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samantha
butler
Registered User
(5/20/02 1:09:52 pm)
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food in fairytale
I'm trying to find fairytales which particularly centre on eating or food. Specifically, can anyone suggest non-western tales with this subject matter, and where I can get hold of them?
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Karen
Unregistered User
(5/20/02 4:18:15 pm)
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food
Hi Samantha.
Are you interested in cannibalism? If so, there are *thousands*. Or do you only want examples in which food, not people, is consumed?
karen.
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soccerde
Registered User
(5/20/02 4:58:35 pm)
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Re: food in fairytale
I found a book entitled, The Fairy Tale Cookbook by Carol MacGregor. The following are some of the tales included in the book that also come with recipes to make the fantasy foods a tasty reality.
~The Pancake (a big blueberry pancake)
~Hansel and Gretel (bread trail, gingerbread house,etc,)
~Goldilocks and the Three Bears (porridge)
~Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (poisoned apple)
~The Three Billy Goats Gruff (wild vegetables and grass..it'd be enjoyable to eat if you were a goat)
~The Princess and the Pea (the pea)
~Puss in Boots (a wild rabbit for the king)
~Strega Nona (pasta)
~Stone Soup
~Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (fruit)
~A Story, a Story (yams)
~The Bremen Town Musicians (baked beans and frankfurters)
~East of the Sun and West of the Moon (a fine meal, and fish)
~Sleeping Beauty (a feast of chicken)
~Little Red Riding Hood (the basket of goodies)
~Tom Thumb (pudding)
~The Twelve Months (strawberries, apples)
~Cinderella (oranges and lemons)
~The Nutcracker (pecans)
~The Ugly Duckling (bread and grain)
Another book that has recipes of food from fairy tales that can give you some ideas of what to read is Rhold Dauls Revolting Recipes.
As for other fairy tales with food involved, "The Gingerbread Man" obviously is food, and if I recall correctly from my childhood, "The Three Little Kittens" couldn't eat their pie because they lost their mittens.
Another book to look at is called Fractured Fairy Tales. I know there is a story about a cat, a mouse, and either cheese or milk.
I guess "Jack in the Beanstalk" is about food, in a way. He has to sell the cow (which is food) and he gets beans (also food). When he goes to the giant's castle, Jack is in danger of being food. The giant has delicious meals (I think, although I haven't read it in a while) and the chicken that lays golden eggs could be eaten if a person was tired of being rich. The main reason Jack has to sell the cow is because he won't work which results his mother and his starvation.
Since food is such a vital necesssity, then it is very often included in plots of stories. If you go to your nearest library you can find all sorts of fairy tale books that, if you read them, may be about or centered around food. Grab a snack and indulge your mind and imagination!!!
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samantha
butler
Registered User
(5/21/02 3:16:40 am)
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Re: food
Hi Karen
really, just food rather than people as food! My performance company will be devising a show for 4-7 year olds where the children sit around a banquet table and become part of the stories that we perform. I am interested in tales which they probably dont already know, but are stories told to children in other parts of the world.
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samantha
butler
Registered User
(5/21/02 3:19:05 am)
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Re: food in fairytale
thanks alot, that's very helpful
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soccerde
Registered User
(5/22/02 3:03:12 pm)
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Re: food in fairytale
Samantha~
If you want to use tales from other countries that include food, I would definitely suggest "Strega Nona" or "A Story, a Story" because neither of those are too well known and they're pretty fun for kids to read, especially "Strega Nona." The recipe for the pasta might not be the best for such young children because most kids are very picky, but you could substitute it for spaghetti, I'm sure. Good luck!
*soccerde*
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Jess
Unregistered User
(5/22/02 4:55:17 pm)
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STrega Nona
Actually, "Strega Nona" is popularized in Tomie dePaola's book. Many, many children are familiar with it. His Strega Nona is even sold in Scholastic Books pamphlets.
That doesn't mean it wouldn't be fun to do though.
Jess
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Jess
Unregistered User
(5/22/02 5:02:33 pm)
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Chinese Folktales
I was discussing your post with a friend from Taiwan and she related that a lot of Chinese folktales involve food (rice or dumplings, fish, etc.). I found this one as an example:
www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/u...htm#winter
I am sure others could come up with some.
Jess
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Jane Yolen
Unregistered User
(5/23/02 9:45:53 pm)
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Correction
Please note that dePaola's STREGA NONA is an original fairy tale, not a retelling, using the motifs of the sorcerer's apprentice and the magic-filling pot. But characters and setting and story details are all dePaol's.
Tomie loves to tell (with glee) the story of Virginia Haviland of the children's section of the Library of Congress, running up to him at a conference, crying "You've found the missing Italian variant." And he had to admit he'd made it all up!
Jane
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Jess
Unregistered User
(5/24/02 11:07:03 am)
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Thank you, and correction noted
I love Strega Nona myself. I have read it many times. In addition,
it never fails to satisfy the big Anthony in our family, who at
2 could literally eat a pot of pasta himself. I am sure that at
9 he would love conjure up pots full of pasta. It might actually
save on the grocery bills. In my mind Strega Nona is really a retelling
of the Sorcerer's Apprentice, but it is so accessible. Mr. dePaola
is a wonderful story writer!
Do you know whether his Indian Paintbrush story is also completely original?
Jess
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Jane Yolen
Unregistered User
(5/24/02 8:46:22 pm)
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Nope.
Sorry--not a clue.
Jane
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