most money.
Chinedu Echebelem
ReplyDeleteThe French bread has social and economic connections in the New Orleans society. Socially in the society, the French bread was used to make a well-known sandwich, which is referred to as a poor boy, or more commonly a Po-boy sandwich. A Po-boy can be described as a long sub sandwich containing shrimp, oysters, sausage, or even lobster. In society, there are different reasons as to why they refer to this sandwich as a Po-boy, and the word has many different connotations. In addition, some of the myths of the origination of the name Po-boy still live on in their society.
The Martin Brothers are the originators after collaborating with the Gendusa Bakery to create the poor boy loaf. In response to the New Orleans economy, the forty inch bread was a result of the switch from family bakeries to industrial manufacturing. However, the bread of the Po-boy has more history behind it than the sandwich itself. Gendusa created the huge 40 inch French bread loaf, because it reminded him of his Sicilian culture back when he was younger. He’d remembered seeing a loaf just as big.
The Martins also participated in some charitable work by feeding the workman these Po-boy sandwiches for free whenever they came to their coffee stand during the strike, which was also during the time of the Great Depression. Whenever these men came up to the stand, they would state, “Here comes a Poor boy,” which is essentially where the name of the sandwich originated. However, the term Po-boy has another origination. When African American youth asked for a sandwich, they would refer to it as a “Po-boy” due to their dialect. In closing, these individuals decided to create an inexpensive tasty sandwich for a community that was suffering from high rates of unemployment and the Great Depression.
Mahalia Dees
ReplyDeleteFrom hamburger buns to French bread to Nan bread, bread remains a staple in cuisine all over the world. In most cultures around the world there is a serving of bread or grain at every meal. Along with being of nutritional importance bread has social, religious, and economic importance.
Bread has been a part of the center of a few social gatherings in history. An example of one occurred in the late 1800s, when the people of New Orleans began striking for labor rights. Restaurants and sandwich stands supported the strikers by giving them free lunch consisting of Po’ Boy sandwiches made from French bread. A simple showing of support like lunch could have been what kept the strikers going.
Bread also has religious importance. Religions all over the world, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and many others give bread and baked goods up as offerings to gods and goddesses or abstain from eating bread to show their love for their higher power. Bread is also sacred in certain religions. In Christianity in particular bread symbolizes the body of Jesus Christ.
Bread has also been an economic symbol in many societies. In the 1800s in Sicily, Italy the possession of bread meant that the person or family had money or social status. Because of a drought, wheat crops dried out and a famine began. Wheat became rationed and sold at a high price. Only the most elite in the town could afford to buy bread.
Bread has heavily influenced people’s lives throughout history in all aspects of their lives from social change, to spirituality, to economic straits. Bread is one of the few things that tie everyone in the entire world together.
Nancy Pham
ReplyDeleteFrench bread has many economic connections, especially during the New Orleans Streetcar Strike in 1929. It was a dispute between Carmen’s Union and the New Orleans Public Service Incorporated. The union was trying to improve hourly wages for the streetcar conductors and workers; however, the New Orleans Public Service was trying to break this union up. The union resulted striking as a way to voice their wants. The streetcar conductors and workers would not work; thus, they did not make any money. During that time, the Martin brothers donated sandwiches to these men. These sandwiches were called ‘poor boys’. In the end, these sandwiches became a popular, inexpensive sandwich that thrived during the Great Depression. Also, this is a social connection. The Martin brothers sympathized with the streetcar workers, because they, too, were streetcar workers before they became bakers. Today, these poor boy sandwiches are known as “Po-Boy” sandwiches. Bread also has social connections. The donation of these sandwiches offered support and brought the community together during a hard time. “Citywide knowledge of their charitable act on behalf of the transit operators contributed markedly to the Martin brothers’ success.” Bread also has religious connections. During Mass, people would receive Communion. The bread symbolizes the body of Christ. It is interesting, because “Bethlehem” means ‘house of bread’ in Hebrew. “It is also the city south of Jerusalem that is considered the birthplace of Jesus.” According to the Old Testament, the “Eternal sends manna to the Hebrews when they are crossing the desert. Manna symbolizes bread and prefigures the Christian Eucharist.” The bread used for Communion is made from unleavened bread. In other cultures, people offer bread, pastries, or baked goods to the gods.
