Anna's meal looked delicious! Anna made Chicken Eggplant stir-fry with rice for her family. Her meal seemed very healthy and used lots of yummy sounding ingredients. I also thought she did a really great job describing the process of how to prepare and clean up after her meal.
I also agree with Anna's view on Pollan's book, pages 54-55. I believe Americans do enjoy eating, that's why we do it so much. I feel like he exaggerates the lengths American's go to to avoid products that aren't good for them. In her blog post, it appears Anna had plenty of time to sit down and eat with her family. I envy her awesome meal at home and also support her opinion on Pollan's book.
The article Home Cooked Meals are Becoming a Thing of the Past in the USA by Lance Gay discusses the decline of family meals prepared at home in the United States. It goes against what Anna's blog said as well as a few of the other blogs I have read from our class where people eat with their families. I eat with my family every night when I'm at home and my mom prepares a home cooked meal every night. I believe that not everyones eating habits or meal consumption can be lumped into one generalization.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Making a meal
I found this assignment rather simple because I make my own dinner every night. Every Sunday, my room mate Ellie and I go to the grocery store and pick-up food for the whole week. Although we generally do not make anything exciting, Tuesday night we made some particularly good pasta. On Sunday while at the grocery store we picked up some asparagus, linguini noodles, chicken breasts, and tomato-basil pasta sauce- all products were organic.
On Tuesday night, responding to the pangs of hunger we felt from a long day of class, we went upstairs to the kitchen in our building which is luckily always open. We started to boil water then proceeded to thaw and cut out chicken. Next, we cooked the asparagus in a pan until it was tender. Then we cooked our cut up chicken in some oil. We added the asparagus and chicken to our sauce. When the noodles were done we mixed the them into the sauce also. We rather greedily ate all of most of our food and put the rest in a Tupperware container (they were eaten the next day).
Preparing my own meal was not really that big of a difference to me. As one of four kids with a single parent, I learned early on how to prepare my own food. I am also a little paranoid about food bought at restaurants or dining halls, so I avoid eating in them as much as possible. In comparison my meal was probably alot more healthy and filling than a meal out (not to mention cheaper).
In Pollan's book on pages 54-55, he claims people do not enjoy their food anymore and just eat for nutrients. He also states people do not take the time to enjoy their food. He, in my opinion at least, is completely wrong. I enjoy every meal I eat and I only eat what I enjoy. I take time to prepare nutritious meals, but nutrition does not completely dictate the edibility of my food. In my opinion, he contradicts himself throughout the book. He complains about people eating too much earlier on in the book, and now he is complaining about people not eating what they want. I really don't understand his book or the point he is trying to get across accept that he hates when people eat for nutrients.
On Tuesday night, responding to the pangs of hunger we felt from a long day of class, we went upstairs to the kitchen in our building which is luckily always open. We started to boil water then proceeded to thaw and cut out chicken. Next, we cooked the asparagus in a pan until it was tender. Then we cooked our cut up chicken in some oil. We added the asparagus and chicken to our sauce. When the noodles were done we mixed the them into the sauce also. We rather greedily ate all of most of our food and put the rest in a Tupperware container (they were eaten the next day).
Preparing my own meal was not really that big of a difference to me. As one of four kids with a single parent, I learned early on how to prepare my own food. I am also a little paranoid about food bought at restaurants or dining halls, so I avoid eating in them as much as possible. In comparison my meal was probably alot more healthy and filling than a meal out (not to mention cheaper).
In Pollan's book on pages 54-55, he claims people do not enjoy their food anymore and just eat for nutrients. He also states people do not take the time to enjoy their food. He, in my opinion at least, is completely wrong. I enjoy every meal I eat and I only eat what I enjoy. I take time to prepare nutritious meals, but nutrition does not completely dictate the edibility of my food. In my opinion, he contradicts himself throughout the book. He complains about people eating too much earlier on in the book, and now he is complaining about people not eating what they want. I really don't understand his book or the point he is trying to get across accept that he hates when people eat for nutrients.
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