When I first got this assignment I wanted to make something that had rice in it so I thought what types of food involved rice, which is vegetarian because I don't eat meat so I thought of Mexican and Thai. Then I went to the store to look for ingredients a shortly after I got there I was, getting ingredients for the fried rice, which had eggs, rice, soy sauce, green peas, and other veggies. But, I quickly realized that I was way over my budget. So then I looked for Mexican style ingredients where I found rice, beans, and corn for under four dollars. Since I was under budget by forty-one cents I had enough money to ad one tomato in my dish.
This experience made me realize that food is really expensive and that's we should not take it for granted. Also that I should be thankful for what I have because some people like the people in the great depression did not have any food and that how hard life would have been like during the great depression.
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My brother said he liked the dish very much it was just that it was a little dry. He also said that the rice had a lemon hint in the rice because it was cilantro lime rice, the corn was very sweet, the black beans were savory, and that the tomatoes were evenly cut and flavorful. In addition, my brother also said that he was full after the meal I cooked .
The next and last person I interviewed was my dad, he said that he loved the food and that it was very filling. He also said the corn had a sweet, delicate taste, the rice had a lime fragrance, taste, the beans had a hardy flavor,and the tomatoes had a burst of flavor.
If I had only four dollars to spend my family would probably have pasta or a rice bowl. I think that people who lived in the depression had a hard time surviving I think that they had to eat the same thing everyday for dinner because they had no money which is a very hard way to
Everyone wants their food to taste superb when going out to eat. Both restaurants served excellent homemade chips and salsas as well as queso dip. Reading the menu to order was no problem and both places had a wide variety of options to choose...
The young, recently married farmers living in the Great Plains during the 1930s had a terrible life. First off, being married meant having multiple people to provide for. This is more responsibility, and leads to dividing up the food between family members. Then, the country was also in an economic downturn, so the price of food and crops were low. Farmers already had debt because of new machines and land that was purchased during World War I to keep up with the demand during the war. Then the depression caused banks to fail, so farmers lost all their money that was in the bank. Everyday life was treacherous, and there were few amenities in the home, with no plumbing or electricity. Life was awful for a farmer during the Great Depression.
Furthermore, a narrative of the Depression: "It was always cold in the house; the only warmth was a wood burning stove in the corner. We used to sit and listen to Gracie and Burn's on the 7 o'clock show. Dinner was watered down onion stew with a slice of bread. "We worked in the fields, maybe 9, 10, hours per day, maybe more. Pay was two dollars a week. We were lucky. We had a roof over our head and food in our bellies, even if it were onion stew, most days." Now, it's 1974 and I ask my granddaughter for a pop at the lumber yard. "50 cents for a 16 ounce bottle of pop. What's wrong with prices these days? I can remember 10 cents a pop."
The public school system changed drastically during the Great Depression. Society started to notice the changes during the years of 1930 and 1931, when conditions were at their worst. Many students did not have the right clothing, supplies, and textbooks because parents could not afford the costs. The price of school supplies ran from $1.00 for a pen to $3.85 for a pair of shoes (Editors of Time-Life 29). In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout’s teacher, Miss Caroline, asked one of her students where his lunch was. He then explained that he did not have a lunch because his parents could not afford it. “He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any. He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow or the next day. He had probably never seen three quarters together at the same time in his life” (Lee 20).
One writer criticizes President Roosevelt for suggesting that citizens try to live on seven cents per day. Roosevelt is also criticized for indulging in luxuries such as cars, airplanes, and vacations. The same writer also states that the Roosevelts, “have every comfort that the common people of our great nation is toiling to provide” (McElvaine, 186). There is a great amount of discontent among the poor regarding their treatment in New Deal relief programs. It is common during this period for welfare to not be distributed evenly.
During WWII people had to ration their food so that there was enough for everyone to eat. “It was tight at times. You had to stop and think of what you were going to buy, and buy things that were going to stretch, maybe spaghetti, macaroni and mix it up with something else. I’d say in the summer months we were fortunate that we had fresh produce” (Doc. F). It made things worse that there were labor and transportation shortages and made it hard to harvest fruits and vegetables as well as transport them to various markets. The government
During The Great Depression, people had to find ways to save money on even the bare necessities. One example of this was the widespread use of vacant lots, and land provided bythe cities to grow food. Americans now had to live in the manner of their ancestors, making their own clothing, growing their own food, and agai...
Coming from a Mexican cultured family eating these types of food has been a tradition. People from all over the U.S like to eat these types of food because it’s really popular and delicious. I personally love to eat these dishes, and would recommend them to those who have not yet tried them. If your one of those people who have not tried Tex-Mex food or Mexican food go out there and try something
During the great depression for most families barely had enough to eat. “With half enough to eat” (Shafter 1). Even though the people did not make enough to fill their their stomachs they would still “rather not be on the rolls of relief” (Shafter 1). If a jobs opened for hardly any pay the people would run to the farmers looking for the job. “Like a swarm of bees we come” (Shafter 1). The families did not want anything special, just the necessities to survive. People wanted to work for their money even though they were about to starve. They would rather die with a job and an empty stomach then be living, and have stuff handed to them.
... then five more, one after another… they allowed themselves to eat those bodies… They said, ‘it was the great unbearable famine that did it.’” The struggle to find food was real. It was a heavy burden for people to bear. The need to stay a live became a daily struggle many civilian and soldiers.
The taste of the Elote is amazing. When I bite into the corn, I can clearly taste the juice of the corn with the crunchiness of the charred surface. The taste of cold sour cream and mayonnaise comes afterwards. The spiciness of the chili comes at last, however I think it is not as spicy as I expected. I consider it a mild Mexican cuisine comparing it to their more spicy cuisines. The texture is mostly feels like eating normal corn except there are more liquid due to the butter, sour cream, mayonnaise and cheese on top. The color is really interesting; it is a yellow corn with white top from the mayonnaise and cheese with the red guajillo chili powder on top. It almost looks like graffiti on corn. The aroma is mostly from the charred corn and
The stock market crash of 1929 created what is known as the Great Depression and many people were affected from farmers to normal city workers. As the 1930s rolled around the United States already started to see the affect of the stock market crash. “By 1930 over four million people were out of work and this number had doubled at the end of 1931.”(1930). Employment dropped rapidly and farmers went out of business due to banks foreclosing on farmers. The whole country was in shambles with half of the country being stable or wealthy and others starving not being able to find food. People trying to find food turned to soup kitchens were they would be given a very small meal. “When soup kitchens first appeared, they were run buy churches or private charities.” (Depression) and could survive from 1,500 to 3,000 people a day.
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