Why Mole Con Arroz: Why Food Is Important To Me?
Sometimes food is seen as nothing more than a slice of food or in better words nourishment but for me, it's more than that. Food defines who I am and where I come from. Mole Con Arroz, otherwise known as curry, symbolizes my character, traditions, and it helps me accept and include other cultures into my life.
Curry originates from the British but was later adopted into the Japanese and Indian cultures. The Japanese adjusted to it to prevent Beriberi which was known as vitamin B1 deficiency which caused weight loss, irregular heart rates, swelling of internal tissues and emotional disturbance. Curry was later added to the Japanese menu on Friday's as the main course. It was so popular that it was later claimed as a national dish. The ingredients …show more content…
Which would take up two hours to make. You can't after all just throw them in a pot. The tomatoes, tomatillos, carrots, potatoes, and black peppercorns have to be boiled and then blended with the cilantro, and french baguette. After mixing them together you would add the chicken broth. Once it is done you just have to pour the sauce over the beef and white rice. Which is time-consuming, but well worth it. After everything is done you have the main dish. To me, curry symbolizes thanks and diversity. My reasoning for it meaning thanks as in thankfulness is because it helped prevent beriberi. Thus saving many lives along the way. As for the word diversity, it has been tasted by many other races so it is universal. It has been spread around the …show more content…
My family and I usually have Thanksgiving at our church. Which always starts at six. Our pastor always organizes it the same way every year. During service the little kids will be taken downstairs to eat, after them, the teenagers go down. During that time they feed the youngest to the oldest. Hoping to make more room for the adults for when the service and session are over. Besides the turkey, with stuffing, and mashed potatoes with gravy, our church always made curry despite the fact that the pastor was against it. To him it wasn’t right. It wasn’t his traditional dish. He wanted everything Latino. At times it would be the way the Indian culture made it but often at times I was given Karu Raisu the traditional Japanese way. When we don't go to our church for thanksgiving I find myself asking my mother to make curry. To me, it's become a tradition. I have gotten used to sitting next to my brothers as they fought back and forth while eating something non-Hispanic. To me, it was something precious because it was
Curry originates from the British but was later adopted into the Japanese and Indian cultures. The Japanese adjusted to it to prevent Beriberi which was known as vitamin B1 deficiency which caused weight loss, irregular heart rates, swelling of internal tissues and emotional disturbance. Curry was later added to the Japanese menu on Friday's as the main course. It was so popular that it was later claimed as a national dish. The ingredients …show more content…
Which would take up two hours to make. You can't after all just throw them in a pot. The tomatoes, tomatillos, carrots, potatoes, and black peppercorns have to be boiled and then blended with the cilantro, and french baguette. After mixing them together you would add the chicken broth. Once it is done you just have to pour the sauce over the beef and white rice. Which is time-consuming, but well worth it. After everything is done you have the main dish. To me, curry symbolizes thanks and diversity. My reasoning for it meaning thanks as in thankfulness is because it helped prevent beriberi. Thus saving many lives along the way. As for the word diversity, it has been tasted by many other races so it is universal. It has been spread around the …show more content…
My family and I usually have Thanksgiving at our church. Which always starts at six. Our pastor always organizes it the same way every year. During service the little kids will be taken downstairs to eat, after them, the teenagers go down. During that time they feed the youngest to the oldest. Hoping to make more room for the adults for when the service and session are over. Besides the turkey, with stuffing, and mashed potatoes with gravy, our church always made curry despite the fact that the pastor was against it. To him it wasn’t right. It wasn’t his traditional dish. He wanted everything Latino. At times it would be the way the Indian culture made it but often at times I was given Karu Raisu the traditional Japanese way. When we don't go to our church for thanksgiving I find myself asking my mother to make curry. To me, it's become a tradition. I have gotten used to sitting next to my brothers as they fought back and forth while eating something non-Hispanic. To me, it was something precious because it was