Food ways

During times when my family gets together and celebrates any special occasion, our food ways are the same as any other day, except we go more out.

In my family the women are the ones who always cook. The wake up in the morning and they already starting the dishes. Depending on what they are making and the amount of people, they could stay in da kitchen for about half the day or more. Usually the teens , such as myself, set the table. If there is not enough room in the dining room we bring more chairs, or we all sit in the living room in chairs or on the couch. Sometimes we will all listen to what one person is saying but we usually drift into our own small groups and talk, occasionally switching up or adding to the people we are talking to.

When my mom and my little sister and I have dinner everyday, things go almost the same. My mom cooks and I help as much as I can, I set the table and we sit down. We talk about how our day went,what were planning, anything that really comes up.

I guess my families food ways are different from the American food ways. These ways seem to be done in a mner in which fmailes don't really share much, they don't even sit togeather and talk, and if they do its because they have not, not want to. It seems that the American food ways also consist of foods that aren't necessarily healthy, such as fast food, and lack of culture. You eat food that could be considered bland, with no real flavors like other cultures.

Personally I prefer my families food ways. I think the food is soo much tastier, and its just the right thing to do, sitting with your family and having conversations that make you feel like your being understood and loved. Sitting with my family and having them listen many times an make us feel like those around us are really there for us.I would raise my kids with the same food ways as my family, not the American way.