When I was at the farmers market on Friday I noticed that this place had a much natural feel and atmosphere. What I noticed was that all the food there looked much fresher then from the supermarket. I even bought a quart of Apple Cider from one of the stands at the market and since I love Apple Cider I was able to tell that this drink seemed as though it just arrived and off the farm instead of on a supermarket shelf for weeks or even months. Another thing I noticed was that there was no artificial and processed food. In my opinion the closest it got to “artificial,” was the baked goods such as cookies. And the reason I say this was the closest to artificial is because this was the only sweets there. And a lot of the artificial foods are primarily sugar based and that’s why I say the cookies were the closest to artificial.
But after this experience I think I should go to farmers markets more often. I never realized how good things actually are from these places because I primarily do my food shopping at supermarkets or delis. But at farmers markets the products are a lot more fresher and natural instead of processed in a factory by machines assembling them. Therefore I believe this trip kind of changed my view of where I should buy food from because not only is the food cheaper, it is more natural and healthier then what a supermarket can have to offer.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Grocery Store and Habitual Food
I believe that my family doesn’t do a great job at keeping vegetables in the house to eat. Even though some of the time I have access to fruits and veggies, it is very rarely that I do. I feel that most of my food consumption is mostly meats, cheese, and other junk food. I sometimes consume grains, fruits, and veggies in a typical week outside of home when I’m eating my out-lunch at school. Such as healthy Subway Sandwiches or heroes from the corner-store where I can get some of my favorite heroes such as, Turkey with American Cheese, lettuce, tomato, and Mayo. But at home I rarely consume greens, fruits, grains, or etc.
I have noticed that supermarkets now a day are prioritizing their stock by trying to actually get the more organic and healthier things instead of filling the shelves up with all the crappy junk food we Americans are so accustomed to eating. But now a day the U.S is opening its eyes to healthier foods due to there being a high increase in overweight people. But what I have noticed inside my supermarket is that the stock people organized it so that all the healthy, fresh, and organic type foods are on the perimeters of the store. Meaning all the fruits and veggies are on the left hand wall, meats are straight in the back, and the milk/ dairy products on the right hand side. With all the processed and artificial junk crap in the center of the store. Now I don’t know if this is just coincidental organization or this is trying to send people a message?
I think the message it is trying to send is how a lot of people’s favorite snacks and meals are the junk crap which we consistently consume. While these better and healthier foods are on the perimeter of our liking or on the amount we would like to consume them. Therefore all the junk is in the center of our consumption “circle,” where the healthy foods are on the perimeter of it like in the perimeter of the supermarket. Then maybe a supermarket maybe organized by the amounts of certain types of things they want people to consume. If the healthy stuff is in the center as the majority of their stock then the supermarket wants you to consume healthy food.
I have noticed that supermarkets now a day are prioritizing their stock by trying to actually get the more organic and healthier things instead of filling the shelves up with all the crappy junk food we Americans are so accustomed to eating. But now a day the U.S is opening its eyes to healthier foods due to there being a high increase in overweight people. But what I have noticed inside my supermarket is that the stock people organized it so that all the healthy, fresh, and organic type foods are on the perimeters of the store. Meaning all the fruits and veggies are on the left hand wall, meats are straight in the back, and the milk/ dairy products on the right hand side. With all the processed and artificial junk crap in the center of the store. Now I don’t know if this is just coincidental organization or this is trying to send people a message?
I think the message it is trying to send is how a lot of people’s favorite snacks and meals are the junk crap which we consistently consume. While these better and healthier foods are on the perimeter of our liking or on the amount we would like to consume them. Therefore all the junk is in the center of our consumption “circle,” where the healthy foods are on the perimeter of it like in the perimeter of the supermarket. Then maybe a supermarket maybe organized by the amounts of certain types of things they want people to consume. If the healthy stuff is in the center as the majority of their stock then the supermarket wants you to consume healthy food.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
May Day
I think that realizing and observing that sense of a past struggle is necessary to live a good and meaningful life. In this case, I believe that more people in the U.S should be more aware of certain holidays such as May Day and observe it like any other American holiday such as July 4th. May Day was a day where workers didn’t go to work to exercise their rights to have time off. This was something similar to the civil rights movement because instead of marching out for work, they marched to get their rights as equals. But why is May Day a holiday to many that has just “Disappeared?” I think it is due to our American culture blocking us from the truth of our actually meaningful rights and feelings.
I feel that the American culture has blocked us off from knowing about this holiday because I feel the government is scared of what the American people can possibly do. I bet they feel that the American public will feel that it would be more meaningful if only have like 1 day of work a week. So therefore we are blocked off from this holiday so we don’t have a high potential from not going to work every day so there would be hardly any work days. If this were to happen then there shouldn’t even be consider a “work week,” if there is hardly any work. Therefore in conclusion I believe May Day isn’t observed due to the American government’s fear of their own people’s ability to walk out of work almost every day and force there to be hardly any work week.
