I'll Be At The Market....

In my family, we go to the supermarket every week. When my parents go to the supermarket, they buy tons of junk and snacks for us to munch on. We get a lot of vegetables just because when my parents do cook they like vegetables in their meals. We don't buy a lot of fruits usually but my stepmother has been having cravings for fruit so we've been buying more than usual. We buy lots and lots of pastas, bread, and rice. We make almost every type of pasta in the world. Overall I think we shop pretty much normal. We're all extremely picky in the house so my parents buy according to everyone's needs. Dinner is also made according to everyone's needs.

When I do accompany them though I noticed that supermarkets try to push the junk food a lot. An example of them doing this would be putting candy bars right by the register. They do this so that children can pester their parents right at the register for sugar. Supermarkets also put junk food in every aisle of the supermarket. Even if it is just at the beginning or end of the aisle. I think they do this so that children can constantly keep bringing up these bad foods to their parents and the parents eventually give in. My parents never really make me eat anything I don't like so they taught me to eat according to my taste buds. My favorite meal is pizza. I love pizza for some strange reason. My favorite home-cooked meal is arroz con fidellos and chuletas. I have no idea how to write that in English so just guess at what it is. I don't really have a eating plan. I eat when I'm hungry and I eat whatever I feel like eating.

Food Ways At Home, Food Ways Of Mainstream Americans

Now at home, I grew up with my mother eating homeade food most of the time. Rarely did we eat out from other places. I hated this because I saw my friends eating McDonalds and American-Chinese food for dinner and I was jealous. As my siblings and I got older however she changed our diets to mostly eating out. When we had homecooked meals I was extremely grateful because I hated eating out all the time. Now that I live with my father and stepmother, I noticed we eat out most of the time as well. At the beginning, I didn't mind it as much as I normally would have but then I started gaining weight and it became a big problem. Now I would rather eat homeade food again but no one in my house except my father whose working all the time likes to cook so we settle for takeout.

Many mainstream Americans probably eat like this as well. They eat homemade food occasionally and then takeout the rest of the time. It has become normal to see restaurants and fast food places packed at dinner time because so many people don't want to cook. Even I have grown accustomed to eating out even if I don't really like it.

At home even the takeout we usually eat together. We sit together and talk about our days or what needs to be done the rest of the week. We rarely watch tv while dinner is going on and we are not allowed to use our phones at the table. We must sit up with our legs on the floor. I think our meal is this strict because my father is in the restaurant business and expects us to have really good manners (which we do).

Most Americans may watch tv while they eat but this I don't know for sure. Most of the people I know eat at a table not watching television and with strict rules at the table like me. Then again, Americans have become so dependent on technology that if their "favorite show" is on I'm sure they go watch it.

My food ways are similar yet not similar to mainstream Americans.

International Worker's Day...

Up until yesterday, I had never even heard of this. This holiday also known as May Day is a day to celebrate all the achievements the international labor movement did. In most countries this day is celebrated with street demonstrations and marches but here in the U.S. we don't even know what it is. Now I am wondering why we don't hold demonstrations, marches, and/or parades for this day that brought so much glory in the older days? I think it's because our government has brainwashed us to forget about these holidays that mark such great achievements done by "the people" for "the people". Why else would most of my class, friends, and family members that I asked not know what May Day is? This holiday was something so big before and has become just another day in the American Way of Life.

What's In The Fridge?

In my fridge right now, we have:
*Ham
*Cheese
*Milk
*Juices
*Mayo
*Leftovers
*Water
*Fruit Juice Boxes
*Dressings
*Cookie Dough (my favorite)
*Eggs
*Turkey
*Turkey bacon
*Turkey hot dogs
*Tomatoes
*Onions
*Lettuce
*Peppers
*Ketchup
*Mustard
*Sauces

I think what this says about my food ways is that we eat a lot of little things too much. What's in the fridge is usually not for dinner except the vegetables and sauces, it's food that we snack on. Our fridge is never really packed because we are never really home. My father works during the weekdays all day, my sister and I go to school and get home late, and my stepmother is usually out running errands. When we are together on the weekends, rarely does anyone want to cook so we just go out for dinner or eat takeout. Many Americans probably do this when the whole family is together.

What I Ate and How I Ate It

I ate this food in this order from 4/28(dinner time)- 4/29(dinner time):

Pizza- I ate by myself because my family was in the hospital with my stepmother. I was doing homework while I was eating which I'm normally not allowed to do. I tried to eat the pizza really fast in order to finish my homework and do something that I would enjoy. I was also texting during this meal which I'm not allowed to do while I'm eating but my parents weren't there so it's ok. I had the pizza with Arizona Ice Tea. Price was $5.50.

Cinammon bun- This breakfast has so much sugar. I usually only eat this when my hypoglycemia starts to act up. I had it with water so I wouldn't be eating too much sugar in the morning. I got this from the little machines that stand outside the trains. It seems to be where a lot of people get their breakfast. It's fast and cheap, that's probably why. I munched on that for my 1st couple of classes. Price was $2.

Donut- That was a snack while I was eating my cinammon bun. It was chocalate which is suppose to make a person feel happier. I got the donut from my friend Paul and I noticed the whole class wanted junk food because they were all asking for donuts. Free.

Fruit Roll Up- My fast other snack. I ate too much sugar by this point because I wasn't feeling good at this point. I had so many snacks this day because I was menstrating. When I'm menstrating I tend to eat more because of the cravings I get. Free.

McDonalds- I had a Happy Meal with chicken nuggets and fries. The Happy Meal came with this rip off CD that had the 5 worst songs on it. I had a sprite with all this. I noticed how many calories I was eating at this point. I actually didn't pay anything because I had a gift card from McDonalds that I had gotten for Christmas from one of the kid's mothers that I interned with. It took me this long to eat it because I usually don't eat McDonalds. It's gross. After that, Cindy and I both got McSundaes. Felt stuffed and kind of sick which is usually how I feel when I eat there. We noticed how busy it was in there. People like putting this greasy food in their body. I was a typical American for lunch that day. Price on gift card was $6.something.

Subway- We ordered out because my stepmother wasn't feeling well. This was our dinner and we ate together. Asked about each pther's days during the mean. It was a prolonged meal because of how much talking we were doing. I drank Arizona Ice Tea. Price was $23.25.