Food Culture # 3

We lived very different from other chinese culture. We must eat dinner no mater than 5: 30 pm from Sunday to Thursday. From Friday to Saturday, we can eat dinner any time. This is not a tradition for our family, my parent thinks it is better to eat early because you can digest faster and sleep earlier for school. My father prepares the food becuase he use to pwn a resturant in China. We use chopsticks on every meal such as noodles, rice, hot pot. On fast food sometimes we use our hands or fork to eat. We use spoon to eat congee. When dinner is all set, we must drink our soup first then eat some fruits. This way we can get full easily and dont have to stuff ourself at the last minute. While eating dinnerm my parents and my brother will fight for the t.v or we will talk about what we have on mind. We mostly have dicussions as we are eating, then evetually i will start a fight with my brother. When there is a movie or tv show we like, we eat slowly and my mom will just shut off the television, but when she has her favorite show on, she eat slowly and we couldnt do anything about it.

When it comes to eating dinner i will be the first one at the table. I am always the first one to finish my meal then get back to my work. My brother will always be the last one to the dinner table because he spends his time on his stupid game. My parents paste their time eating and it is pretty funny how my parents will spend little more time trying to finish eating something when there aint much to eat.

I can now see that chinese family takes their time picking out tiny meat from the bone and finish it. They dont like wasting fooods. When it comes to drinking soup my mom will always give us a straw to drink, so we dont have to drink the fats. For me and my brother, we are adapted to the american food way. We eat quickly, we must drink something while eating dinner and sometimes use our hands to eat. We dont carry our bowl while we eat when we have too. I personally doesnt focus on foods that much, thats why my health arent that healthy. I need to control my eating.