I feel that the American culture has blocked us off from knowing about this holiday because I feel the government is scared of what the American people can possibly do. I bet they feel that the American public will feel that it would be more meaningful if only have like 1 day of work a week. So therefore we are blocked off from this holiday so we don’t have a high potential from not going to work every day so there would be hardly any work days. If this were to happen then there shouldn’t even be consider a “work week,” if there is hardly any work. Therefore in conclusion I believe May Day isn’t observed due to the American government’s fear of their own people’s ability to walk out of work almost every day and force there to be hardly any work week.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Food internet research
Now as I have researched it, I believe that school food actually isn’t as bad as we portray it to be. The only reason we make it out to be so bad is because it is healthy food. And as kids we think that all healthy food is disgusting but in the big picture, school lunches actually look for us to be healthier. This is to teach us to eat more fruits and veggies and not eat as much crap. But by now knowing this we can change our opinions and use school lunch to the best of our benefit. Therefore, I believe we can make school lunch even better if we just accept it and try to embrace what society is trying to give us.
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4803418.stm
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4803418.stm
Food in my Refrigerator
· Soda
· Veggies
· Cheese
· Milk
· Salsa
· Ketchup and mustard
· Peanut butter
· Red Bull
· Pasta and shrimp
I believe that food in my refrigerator follow more or less the ideas of the mainstream American way of food culture. The reason I believe so is because a lot of my food I would say is junk food and that is what the American culture tries to do. This is take foods that are considered for “poor people,” and make them look like they are food for a king. Because I honestly think that a lot of the foods I eat are blown up to be classy foods when they are really meant for someone in middle class. So in this matter, I feel that me and my family are victims to the American food culture by being persuaded by the media that the food we eat is awesome for us, when it really isn’t.
· Veggies
· Cheese
· Milk
· Salsa
· Ketchup and mustard
· Peanut butter
· Red Bull
· Pasta and shrimp
I believe that food in my refrigerator follow more or less the ideas of the mainstream American way of food culture. The reason I believe so is because a lot of my food I would say is junk food and that is what the American culture tries to do. This is take foods that are considered for “poor people,” and make them look like they are food for a king. Because I honestly think that a lot of the foods I eat are blown up to be classy foods when they are really meant for someone in middle class. So in this matter, I feel that me and my family are victims to the American food culture by being persuaded by the media that the food we eat is awesome for us, when it really isn’t.
Food for the past 24 hours. Night of 4/28/09- night of 4/29/09
· 1 Red Bull
· 2 Gatorades
· 1 7-Eleven slurpee
· 1 hot dog
· Juicy-fruit gum
· Pasta and Sausage
· 2 glasses of Pepsi
· 1 Nesquik chocolate milk
When I consumed these foods/ drinks I am mostly by myself. This is due to when I am at home I eat and do my homework at the same time so therefore I am by myself and not with anybody. The only things I had with other people were my hot dog, slurpee, Gatorades, red bull, and juicy-fruit gum. This is because these are foods that are associated with my friends and I. For example: I drank a red bull to recover from an injury and I was chewing gum at my baseball game because it is something us ball players do.
So as you may notice, this is almost the daily eating routine of my life. I am mostly alone because I usually have to eat alone with only my homework to do. It is kind of a bad feeling to have because sometimes I think about the food I am eating and think about how not being able to enjoy it with anyone is a bad thing. I sometimes try to enjoy food my others like my dad but that is usually only during a sports event. Therefore my eating is usually alone or with my friends and usually always alone at home.
· 2 Gatorades
· 1 7-Eleven slurpee
· 1 hot dog
· Juicy-fruit gum
· Pasta and Sausage
· 2 glasses of Pepsi
· 1 Nesquik chocolate milk
When I consumed these foods/ drinks I am mostly by myself. This is due to when I am at home I eat and do my homework at the same time so therefore I am by myself and not with anybody. The only things I had with other people were my hot dog, slurpee, Gatorades, red bull, and juicy-fruit gum. This is because these are foods that are associated with my friends and I. For example: I drank a red bull to recover from an injury and I was chewing gum at my baseball game because it is something us ball players do.
So as you may notice, this is almost the daily eating routine of my life. I am mostly alone because I usually have to eat alone with only my homework to do. It is kind of a bad feeling to have because sometimes I think about the food I am eating and think about how not being able to enjoy it with anyone is a bad thing. I sometimes try to enjoy food my others like my dad but that is usually only during a sports event. Therefore my eating is usually alone or with my friends and usually always alone at home.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
my food, family food, USA food
I believe my food habits are just like my family’s food habits. The reason being is because we are very informal so if there’s a dinner we just go and get our food and just find a seat on the couch to eat. Foods we eat are widespread. Since my family is Jewish we are suppose to be kosher but we feel that there is more to life and we should appreciate food. So therefore we break that rule of being Jewish to eat other foods such as pork. But foods we eat can be anything. Things such as beef, chicken, pasta, veggies, potatoes, burgers, and almost anything else you can think of.
These eating habits differentiate from our American way of food culture. The way it does is because we don’t just be eating from American institutions such as McDonalds, Burger King, Subway, Etc. We as a family actually cook our food to be good and special instead of a good for nothing fast food cheeseburger. People who usually cook for holidays are my relatives so that is a special feeling to have. Even though I do most of the cooking in my own apartment. This differentiates from American culture because American culture food like McDonalds is worth nothing. But a home cooked meal by a relative is something special.
These eating habits differentiate from our American way of food culture. The way it does is because we don’t just be eating from American institutions such as McDonalds, Burger King, Subway, Etc. We as a family actually cook our food to be good and special instead of a good for nothing fast food cheeseburger. People who usually cook for holidays are my relatives so that is a special feeling to have. Even though I do most of the cooking in my own apartment. This differentiates from American culture because American culture food like McDonalds is worth nothing. But a home cooked meal by a relative is something special.
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