My family’s preferred dinner meals is smothered pork chops. From the aroma of the kitchen to the juicy, pork chops coming off of the stove. Oftentimes, my husband and I make dinner together to enjoy some quality time and conversation while making an enjoyable meal, but not with smoother pork chops. He loves to say he gets full off the scent, so he sits in another room, so he can eat as much as he wants once the food is complete. Smothered pork chops are a meal that I know once my family eats it is going to be lights out. No room for dessert! Cooking smothered pork chops brings the entire family together once I have finished cooking.
Therefore, the most important ingredient is the fresh pork chops, seasoned just right! This particular recipe might be common, but it is my own. Depending on my family’s appetite or if we are having company over for dinner, I typically use the one family size centered cut pork chops found in any grocery store. The family pack generally consists of about eight to ten center cut pork chops.
When I know I am cooking that meal for dinner, ...
American food culture is a contest with the purpose of determining who can have the best meal. This contest is apparent when we share our meals through social media, and treat culinary art as a profession to create beautiful plates. As a culture, we are very accepting of forgone foods, and prefer meals we don 't normally see in our household over something we are accustomed to eating. From personal experience, when I would go out and eat with friends, we would always go
Three to four small dishes are served as side dishes-- “perhaps a small fish, grilled whole, a bowl of cooked vegetables and a portion of salad” (Downer 29). If there are guests, shrimp fried in tempura batter are also served (Downer 29). Rice, vegetables, pickled vegetables and fruits, and soup make up the main meal. Dishes are usually chosen to suit the seasons. For example, in winter the hot pot-like sukiyaki dish is served, especially around New Year’s. To eat sukiyaki, one dips thinly sliced beef into soup until it is cooked. While meat like sukiyaki is common, foods like barbecue, a common summer food in America, are not usually eaten. Aside from meats, the main things that the Japanese eat are rice, seafood, and vegetables. The main meal Americans know about, is, of course, the famous sushi. In Japan and most authentic Japanese restaurants, California rolls are actually not the most common type of sushi. There are many types of sushi, such as tamago (egg) or inarizushi, which is sushi rice wrapped in fried bean curds. Sushi is always made with vinegared white rice and often wrapped in seaweed or with raw fish that can also be eaten individually as sashimi (“Food”). Wasabi, or green horseradish paste, is used to kill germs that may be remaining on the raw fish. Ginger is eaten after every individual piece as a palate cleanser. Because raw fish is used in their meals, the Japanese shop daily so their food is as fresh as possible (“Food”). The Japanese dinner is a family gathering
While many prefer to serve the meal family style, with all the dishes on the table, my family will typically serve it buffet style to increase efficiency. Another important component of proper dining is arranging the tables. On my mother’s side of the family, the youngest people are my two-year-old twin cousins. However, the next youngest person is my fifteen-year-old brother. This discrepancy is fixed by a system that allows small children to be with these parents while still providing a separate table for teenagers and young adults. After everyone is seated, someone will lead us all in prayer. This person is typically my father or my Uncle Tom. Once this has been done, my grandmother will be the first to receive her share of food, but after her, chaos breaks out with everyone looking to get whatever food they want. After everyone retrieves their meal, it is best to have everyone sit down and eat. Make sure each table is equipped with such necessary condiments as gravy, butter, salt, and pepper. Thanksgiving Dinner is one of the best times for conversion. In my family, we will tell corny jokes and discuss interesting subjects, such as school, during this time.
Breakfast of Champions When one hears the phrase “Breakfast of Champions,” he envisions a grinning picture of Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan slam dunking, or Dale Earnhardt in a racecar on a box of Wheaties, a popular breakfast cereal. A few avid Saturday Night Live fans might recall a skit performed by James Belushi. In the skit, Belushi’s “Breakfast of Champions” featured beer, cigarettes, and donuts. Neither of these examples are the subject of Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions or Good Bye Blue Morning. A “Breakfast of Champions” is actually a martini.
