Throughout my years at home, I have learned many ways to fend for myself when it comes to eating a meal. Most of the time, I am left eating Top Ramen, Mac N Cheese, barbecued goods, and the occasional salad. Although most foods I cook are quite easy to prepare, there are certain steps and ingredients that put it beyond the instructional way. On the too often occasion, I find my mom coming home after spending around two hundred dollars at the store. This may sound tempting, but the items she buys are not a quick fix, I am prohibited to eating some of the food, and a decent portion of the bill is on wine.
My mom cooks possibly twice a month, but enough to last for two or three days. It is quite monotonous because of the little menu she chooses to cook from. We will either have spinach and garlic pasta, or an oven baked teriyaki salmon. She mainly cooks when my nearby aunt and uncle come over with a delicious home-cooked treat for us all, leaving me more leftovers. The pasta is made by cooking garlic, butter, onions, and spinach in a pan, and once complete, covering noodles in this delicious concoction. I am always surprised at actually enjoying spinach. There are only two forms of spinach I have grown to like: my mother's pasta, and spinach dip. Although both dishes are delicious and simple, it is the most effective way of getting the family together every once in a while. Everyone in the trio is always on a different schedule, leaving us with little time to share with one another. My mom is in and out of the house all day, and is typically sleeping quite early. My dad is up and out of the house by six-thirty every morning and arrives home after sunset. For me, I am rarely home, with school and hobbies taking up the majority of my time. The majority of the times I come home around ‘dinner time’, I walk in to see my parents lounging on the couch sharing a block of cheddar, jalapenos, and wheat things. It is always a shock coming home to dinner, especially with everyone there. It amazes me that something as simple as dinner could bring us all together and yet we do it so infrequently.
This is similar to my post, where it seems that dinner brings together families and creates conversation that would normally not be there. It is funny how that as we get older we slowly drift away from our family with conflicting scheduals. The conversation it sounds like you have at the table is similar to mine. Short and swee, but gets to the point and the families are all caught up on each others lifes. The scarcity in family dinners is on the increase but the conversations always seem full of life. Weather it be the food, the time, or the atmosphere the dinner table is where me and my family go to catch up on everyones business
ReplyDeleteThis somewhat brings forth the same thing that is going on with families these days. I hardly see anyone anymore, but when it comes to get together and having these family dinners, that is when a person respects and appreciates the dishes that are being served. I must say that the spinach pasta sounds delicious. I have tried something similar, but nothing seems to get to me like the spinach artichoke dip. They have one of the best at the Olive Garden or California Pizza Kitchen. Sometimes it is the food that brings family together. Growing up, I realized how it is.
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