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English
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"Of Course, in Guatemala, Bananas are Better" : Exotic and Familiar Eating Experiences of Mormon Missionaries
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Latter-day Lore : Mormon Folklore Studies
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Salt Lake City
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University of Utah Press
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448-470
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Studying culinary tourism invites a corollary exploration into the realms of experience that emerge during an extended stay in an unfamiliar country or region. Like incidents of culinary tourism, extended-stay eating experiences require the 'intentional, exploratory participation in the foodways of an Other' (Long 1998, 181). Unlike the touristic desire for 'new [culinary] experiences for the sake of the experience itself' (Long 1998, 182), however, the extended stay most likely creates compelling twin desires for new and familiar eating experiences. For, unlike the tourist, participants in a lengthy stay become more exposed to the 'culinary system not one’s own' (Long 1998, 181). Without significant effort to avoid unfamiliar culinary systems, the long-term visitor or resident will experience more frequent encounters with new aspects of foodways than the culinary tourist: more new food items, new meal systems and cuisines, and new methods of food procurement, preparation, and presentation. This practically unavoidable immersion in an unfamiliar or other culinary system invites an eater to both highlight and shade exotic aspects of eating. [From the text]