FOODWAYS

My family does food in the American way of life way. I'm not sure if it's an American Way of life way, we do food, but i lean more on the side that we do food in a cultural way because many African American people i know, majority of them were taught to say their grace first. My mother cooks the food, even though she has days she does not want to, but she does any due to the fact that she is use to it. After making the food, sometimes we all would sit at the table or go back to what we was doing and eat there, but while eating, we all either watch T.V or converse. one thing that we all must do that my mother taught us and the entire4 family must do before eating is bless the food. We each must say a grace, showing the appreciations to god that we have food to eat. We all count food as a blessing to us.

My view on food compared to some of my family varies. I tend to eat food slowly, not doing it on purpose but while eating i MUST be doing something active. For example when someone is going to tell me a story and it will be long, and we are shopping or doing something besides eating, i will tell that person to hold on to the story until i eat because while eating, i will prefer conversation and not be quiet. On the other hand some of my family members can be at the table and just eat with no T.V or sometimes with out conversations. So they value the time they eat with peace and quiet. I, on the other had, must be active.

I sense that i have been adopted to the "city that never sleeps" American food way. When say that statement, it means the city is always active. It never depends on the time so in reality, my food way is active. In the media, in the movies i watch, people do the same as me. while eating they are having conversation on the phone or with someone. They eat while being on the computer or watching T.V. It seems that no one really focus on food but just eats it because that is the way we survive. It would be different if we live in another atmosphere's such as the dessert or in a cold climate. We would focus more on food but since we don't live there, we are like cat's: we adapt to our environment.