Are you Ready for Dinner?
Imagine after a long day of school and work, you come home, hang your backpack up on the wall, take your shoes off and take in a deep breath. The smell of mom’s homemade garlic bread fills the air. You follow your nose to the origin of that delicious smell; there on the stove is a boiling pot of spaghetti and the meatballs simmering in a copper pot. To go along with the spaghetti mom made a fresh salad and homemade apple cobbler for dessert. Your mom tells you dinner will be ready in an hour and that seems like a lifetime. Although going out to a fancy dinner or even a quick stop on the way home can be fun and easy sometimes, there is nothing better than a home cooked meal that is not only cleaner, fresher, more engaging,
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You don not have to worry about what all goes into the food and where all it has been because you are making it yourself. The food goes directly from your pantry to your plate. Some restaurants and fast food places are not the cleanest and do not follow the rules like they are suppose to. Some workers do not use gloves or wash their hands regularly. Cooking at home also is best for freshness and ingredients. Restaurants don’t always have the freshest foods. Especially if you go to fast food places, it is mostly all fried and greasy. Not to mention the artificial flavors, MSG, and trans fats in these foods, according to SFGATE.com “Order a burger and fries with a soda, and you 're likely to consume all of these dangerous chemicals. The burger likely contains BHA and hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, and many fast-food restaurants still cook their fries in oil that contains trans fats. If you order a colored soda, you 're consuming artificial dyes, and if it 's fruit-flavored soda, you 're also getting a dose of artificial flavors.” While cooking at home, you know everything that is part of your meal. You know the quality of the meal and all of the ingredients in
The term “fast-food” is usually distinguished by food served very quickly to a customer by drive-through or carry-out. Fast-food restaurants are highly associated with low-cost and malnutrition foods with brief consumer and employee interaction, and below average cleanliness based on restaurant health inspection reports. Chick-fil-A has changed the usual perception of fast-food restaurants. Rather than burgers and potato fries, Chick-fil-A serves chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. Chick-fil-A also shows their appreciation for employee to customer relations, rather than ignoring the social aspect of serving customers when operating at a fast pace. Chick-fil-A’s menu selection, customer interaction, and clean eating
In no way am I claiming to be a perfect, clean eater. Sometimes eating fast food is unavoidable- which is the problem. Fast food restaurants are on every corner; their business plan is to get people through their doors due to the convenience of their location, prices, and hours. Consumers often value this convenience over the detriments it is causing to
Fast food restaurant chains are a popular and convenient choice for eating on the go in our modern society. There are certainly several positive aspects to fast food establishments, but are the potential health detriments and collective negative effects on society worth it? Or would it be better to support locally owned and operated restaurants? Here I will examine several facts pertaining to these restaurants, as well as explain why I personally believe we should not frequent these establishments, but rather support local restaurants.
My mother was a simple cook. She prepared foods she'd been raised on, plain Southern fare-rice, gravy, sliced tomatoes, turnip greens, cornpone, grits, eggs, chicken and dumplings, pot roast, ham, field peas, lima beans, potato salad, stewed okra, pumpkin pie, salmon balls. We didn't have fancy casseroles or lasagnas or spaghetti, and nobody had ever heard of a burrito or an egg roll. I didn't know what an artichoke or a parsnip or kiwi or papaya was-certainly had never taste them. We drank sweet iced tea and sometimes lemonade.
From the advancement in technology, food preparation has changed over the twentieth century from food mainly being cook and prepared in a home setting to now mainly being prepared and served through lines of a fast food restaurant. With people on the move from place to place and having a busy schedule, people now rely on fast food restaurants for main course meals. Even though fast food has provided food for people with a low income or no money at all, fast food still have processed food, preservatives, and filters that can cause cancer and other harmful effects.
