Refrigerator Assignment

I can’t name everything in my refrigerator but I got as much as I could down.

2 cartons of milk, Snapple, Water, Iced tea, Ricotta cheese, Mayonnaise, Eggs, Lasagna (left over), Chicken (left over), Butter, Jelly, Salmon spread, Soda, Icing, Cream cheese, Garlic, Mushrooms, Lettuce, Cheese, Tomatoes, Onions, Lemon, Lemon juice, Rice (left over), Teriyaki sauce, Olives, Mustard, Caramel syrup, Syrup, 4 Dressings, & Vinegar.

This list shows my relationship to food to be very unhealthy. I don’t eat a lot of fruits or vegetables and in fact most of what I eat comes from ordering out. I eat a lot of greasy, fattening foods. The foods I eat are often cooked with a lot of seasoning, and oil. I am Spanish so a lot of the meals I consume while at home are Spanish ones. I eat a lot of platanos, rice, beans, pork chops, steak, and other various heavy oily, greasy meats. When I eat out, we often order from the Spanish diner, chinese restaurant, or a fast food place nearby (popeyes, white castle, mc.donalds, chicken spot, etc.)

Growing up it was very traditional to have home cooked meals. Usually both my father and mother cooked. This depended on who was finished with work earliest. We usually sat around the dinner table and talked about our day and sometimes interesting things we learned, or funny jokes or just funny situations either us or our friends were put in. Dinner time used to be a time to spend quality time with your immediate family. Only holiday dinners were spent with the rest of the family (or when they would occasionally pop up for a visit). After my mother passed, my father had to work more and he never had time to cook. So it was either up to my sisters or myself to cook and since we were never really spending to much time in the kitchen when we were young we never really wanted to do so. Most of the time we found better things to do. When my father comes home we’re now accustom to him asking us what we want for dinner and him just ordering it out. At first it was very enjoyable but then we got tired of it. Dinner is now spent in our own rooms with our fast food as we all watch TV, listen to music, or talk on the phone with friends. Me and my sister look forward to holiday dinners because of the home cooked meals and big family gatherings around the house and at the table.