Dillon Glapion
ReplyDeleteFrench bread has many social, religious, and economical connections. When the Martin brothers started using French bread to make their sandwiches, they started calling them poor boys. They called the sandwiches poor boys because they were given to the workers that were on strike for free. Sometimes, if the Martin brothers had remains of the French bread left over, they gave it to the poor. French bread also has a very strong social connection. French bread is used in many restaurants in New Orleans. Usually, when an out of towner comes to New Orleans, they ask for a "Po-Boy" first. The French bread is used to make Po-boys, it is used as a side dish for any type of seafood that you order, and it is also given as a side for any gumbo of your choice. French bread is either baked fresh in a restaurant, or it is processed and sold at the super market. Usually, someone could easily tell which bread is which. Along with economical and social connections, bread also has a strong religious connection. Many times in the Bible, bread is used as a strong symbol of life. The bread is used to feed a whole nation through the miracle of Jesus. Jesus says eat this bread, for it is my body. Bread is used at communion to show a symbol of the life that Jesus has given us.
The French bread has a number of social and economic connections and today’s society. New Orleans has its own new yeast culture when preparing new dough. The difference is a thinner and lighter crust that is associated with the New Orleans type of bread. Many bakers of the New Orleans area refer to the hard Mississippi River as the secret to making the bread. Until Hurricane Katrina, many families’ used the river for the breads special qualities. When the Martin brothers started making po’boys, they used French bread as the bread on the sandwiches. They were called po’boys because it was short for their true names which are poor boys. When the Martin Brothers had excess bread, they would give it to the poor. Also, when the workers went on strike they would receive free poor boys. The most common types of poor boys in this area are ham and cheese, hot sausage, shrimp, fried oysters, and fried catfish. French bread is either made fresh in a bakery or it is made in a factory where it is not guaranteed to be fresh. When bakers would have old bread, they would make a nice dessert of bread pudding out of it. Bread does have a strong religious aspect to it also. It was use by Jesus to feed four thousand people. The bible says,” Jesus replied, ‘They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat. ’We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,’ they answered.’ Bring them here to me,’ he said.’” Jesus told the people to sit down in the grass and took five loaves of bread to feed four thousand people. This miracle is also known as the miracle of the seven loaves and fish. Bread is used in many different and use ways in life.
ReplyDeleteKierra Hitchens
ReplyDeleteBread is probably the most common food throughout the world that shares a broad history, particularly French bread. French Bread holds many social, religious, and economic connections around the world. French bread is strongly connected in each way to New Orleans. Socially bread had a very big history. Bread is connected economically and socially throughout society. French bread is connected economically due to the 1929 Streetcar Strike in New Orleans, a conflict between Public Service Incorporated and Carmen’s Union. In order to show the public service system their seriousness, the union went on strike, as streetcar conductors refused to work, leaving no profits made. During this time, bread started to become a social connection as workers with no income started a change. Agreeing with workers judgments and the strike The Martin Brothers began donating sandwiches to those on strike. Martin Brothers gave workers full support and continued to donate sandwiches that later became known as poor boys or “po-boys”. Today the bread used on these sandwiches, French braid, is used in many New Orleans meals, sold in stores, and eaten on many restaurant plates around the city. Though bread holds a strong connection economically and socially, its strongest connection is to religion. Bread represents communion. In a catholic city like New Orleans bread holds an important meaning. In a catholic mass, bread and wine are seen as not only as the Eucharist, but also as the body of Christ. There are many types of bread, French bread isn’t included in religion, however the bread used during communion is unleavened bread; bread without yeast. Bread not only represents Christ but it also represents life and our union with Christ. Bread is connected to many things however; it has one of the best histories and most amazing connections to social, economic, and religious connections.
