Len e Connie Zuga Ted Gach
Polish roots, American experiences
Ted Gash was born in 1936. He was interviewed in 2011 by the students of the Ohio Wesleyan University.
In the interview, Ted tells of his family of Polish origins, of their foodways and the ways in which he changed his food habits during his service in the Army and then, due to his illness. His narration describes the transformation of the USA during the last fifty years.
Video table of contents
- Grandparents, parents and a Polish background
- Lot of vegies and little meat
- Catholic Poles, and Protestant Anglosaxons
- Polish food: Kiszka
- Where we got our food
- Supper
- Community, food, and a refrigerator
- Sunday meal
- My mother, the kitchen and the chickens
- In Cleveland
- Sweet-tooth
- Cancer and the change of food habits
- Military service
- At the high-school
- My town, once and today
- Eat healthy
- How to get hospitality
Interview information
Country: US
City: DELAWARE - OHIO
Altitude: 255m s.l.m.
Document by: Michele F. Fontefrancesco
Video by: Abigail Walsh, Rebecca Powditch
Created: 20-10-2011
