A group nearly everybody can associate themselves with is family. Family creates an inner circle of unconditional love, knowing they will be there for you all the time. This is true in my family, and through this we have created things that are only accustom to our family. My mother grew up with 4 sisters and one brother. As the family grew and evolved, the 5 women all took after their mother with great cooking recipes. My mother has a motivation to make good food, as do her sisters. Holidays are a blast; it is like watching Iron Chef in my grandmothers' kitchen.
The food that I can categorize as a tradition is my grandmothers' homemade powder doughnuts. These doughnuts are the only things I can think of eating Christmas morning at my house, and the night of Christmas, we go to my grandmothers and feast the doughnuts again on the 26th. We have always gone to my grandmothers' house the day after Christmas This is something siblings, my cousins, and myself are expecting to eat. The food has become a tradition of the family. It is a trademark of Christmas morning and Christmas in general. At her house, it is a race to wake up first, whoever wakes up first gets to help grandma cook. There is always the late sleeper, and they get room temperature doughnuts. The early risers get warm and moist doughnuts. .
I do not remember the first time I had them, but I remember when these became extra special to me. About eight years ago, my house had lost power for a few days during Christmas. The though of waking up with no power on Christmas still is sad to me to this day. We went through the routine and started making the powdered sugar covered doughnuts. While my brother and sister were sitting at the bar in the kitchen, just about every light had received its power back. Everyone's head seemed to be magnetized to the bar, lights as if God had appeared, without hesitation, everyone exclaimed "Yeah! " This was truly a magical moment.
In every family there are different traditions. ... It was my first time eating there, and it was the best Mexican food I had ever tasted from a restaurant. ... Then we are seated to order our food. ... Another great tradition is spending Christmas with my dad's side of the family. ... Family traditions have been so important in my life and helped to bring me closer to my family. ...
We use food to bring our family and friends together for different types of celebrations or just for the Sunday dinner. ... Connecting to our culture is an important aspect in how our families continue to share traditions and it teaches our children about where their ancestors came from. Culture usually starts with where our relatives lived and how they grew up, what was important in their families becomes important in our families. In this chapter I would like to share with you how food and culture are incorporated into my family and can easily be incorporated into an event. ... I learned...
As a tradition in my family one of the ways to celebrate any event is by going out to dinner. ... Due to the size of my family and my love for Italian food we went to Buca di Beppo, which is an amazing place to go if you have a large family. ... The sound of laughter, and my family coming together as one still plays a vivid image in my memory. ... I was then anticipating the moment when my food would arrive, and when it finally did my taste buds started salivating. ... In the illustration I provided of my family and I, you can see how food took a role in our celebration. ...
Although the convenience the dinners gave to a family allowed a lot more time for other activities, it took away the tradition of home cooked family dinners. ... In "Heat, Tray, Love" Connie Schultz says, "Imagine my horror when one of my friends told me recently that she had no childhood memory of eating TV dinners" (114). ... Not only has the frozen food industry expanded to fit every meal within the day, it has also expanded to fit different food trends. ... In "Food Traditions: The Thread That Links Generations" by Bonny Wolf, she says, "Food binds famili...
And Asian countries amongst all the countries in the world had been successful in maintaining their tradition of home cooked meals with herbs and natural spices, until now. ... People didn't have time and wanted something quick and easier to cook for themselves and their families. ... Various other articles and authors I found over my research, like Brad Tuttle, Birke Baehr, etc, too agree that food we eat today has become dangerous and we should start eating fresh and traditional home cooked meals. ... The statistical chart mentioned above by WHO in Pawloski, Manyat, Lisa, Ruchiwit and M...
With what seemed like very little effort on her part we would arrive at our grandmother's house to what would be best described as a perfectly cleaned home and enough food to feed a small village. ... As I stated previously, my grandmother used to facilitate all holiday gatherings regarding my father's side of the family. ... My family has "shrunk" significantly over the last ten to fifteen years. ... Roughly eighty percent of my family lives on the same property today. ... We have had to assume tradition female roles when it came time to plan events for our children. ...
Something that baffles me as an American is how the sharing of food is such a strong belief in Kaluli culture, but eating the same things at the guests who shared the food is impolite. "Just as sharing food creates strong ties, food taboos prevent such relationships. ... In America, reciprocity is embedded within certain occasions because of traditions, but it is much more based on finances and convenience in the Western hemisphere instead of something that occurs on a daily basis to uphold a tradition like the Kaluli's have. Obviously, if I were to come to a standard dinner party with my...
Traditions have played an important role in my life. ... When my family gets together, it's the party of all parties especially at Christmas. ... When I was younger, Christmas Eve was huge in my family. ... Up until nearly six years ago, it would mainly be my immediate family and my grandmother. ... Almost my mom's entire side would be there, along with my Uncle Joe's side, and friends of the family. ...
Upon my families arrival in America they in turn provided a stable environment in which the following generations could be raised with strong Irish traditions. ... Today my family gathers at my Great Grandmothers house for dinner and celebration. ... My Great Grandmother had certain traditions in her family, but they were not passed on through the generations. My parents have particular traditions for Christmas and Thanksgiving in my family, but they are not the same as my Great Grandmothers customs. ... My family was never really in touch with any Irish traditions. ...
