Street food

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Street food is a ready-to-serve food or drink sold by street vendors, or sellers, on the street or other public places, such as in markets or exhibitions. Often sold from portable food booths, food carts, or food trucks and is intended for direct consumption. Some street foods are regional, but many are scattered outside their home region. Most street food is classified as finger food and fast food, and is cheaper on average than restaurant food. According to a 2007 study from the Food and Agriculture Organization, 2.5 billion people eat street food every day.

Today, people can buy street food for a number of reasons, such as convenience, to get delicious food at reasonable prices in a friendly atmosphere, to try ethnic cuisine, or for nostalgia.

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History

Small fry fish is street food in ancient Greece; However, Theophrastus holds the street food habits in low regard. Evidence of a large number of street food vendors was found during Pompeii excavations. Street food is consumed by the inhabitants of the ancient city of Rome, whose households do not have ovens or stoves. Here, pea soup with bread and wheat pasta is a common food. In ancient China, street food generally served the poor; however, wealthy residents would send servants to buy street food and bring it back for them to eat at their homes.

A Florentine journey reported at the end of the 14th century that in Cairo, people were carrying raw leather picnics to spread out on the streets and sit on top while eating food from the kebabs, rice and fried lambs they bought from Street vendors. In the Turkish Renaissance, many crossroads have sellers who sell "hot bites of hot meat", including chickens and sheep that have been spewed out. In 1502, Ottoman Turks became the first country to legislate and standardize street food.

The Aztec market has vendors that sell beverages such as atolli ("porridge made from corn dough"), almost 50 kinds of tamales (with ingredients ranging from turkey, rabbit, gopher, frog and fish to fruit - eggs, eggs and cornflower), as well as insects and stew. Spanish colonization brings European food stocks such as wheat, sugarcane and livestock to Peru, but, most of the commoners continue to eat their traditional food. Imports are only accepted at their food margins, for example, roast beef sold by street vendors. Some of the 19th century street vendors like "Erasmo, sango negro 'sango vendor" and Na Aguedita are still remembered until now.

During the American Colonial period, "street vendors sell oysters, roasted corn, fruit, and candies at bargain prices for all classes." Oysters, in particular, were cheap and popular street food until about 1910 when overfishing and pollution caused prices to rise. Street vendors in New York City face many contradictions. After previous restrictions had limited their hours of operation, street food sellers were completely banned in New York City in 1707. Many African women lived from selling street food in America in the 18th and 19th centuries, with products ranging from fruit, cakes , and beans in Savannah, coffee, biscuits, pralines, and other sweets in New Orleans. Cracker Jack started as one of many street food fairs at the Columbian Exposition.

In the 19th century, street food vendors in Transylvania sold gingerbread-nuts, cream mixed with corn, and bacon and other meats fried on ceramic boats with hot coals in them. The fries, which consisted of pieces of French fries, probably came from street food in Paris in the 1840s. Street food in London Victoria includes tripe, pea soup, peas in butter, pimples, shrimp, and fried eel.

Ramen, originally brought to Japan by Chinese immigrants about 100 years ago, began as a street food for workers and students. However, it soon became a "national dish" and even gained regional variations. Street food culture in Southeast Asia is currently heavily influenced by workers who were imported from China at the end of the 19th century.

In Thailand, although street food did not become popular among native Thai people until the early 1960s, due to rapid urban population growth, in the 1970s it "evacuated homes". The emergence of tourism industry in this country also contribute to the popularity of Thai street food.

In Indonesia - especially Java, the traveling food and beverage sellers have a long history, as described in the bas relief shrines dating from the 9th century, and are mentioned in 14th century inscriptions as work lines. During the Dutch colonial period around the 19th century, some street foods were developed and documented, including street vendors and dendenges (cendol). The rapid development of street food culture in Indonesia is currently contributed by the massive urbanization of the last few decades which has opened up opportunities in the foodservice sector. This is happening in the rapidly growing urban agglomeration of the country, especially in Jabodetabek, Bandung and Surabaya.

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Worldwide

Street food vendors are found all over the world, but vary greatly between regions and cultures. For example, Dorling Kindersley describes Vietnamese street food as "fresh and lighter than many dishes in the area" and "draws heavily on spices, chili and lime," while Thai street food is "fiery" and "spicy with shrimp paste... and the fish sauce. "Street food typical of New York City is a hot dog, however, the New York street food also includes everything from" Middle Eastern spicy falafel or jerk Jamaican chicken to Belgian waffles "

Thai street food offers a wide selection of ready-to-eat foods, snacks, fruits and beverages sold by hawkers or traders at food stalls or street-side food carts. Bangkok is often referred to as one of the best places for street food. Popular street offerings include pad thai (fried rice stir), som tam (green papaya salad), tamarind soup , a selection of Thai Kare , glutinous mango

Indonesian street food is a mixture of Indonesian, Chinese and Dutch local influences. Indonesian street food often feels a bit strong and spicy. Many street foods in Indonesia are fried, such as local fried snacks, also fried rice and fried chicken, while meatballs i> meatball soup, chicken satay poked and gado-gado vegetable salad served in peanut sauce is also popular.

