When looking back at the younger days of my life I would have to say that my culture had a big influence on what I ate. My mother being born and raise in the deep south, New Orleans, Louisiana she had her own perception on what was good to eat. She had a southern mix on everything. We had the friend chicken, friend fish, fried pork chops; to make a long list short fried everything. My father on the other had came from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma which is something like a cowboy town. Here they eat things like ribs, big burgers, steak, and much more. With these two different backgrounds it brought me to the type of person that I am today.
The type of person that I am today is a person that eats pretty much anything. If it taste good and it don't kill me then it may be consumed. I will try everything a least once because I feel that everything deserves at-least on shot. I rearly find something that really bad so its safe to say I’m a cross cultural eater. When looking at the society we live in theres really no such thing as a foreign food in our society. Pretty much everything sold now has an American twist so nothing really true to what it is suppose to be. Other then the twist the society that we live in promote an ideal type of eating styles that all those who live in America should follow, which all of us into what we call fast food.
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ReplyDeleteFried food and BBQ? MMM, sounds great. When you say fried anything I'd be curious to hear what the most outrageous thing you tried was. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, the most outrageous my family got was chicken; not too adventurous however.
ReplyDeleteI like your view on what Americans call "foreign food." The U.S. is a melting pot of cultures and all these diverse cultures have introduced their food onto mainstream American restaurants. I can get Chinese and Thai food in a matter of minutes. What is even considered "foreign foods" these days? You got me thinking, well done.