Bread is one of the central foods for almost anyone in the past or present. You may even hear people use phrases such as "that's your bread and butter" or you go to because bread has always been will always be a go to food. In terms of religion As Christian and believers in Jesus Christ as well as Catholics bread is broken and eaten in Communion on first Sunday as the body of Savior who died for our sins. While on the social side bread is used for burgers, sandwiches, appetizers, and even a simply addition to meals like spaghetti. A bread strongly related to New Orleans of course is French bread. French bread was an economically food during the 1929 Streetcar Strike, The Martin Brothers began giving sandwiches to those on strike to help them since they clearly were not working and had little to no money for food. After the historic strike and donations in New Orleans the sandwiches The Martin Brothers donated became known as the poor boys or familar po' boys. Today you can go on almost any corner in New Orleans and get a po' boy with meat such as oysters, chicken, shrimp and maybe even crawfish. I'm sure most people have no idea that the common sandwich stems from a strike in 1929 or think much of bread socially, religiously or economically,
ReplyDeleteAsk an ordinary person what’s the significance of bread you would probably get some sarcastic response saying “well it’s good”. Bread however has a more religious, social, and/or economic connection to it as well. From a religious aspect, everyone knows the story about God turning stone into bread and feeding the multitude. In Christianity bread is a symbolization of the body of Christ. A formal tradition in the Christian religion is the Last Supper. During Jesus last days, he prepared a Last Supper with alongside his disciples, where he broke bread. In a more economic connection, a loaf of bread years earlier cost no more than a couple cents; fast-forwarding into 2012 bread cost an nearly $3.00 a loaf. Bread is a simple household item that is in constant demand. Every part of the world eats bread which makes it a central food. Economist measure simple household items like bread, over a period time to see how well the economy has improved or worsen. Over the years bread has risen to a staggering $3.00 a loaf. In a social aspect of bread, bread can have various meanings. Bread can be an alternative word used for money. French Bread especially has a significance in New Orleans. It has a social and economic connection to the city of New Orleans as well. People of New Orleans love the French Bread which is made to make the famous “po-boy” sandwich. The Martin brothers are the sole creators of the famous “po-boy” sandwich and which is a popular fad in New Orleans culture. Bread throughout history has a significant meaning from all parts of the world and everyone can relate to. Bread is used in many different ways and symbolize many different things.
ReplyDeleteMicheal Mizell-Nelson states in his article, French Bread, that “bread symbolizes maintenance of life as well as deprivation, and in a bread-and-water diet. Even though French bread is something we eat it has social and religious connections around the world. It has a big history more than anything. In my opinion freshly baked French bread is better than store brought French bread. Socially, French bread is used in many ways. French is used in many restaurants in New Orleans and sold in stores. When tourists’ comes to New Orleans to visit the first thing they try are the Po-Boy sandwiches. French bread which is used to make delicious sandwiches, used to be known as poor boy, which the Martins Brothers started to called the sandwiches that. Nowadays the sandwiches are called “Po-Boys”. In the late 1800s, when people in New Orleans began striking for labor rights, restaurants and sandwich stands supported them by giving them Po-Boy sandwiches. There are many types of Po-Boy sandwiches such as; Shrimp Po-boy, Gator Po-boy, Roast Beef Po-Boy, Oyster Po-Boy, Catfish Po-Boy and more. Usually when someone gets a Po-Boy they have a choice of getting the side order of any type of fries or gumbo. Religiously, bread is used during communion. Communion is the fellowship or association, typical communion for a Christian is a service where they take a cup of wine (which is substituted with some type of juice) and bread (usually a bread wafer) to remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This was initiated by Jesus when he held a Passover service, which the Church calls "the Last Supper". He said the cup of wine represented the blood he shed for each Christian and the bread represented his body. Jesus said “I am the bread of Life” and “I am the fruit of the vine.”
ReplyDeleteEver since the past to now there have been social, religious, and economic connections to bread. Michael Mizell-Nelson talks about how French bread can be important especially in New Orleans. Bread can be made in so many ways because something simple as bread can be made into French toast for breakfast, poor boy sandwich for lunch, and bread pudding for dinner. All the New Orleans cuisine dealing with bread has a lot of meaning to it. Po-boys were very popular in New Orleans. An example of how there were social connections to bread is when people used to go on strike for labor rights. One of the jobs people had been streetcar workers. There was an argument between two companies, Carmen’s Union and New Orleans Public Service Incorporated. In result of this, the workers started a strike. The Martin Brothers gave sandwiches to the strikers feeding them so that they can keep the strikers going and active. Bread has also shown religious connections. In the Catholic and Christian religion, bread represents the body of Christ. I am a Catholic myself and whenever I go to church I eat the bread of Christ. Bread, pastries, and baked goods are also used in other religions to be offered to gods. An example of economic connections is how people used to lose their crops due to drought and only rich people could afford to buy bread.
