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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Blog 2 :The Meaning of Food In My Life
Meals are very important to my family. Growing up in an environment where your grandma or mother made you have breakfast before school even if it was too early sort of became a habit later on. Being an adult , breakfast in not the first thing I have in mind right after waking up. On week days, there are times where I must force myself to have at least a piece of fruit in the morning so that I have energy to get to where I am going. Being healthy and active is most important for me. Currently training, there are certain foods I must have and foods I must stay away from so that they don't get in the way of me succeeding in competitions.
If I could , all I would eat is fruits and vegetables. They are usually what I do eat for breakfast and lunch. Yet, it is pretty hard to do so when my mother starts making our cultural polish meals that sometimes contain over two thousand calories. When I get the chance to eat breakfast with my family, most of times being Saturday and Sunday mornings, it usually consists of different kinds of polish break, butter, ham, cheese and yogurts. It might not sound too high on the calories, but the bread definitely brings in the pounds. Staying healthy can be tough , that is why I take over cooking in my house. The process of my cooking differs from my cultural meals. Since I am a very creative person , I choose to be creative in cooking. There are days where I have everything planned out, and do the grocery shopping before, but there is days where I choose to improvise. Either way, the ingredients such as vegetables and fruits top the rest.
When it comes to cultural occasional meals, I would say it all comes out on Christmas Eve. We call all that is on the table " twelve meals." The twelve meals that must be on the table are food such as "pierogi,"(stuffed dumplings), "ryba", (fish), "sledzie", (fish marinated in vinegar), different types of salads including many more products I cannot remember. It must be the only day I really enjoy, and eat everything. Sometimes the meals taste better when enjoying it along with other people.
Aside from the cultural meals, fast food is my enemy. Its an enemy that tempts to be bought. Living a "fast life" which means living "fast food" can be hard to manage. There are times where lunch break does not exist or you must grab something on the way to work or school. Home is no where near, but a McDonald , Burger King or some fast food stand is always there on every block. As of now I do live a " fast life" but I choose not to live a "fast food" life. Even if I worked in a fast food place, in which I never had , after a full day of work there is no way I could be able to look at the food after. It is the second reason I rather cook and eat at home.
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