Availability and freshness of food and herbs determined how long the shopping trip would be. She, along with help from her husband, prepared items such as herbs and onions, all week in order to be ready for her big meal on the weekend. Even though the mother prepared many dishes to serve a lot people, she prepared only the best. Mother appeared to be resentful to be constantly cooking; she didn’t do any less from week to week. All in all it appeared that she thrived on the compliments and wishes she received for her efforts.
REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT Yesterday I started my day at work at 7:30 as usual for an early shift. After I clock in the first thing I did was to take my bleep and sign for it. We were two carers and one unit manager on duty. I asked my unit manager if there are any changes before my handover and I headed to the kitchen to prepare the breakfast for our residents according to their specific breakfast list. After I came back with the trolley, me and my colleagues started to give the breakfast for everybody.
Then there is my son that I look into his beautiful green hazel eyes that help me keep going. My wife usually wakes up when I wake up for work, she wakes up to get her day started if we have time we eat breakfast. Usually I make a coffe for myself through out the day, I make her a cup of decaff tea. My work schedule can be hectic because sometimes we have to work through breakfast and lunch then get off really late, especially right now we’re getting supplies ready for future training in the upcoming months. Everything has to be perfect that’s the only way we get to get home early.
Then, she discovered the Food Network. The beautiful Giada, the hilarious Paula, and the refined Ina were her cooking instructors. She was able to see food being lovingly prepared. Not watching an assembly line of one slice of Spam, one pineapple slice, one thick slice of Velveeta cheese product slapped together and thrown in the oven. That was a once a week dinner as she was growing up.
Whereas in America we have one last name and when a woman gets married it changes to her husband’s last name. La Siesta. In the early hours of the afternoon, when the intense heat of the sun discourages physical activity, people take a rest period, la siesta. Business people shut their doors at about one o'clock and go home to eat lunch with their families. Lunch is the biggest meal of the day and a time for the family to gather together.
I know for a fact that some men out there are the only ones that cook in their home. At my house, my dad does all the cooking because my mom is always working really late. This past Christmas my mom had to work all day, so my dad, my brother and I cooked a really nice dinner. We slow-cooked a good sized big turkey, made mashed potatoes, stuffing, and all the good things that go with holiday meals. We had the table set up the right way before the food was cooking on the stove and in the oven.
* Saturday June 1, 2013 *Steven’s end of the year party is today. Around 10:00 am Isabella was just waking up and did her morning hygiene. She ate breakfast and started watching her favorite TV show “Degrassi”. Slowly and slowly everyone in the house started waking up. * *Hours went by; Isabella went in the room and started getting ready for the party.
Basketball is my life! I can't imagine my life without it! I wake up early to go for a run every morning before school. Then come back to shelter to cook breakfast for all of the kids ages 5-10. I usually eat whatever is left over because we do not have a lot of food.
Being an American factory worker in the present day life is not as difficult as it would have been in the past. I am an American worker that works hard every day to provide for my family. My family may not be as close as non factory workers because of the hours I tend to work from time to time. My family lives in the region of the U.S. that is surrounded by farm land and the nearest major city is at least an hour and a half away. A typical day in my life consists of first getting the kids ready for school by packing their lunches and also preparing them breakfast.
I got up early as usual, had a quick shower and woke up Linda my grandchild so that she wouldn’t be late for the school bus. My wife had prepared eggs and bacon for today; this was basically our daily routine. We all sat around the table and said grace. My sons had to hurry up because they didn’t want to be late for work; they work in a factory for an old white man who isn’t pleased when they’re late. I got up and held Linda’s hand, grabbed her backpack and we were heading to the bus station.