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ReplyDeleteIn French Bread, there are plenty of economic connections presented. One was the New Orleans Streetcar Strike in 1929. The strike was about an argument between the Carmen's Union and the New Orleans Public Service Incorporated. Due to conflicts with increasing their wages, the streetcar workers decided to go on strike. With nobody the conducting streetcars, nobody could ride them. With nobody riding them, there is nobody paying. With nobody paying, no money is being made. With a lack of income coming in, it was hard to feed the families of these streetcars. However, the Martin brothers decided to help with by giving away free sandwiches to the streetcar workers. The sandwiches became known as "poor boys" by the people during this time. With so many people going out and receiving these sandwiches, there was plenty of publicity going around for the Martin brothers. These sandwiches are still being produced for the people of today's society. The sandwiches went from being called "poor boys" to "Po-Boy" by the people of today's society. So much success has been created due to these sandwiches. It brought lots of people together, such as the many streetcar drivers. By helping the streetcar drivers and their family by giving them free food, it made the situation of the strike seem less harsh than what it really was. Who knew that so many people can come together over a sandwich! Bread also has religious connections as well. For the Communion at Mass, bread is handed to the people of the church as the body of Christ. Many great things have resulted from bread over the past years, and due to certain historical events, one can connect bread to any topic.
Taylor Reuther
ReplyDeleteThere are many different connections between New Orleans and bread. First, the French bread and New Orleans go all the way back to the Streetcar Strike of 1929. When the strikers had a “lunch break,” they would go and get sandwiches made on leftover stale bread referred to as “poor-boys.” The sandwiches were inexpensive, so the labor workers could afford to eat during strike. These sandwiches became popular during the Great Depression because they were so cheap and accessible to citizens of the city. The bread also connected the city together through the rough times. The workers had something to look forward to each day because they had an unspoken bond with the Martin Brothers. The brothers would supply the workers with food as long as they kept up with the strike.
Bread also has religious connections. During Communion, Jesus is represented through bread in the Catholic faith. The bread represents his body and flesh that is to be eaten by his followers. In the Old Testament, manna was sent to the followers of Jesus to help prevent starvation and to make them realize their was a God out there because their faith was altering due to lack of food.
Bread connects many different cultures together as one. In New Orleans, we are known as the “Melting Pot” due to the many different cultures here. That means many different customs are shared including different breads. These shared recipes bring the society closer together through similar means. Bread is always pretty cheap, so it is easily afforded by most anyone. This is where the “poor-boy” originated due to the fact that it was cheap stale bread, who anyone could afford to buy. This brought the society closer back then, and bread still continues to mold and hold society together today.
Everyone eats or has eaten bread. It is used and almost every meal we have day. It will forever be a favorite side item to go will all types of meats and fish. The most common use of bread is being eaten as a side item such as a dinner roll or biscuit. Many people make sandwiches with bread. Bread goes with everything. Bread has such a deep history from being one of the main food items when meat was not available and all they had was bread and beans, to being eaten with almost every fast food item on the menu. Bread is used everywhere even in church. Like the Lord shared his bread with his disciples in Baptist churches we drink wine and eat bread/cracker that represents what he did with his disciples. I don’t really know if other religions use bread like we Baptist do but I think there are a few other religions that use too. All we use bread in the meals we eat after church. I go to a small church and we eat after church but there is always some type of bread to go with or meal. Bread is a whole wide food. I think Asians are the only ones who don’t eat it with all of their meals because they eat rice with all their meals. Economically bread is sold in every grocery store and even at gas stations. Some small towns like mine have bread shops that sell only bread and bread products. We in America consume around 900,000,000kg of bread a year. That’s a lot of bread. This means were produce and sell tons of this product. If bread is a 50cents a pound it would mean that we spends somewhere around 4.5 hundred million dollars just off bread alone.