Most people eat out, about “55%of people eat fast food during the week” (Alfano). Fast food is just easier; it gives parents time to settle in at home after work and children to get homework or showers in before bed. Cooking meals come with having to clean a decent amount of dishes which is inconvenient for everything that needs done after school and before bed. Unsurprisingly, “17% of people eat a home cooked meal 7 nights a week”, 17% is very low compared to the people who eat fast food during the week (Alfano). Families do not always eat out each day a week, some manage to eat a home cooked meal “2-3 nights a week” that is at least “27%” of the people surveyed (Alfano). Not eating nutritious home cooked meals really affect children because “when people aren’t cooking
Fast food is widely considered a hallmark of American culture, but has spread worldwide. In a society where everyone is always on the go, the fast food industry has persuaded people to give up quality in favor of artificially-enhanced taste and drive thru convenience. Experts often blame fast food for obesity and related health problems. By using advancing kitchen technology to move towards efficient large-scale production rather than increased quality, the fast food industry has created lower quality food, forced lower standards of taste, and has caused adverse health effects in it’s consumers.
This statement by Druckman portrays the belief that women cook for the emotional experience while men cook for the technical experience. Research conducted by Marjorie DeVault (1991) suggests wives and mothers cook as a way to show their love to their family. Similarly, research by Cairns, Johnston, and Baumann (2010) discusses women’s emotional responses to cooking for their family and friends. Both studies highlight the emotion and nurture women feel as they cook for others. The studies’ discussion about the nurturing aspect of cooking demonstrates the traditional feminine belief that women cook in order to nurture their families as discussed by Friedan (1963) and Hochschild
Eating out is not always a convenient option, or even the best option. Cooking at home
Over the past decade, debates regarding the fast food industry occur frequently. Its substantial impact on the world has changed a way of life, specifically in the United States. The concept of the fast food industry was to create a method that would allow people to purchase cooked food at a faster rate than preparing a meal at home. This method was first introduced to deliver options to those who needed to chow down for lunch but did not have the availability to sit at a restaurant. Although this concept increasingly became famous for its low price and its aspects of social dining, most people are dependent on this method of eating for most of its meals. Most people are aware of its dangers it can have on someone’s health; however, fast foods’ marketing strategies allow companies to maintain it corporate power in the global economy. The most popular fast-food chain is undoubtedly McDonalds.
a factor at home, and Mom creates meals with that in mind. A new food group
“Having ahard time deciding what to make for dinner?” Well, not anymore because my mom’s spaghetti recipe is better than Olive Garden! Dinning out is cost prohibitive for many families. This is especially true in my household. Spaghetti has been my favorite dish from childhood. Spaghetti is effortless to create, delicious, and a nutritiousmeal the whole family can savor.Pasta noodles are inexpensive, making them the ideal food item for any money-saving meal. The sauces are also inexpensive to make when the ingredients arebought on sale. Spaghetti can be made in large quantities without emptying your wallet. This quick recipe will feed a family of 6 withleftovers for ten dollars. Serving homemade spaghetti sauce with pasta is a wonderful alternative to eating out since it is cheap and anyone can create it if they know the steps.
When families eat at home they know everything that has been added in their meal and know the cleanliness of their own kitchen. Moreover, they know if the food was washed and cooked well. At home they know that the cook has washed his/her hands. Also at home they know their hygiene.
“Having a hard time deciding what to make for dinner?” Well, not anymore because my mom’s spaghetti recipe is better than Olive Garden! Dinning out is cost prohibited for many families. This is especially true in my household. Spaghetti has been my favorite dish since childhood. Spaghetti is effortless to create, delicious, and a nutritious meal the whole family can savor. Pasta noodles are inexpensive, making them the ideal food item for any money-saving meal. The sauces are also inexpensive to make when the ingredients are bought on sale. Spaghetti can be made in large quantities without emptying your wallet. This quick recipe will feed a family of 6 with leftovers for ten dollars. Serving homemade spaghetti sauce with pasta is a wonderful
When we prepare our own food, we know exactly which ingredients and how much is going into our food. Instead you don’t have to think about the unhealthy cooking methods and ingredients going into your food. For instance, most restaurants have meals that are high in fat, salt, sugar, and would use butter or oils with trans fats. While at