Indian street food is as diverse as Indian cuisine. Each region has its own specialization to offer. Some of the more popular street food dishes are Vada Pav, Cholle Bhature, Paratha, Rolls, Bhel Puri, Sev Puri, Gol Gappa, Aloo tikki, Kebab, Tandoori Chicken, Samosa, Omelet Roti, Pav Bhaji and Pakora. In India, street food is known as food nukkadwala . There are several restaurants and QSR in India that also take inspiration from the dynamic street food in India.

In Hawaii, local street food traditions of "lunch plates" (rice, macaroni salad, and some meat) are inspired by Japanese bento brought to Hawaii as plantation workers. In Denmark, the sausage trains allow passers-by to buy sausages and hot dogs.

In Egypt, the food sold is generally in full streets, slow cooked fava beans.

Mexican street food is known as "antojitos" (translated as "little cravings") that includes several types of tacos, such as tacos al pastor, huaraches, and other corn based foods

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Cultural and economic aspects

Due to differences in culture, social stratification and history, the ways in which street vendors are traditionally created and run vary across the world. For example, some women are street vendors in Bangladesh, but women dominate in trade in Nigeria and Thailand. Doreen Fernandez says that the Filipino culture's attitude toward food is one of the "cultural factors that operate in the phenomenon of street food" in the Philippines because eating "food in the open, on the market or street or field" is "not contrary to food in the room." or at home "where" there is no special room to eat ".

Walking on the street while eating is considered rough in some cultures, such as Japanese culture or Swahili, although this is acceptable for children. In India, Henrike Donner writes of "the striking difference between food that can be eaten outside, especially by women," and food prepared and eaten at home, with some too strange non-Indian food or tied too close to non- India. The veganarian preparation method is made at home.

In the Dar es Salaam region of Tanzania, street food vendors generate economic benefits outside their families. Since street food vendors buy fresh local food, city parks and small-scale farms in the area have grown. In the United States, street food sellers are credited with supporting the rapid growth of New York City by providing food for traders and city workers. Street food owners in the United States have an upward mobility goal, moving from street sales to their own stores. However, in Mexico, increased street vendors have been seen as a sign of worsening economic conditions in which food vendors are the only unskilled labor opportunities that have migrated from rural areas to urban areas can be found.

In 2002, Coca-Cola reported that China, India and Nigeria are some of the fastest growing markets: markets where companies expand their efforts including training and equipping street vendors to sell their products.

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Health and safety

At the beginning of the 14th century, government officials oversaw the activities of street food vendors. With the increasing rate of globalization and tourism, street food security has become one of the major concerns of public health, and the focus for governments and scientists to raise public awareness. However, despite concerns about contamination in street food traders, such incidents are low, with research showing rates that are comparable to restaurants.

In 2002, a sampling of 511 street food items in Ghana by the World Health Organization showed that most had microbial counts within the limits received, and different samples of 15 street foods in Calcutta showed that they were "nutritiously balanced", providing about 200 kcal (Cal) energy per rupee charge.

In the UK, the Food Standards Agency provides a complete food safety guide for traders, traders and retailers from the street food sector. Other effective ways to improve street food security include: mystery shopping program, training, vendor beneficial program, regulatory regulation and membership management program, and technical testing program.

Despite knowledge of risk factors, the real danger to consumer health has not been fully proven and understood. Due to the difficulty in tracking cases and the lack of disease reporting systems, a follow-up study demonstrating the real relationship between street food consumption and foodborne illness is still very small. Little attention has been paid to consumers and their eating habits, behavior and consciousness. The fact that social and geographical origin greatly determines the physiological adaptation of consumers and the reaction to food - whether contaminated or not - is ignored in the literature.

In the late 1990s, the United Nations and other organizations began to recognize that street vendors have become an underutilized method of providing fortified food to the population, and in 2007 the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recommends considering the method of adding nutrients and supplements for street food. which is usually consumed by a particular culture.

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See also

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References

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External links

• Media related to street food on Wikimedia Commons
• Street food travel guides from Wikivoyage

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