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Bread symbolizes the maintence of life and deprivation, as in a bread-and-water diet. The history of bread in New Orleans cuisine demonstrates a culinary mixing with German and Italian bakers making their contributions to the bread. The earliest loaves of bread that were produced in the colony resemebled the standards of the early eighteenth-century France. The decades of the Spanish government and the early period of the American era did not affect the taste of French bread-baking style. By the 1820s, almost sixty French bakers ran small to medium sized bakeries. By the mid nineteenth century, Viennese bread were going across throughout Europe and by the early 1900s, Viennese and French bread were widely available in the United States. In the traditional New Orleans French bread, milk was never added but many suggested that German and Austrian influences have made the New Orleans bread more dense and much lighter than the traditional French bread. The social connections to bread started during the Great Depression. The religious connection to the bread is that it connects to Jesus.
Minh Luan Nguyen
ReplyDeleteFrench bread has many social, religious, and economic connections in many places, New Orleans in particular. The Martin Brothers first used French bread in their sandwiches known as poor boys, also known more commonly as a po-boy. These po-boys were given to workers and strikers for free of charge to help in their endeavor to get jobs and better the community. These strikers would visit during lunch and were served po-boys which drove them even further to fulfill their duties. This is the social aspect of French bread and it played a big role in the history of New Orleans. Without bread, who knows what would have happened to these strikers.
Bread also plays a huge role in religion. For example, Catholics use bread to represent the body of Christ, or Eucharist. It represents the union between people and Christ. Wine accompanies the Eucharist to represent the blood of Christ. On Sundays, Christians eat the bread and wine to celebrate and worship Jesus Christ. Many other religions also use bread because it can be used as an offering to gods.
Economically, bread played a role in some societies as a symbol of wealth. During the 19th century in Sicily, Italy, having bread meant you were rich. This is because droughts would destroy fields of wheat, making it impossible to grow more bread at low prices. Wheat became rare and those who were able to buy it were considered the richest.
There are many meals that must have bread in order to make them complete. Many people cannot have a meal without having some type of bread. There are several connections that people can make for bread in regards to social, religious, and economic aspects. Bread represents many different things for different cultures.
ReplyDeleteBread is a dish that holds some level of importance in each religion. In Christianity the church comes together to perform communion; this is when the church comes together remember Christ and all that he has done for us in his life through his death and resurrection. Bread represents the body of Christ and the grape juice or wine represents his blood. Communion is also performed in the Catholic religion. Bread is a important and represents something important in my religions
There is also a social connection to bread. Bread is a key component in most meals from all over the world. Many dishes from different places in the world have bread or a form of bread. Since bread is usually in most people meals from around the world. Bread is a global dish that can be use to connect many people from different parts of the world together.
There are several economic connections that people have created to bread. Many people refer to the “bread-winner” as the person who brings in the most money. In many families the person who is referred to as the bread-winner is the finical support of the family. Bread can also be view from a lower economic stand point. Bread was often served with low price meals and bread is not highly expensive it is actually one of the least expensive food items in society. Bread can have two meaning when it comes to an economic stand point. Bread has social, religious, and economic connections.
In today’s society French Bread has many social, religious, and economic connections. From a social view, French bread is connected to po-boys. In New Orleans, the Martin Brothers first used French bread in their poor boy sandwiches, which later became known as po-boys. These sandwiches were given to strikers and workers for free during a time when they were trying to acquire a better community as well as jobs. During lunch they would go to the Martin Brothers place where they were served po-boys. This social aspect of French bread pushed these strikers and workers to fulfill their responsibilities and it also played a big role in the history of New Orleans.
ReplyDeleteBread also plays a key role in religion. In Christianity bread is used during communion to represent the body of Christ. Also in religion communion takes us back to remembering the last supper where Jesus and his disciples supped with bread and wine. Catholics also use bread in their religion to represent the body of Christ, or Eucharist. Other religions also use bread as an offering to gods.
Aside from religious connections to bread, there are also economic connections to bread. During certain periods of time bread was a symbol of wealth. In Sicily during the 19th century having bread meant you were wealthy. Due to droughts the price of bread would increase due to its scarcity making it only available to those who had money. Also in today’s society the term “bread winner” is given to the person in a household who brings in the most money.
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