The smell of an oven baked Pizza makes my nostrils flare, and every time I take a bite into the Pizza there is a tug of war between my lips and Pizza slice for the cheese. Once I take a bite of that pizza, I can feel my taste buds jumping up and down for joy. Pizza, although it is food, has helped me find pleasure in food, integrate a different culture into my life and create new traditions in my family. Pizza has become the “go to” food for my family. If for whatever reason my mom can’t cook, if there is a non-religious occasion, or if we have guests for dinner, pizza is the first food that comes to our mind to
I was born in one of the countries in Asia, and our staple food is rice. Rice is always at the center of the table, and the rest of the viand surrounds it. Here in the United States, my household still eat rice every day, accompanied by cooked vegetables and meat. My food choices are influenced by culture and family. Vegetables and fruits of my choice are abundant at the International Market and other Asian grocery stores. Vegetables are also available for a cheaper price at the farmers market. I myself buy these foods to ensure its freshness, prepare and cook them for my entire family. Inspired by Asian and American cuisine, our food is prepared with variety of cooking styles; such as dry like barbecues, baked and fried, with sauce
This statement by Druckman portrays the belief that women cook for the emotional experience while men cook for the technical experience. Research conducted by Marjorie DeVault (1991) suggests wives and mothers cook as a way to show their love to their family. Similarly, research by Cairns, Johnston, and Baumann (2010) discusses women’s emotional responses to cooking for their family and friends. Both studies highlight the emotion and nurture women feel as they cook for others. The studies’ discussion about the nurturing aspect of cooking demonstrates the traditional feminine belief that women cook in order to nurture their families as discussed by Friedan (1963) and Hochschild
Eating out is not always a convenient option, or even the best option. Cooking at home
convenient meal to fit the whole family 's needs while incorporating healthy foods such as fruits
The hosts come to our table and escort us to the buffet. The buffet is set up in a different room adjacent to the dining room. A long table is covered with a white table cloth. Large white plates start off the buffet line followed by multiple silver chafers. I pick up my plate and make my way down the line. Apple roasted pork shoulder with pan jus fills the first chafer, with beef tenderloin in the next. As I continue, I scoop garlic whipped potatoes onto my plate along with bacon maple balsamic Brussel sprouts. Continuing with the exceptional staff, bus boys line the room making sure the chafers never run low on their content. I head back to the dining room anxious to begin devouring my
Soon, we all sat around the dinner table enjoying my grandma’s culinary specialties. There was one dish that had stuck in my mind though, possibly because it was the last dish served that night.
The amount of stories of inadequate foods people have consumed with sickness or even death as a result is astonishing. Having a bad experience such as getting sick after eating something would certainly create a negative thought about that food, causing one to avoid it in the future. Another common reason for not eating certain foods is for the lack of nutrients contained. There are very few foods that I don’t eat because of bad experiences; therefore, most of the foods I avoid are a result of the small amount of nutrients contained in those foods.
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My favorite meal is the chicken fettuccini pasta. I chose this dish because I can never stop eating it. The meal is made up of warm tenderized chunks of chicken, delicate smooth creamy white sauce, and many varieties of sliced up vegetables. However, when I was a child vegetables has always been difficult to eat. It prevented me from enjoying my favorite meal because I would always have to take out the mixed vegetables in the meal. As a child I 've tried avoiding vegetables, but was found throughout the school cafeteria 's food, my mother 's cooking, or many fancy restaurants. There was nowhere to run. Over the years, my mother knew I was struggling to eat vegetables. She worked very hard by coming up with her own recipes in order for me to eat healthy. From mixing in the vegetables into the meals I usually eat or to trick me into eating meat but was actually vegetables. Soon later I came to realize how much effort she has put into the meals. All those hour and hard work my mother put it allowed me to enjoy my favorite meal again.
We’ve gotten ourselves another cab and decided that we wanted to learn more about the culture we’re visiting. Mainly wanted to know about the food, we were still hungry. They had restaurants that we were familiar with but there was something different about them. In this country, they do not eat pork. It’s against their religion. Some of the common food places like McDonald’s, Burger King, and so on, didn’t have pork or chicken. My dad even brought KFC and they made rice as an exception. All the food was still delicious and taste even