blog 10

The most interesting thing that I found out in doing these blogs is how much I was setting myself up for a heart attack. My “so called” favorite dish was killing my body slowly, with the salt rising my blood presser and the chicken clogging my arteries, I was bound to have heart problems in my later years. I found this to be interesting because it’s not to late for me to do something about this by making a far changes to my favorite dish.

blog 10

The most interesting thing that I found out in doing these blogs is how much I was setting myself up for a heart attack. My “so called” favorite dish was killing my body slowly, with the salt rising my blood presser and the chicken clogging my arteries, I was bound to have heart problems in my later years. I found this to be interesting because it’s not to late for me to do something about this by making a far changes to my favorite dish.

bolg 9

Doing blog 8, if I were to pick an argument either for or against my favorite meal being healthy I would have to go against. When doing my research for my last blog, I seen that the only healthy food I had in my favorite meal was the mash potatoes and black pepper, but as far as the fired chicken and salt goes, they are just heart attack on the side. With the salt raising the blood presser and the tran fat form the chicken clogging up the arteries, there no way that this dish can be healthy.

blog 8

In this blog we are to post comments that other writer have on our favorite meal. so let start off with fried chicken. at furtherhealth.com it talks about how the Tran fat from the chicken can clog up your arteries. here a quote;

"So the next time that you feel like tucking into a portion of fried chicken at your favourite fast food outlet, think of those trans fats circulating in your blood until they find a place to land on one of your artery walls, slowly clogging up your arteries".

The news that i found on mash potatoes was much better. in an article call "the power of the poptatoes" they talk about the benefit that the poptatoes gives, here a quote;

"Potatoes are not only fat- and cholesterol-free, they are also high in vitamin C and potassium. And with the skin, they're an excellent source of fiber".

now the next comment I found is on gravy, cbc.ca talks about some risks that may be found in gravy. here some of what they said:

"Consumers should avoid certain brands of chili and beef gravy because of a possible botulism risk, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has advised".

salt and pepper were the next two i research. No surprised that too much salt is not good for you. Here what the article “cutting salt ‘reduces heart risk’ ” said:

"Experts already know that too much salt can raise blood pressure and high blood pressure increases the risk of heart attack and stroke".

however, what was surprising to me was finding out the black pepper is good for you. here what the article "Black Pepper: More than Just Salt's Buddy" said:

"The benefits of black pepper exceed far beyond its ability to add great taste to a wide variety of dishes. Some scientific studies suggest that black pepper may have a number of important health benefits. One of the most important benefits is the abilty to improve digestion and aid the digestive system and intestines".

from this research it seems like the only thing that's good from me is the mash poptatoes and black pepper, hmm, makes me think twice

blog 5-7

The ingredients that I uses in my meal comes from many different places. In the blog before wrote how the mash potatoes come from Orrville, Ohio, the chicken comes from Horsham, PA. The salt and pepper come from Maryland and the oil from Cordova, TN. Because all of these places are in America a lot of trucking is used to get the product from where they’re made to where we are. When I called up Perdue (1-800-992-7043) and ask how they get their products to places like New York, the answer that they gave me was trucking. The same was true for McCormick salt and pepper. They also truck as a way of distribution. And it’s no big surprise when I called Hungry Jack Company (1 888 767 7494) which is in Orrville, Ohio and found out that their also use trucking to get their products to New York. I never really think about how these foods end up in the supermarkets, I was just happy that it was there, but doing this blog I got to learn how it all goes about.

museum blog

One of the media that related to my experience at the museum is film. I seen the comparison of film with the exhibits that explained the evolution of humans. The way that the development of humans being were tracked gave me the feelings as of if I was in at the movies, there were even short films that shown the process. Here some pictures of what I seen that day

blog 4

Today I have to talk about how the foods of my favorite meal is packaged, who produced it and where it comes from. Well to start off, the Chicken legs are packaged in a Styrofoam plate with a plastic cover. The producer is Perdue and their products are from Horsham, PA.
Next up is the mash potatoes. This food comes in a cardboard box, the producer is Hungry Jack and it is made in Orrville, Ohio.
The oil that is used in this meal comes in a Plastic bottle, its producer is Mazola and their company is in Cordova, TN.
And the salt and pepper comes in a plastic can, its producer is McCormick and the company is in Maryland 21031

blog 3

for the fried chicken, my mother needs: Chicken legs, flour, oil, salt and pepper.
the chicken legs go for $1.90 a pound at the c-town near my house
the pillsbury flour is $2.59
the oil is $1.75
and the salt and pepper is $1.15 each

for the mash potatoes my mother use instant mash potatoes that cost $2.59 and instant gravy which cost $2.30.
with both the mash potatoes and the gravy she just adds water and seasonings

blog 2

For me, there no better meal than fried chicken and mash potatoes, preferably when my mother makes it. When she dose, the mash potatoes is never lumpy, never watery. Just the right amount of salt, than to top it off, she adds the world best gravy. Now about the fried chicken, give me a moment to come up with the right way to portray this superbly tasteful piece of chicken. My mother likes to make it very crispy on the outside but tender and juicy on the inside. After my mother makes that dish, I’m willing on doing anything she asks of me. I guess the way to a man heart is through his stomach.

blog 1

Well the topic that I picked for this semester was the food series, so I’ll like to start off by telling you some of the foods that I love to eat. My top five are beef ribs, mac & cheese, pizza, mash potatoes and of course fried chicken. As far as today, all I had to eat were two Spanish beef patties for breakfast and some Life saver gummies in the afternoon. Not too healthy right? Yeah, I know. But I did have a bottle of water, so that one point for me. Lol and it was a liter bottle so make that two points. But I promise I’ll eat healthier tomorrow. Later that night I had rice and chicken for dinner and that was it for the day. wow, maybe i'm not a health freak.

about me

Born February 7, 1987 into a six member Haitian family, it was hard to find out where I fit in my household needless to say in the outside world. As many people would say growing up the youngest has its ups and downs. The ups were always knowing that I have my parents love and attention; however, the downs were getting beat up by my brothers and sisters for it. Now that I look back at it, it wasn’t too bad; somewhat like growing pain. I say that because, even thought it suck going through it, it didn’t last. And believe it or not, it even got me closer to my siblings. I can remember one day when I was ten years old, I borrow my oldest jeans which I haven’t seen him wore in years, which he couldn’t even fit in, but just as the sky is blue, when he seen me in his jeans the fight was on. But the difference in this case than any other in the past is that I didn’t “run and tell mommy” but I stood up and try my best to fight him off and as much as I wanted to win, he had beat me up and down. When everything was over he ask me if I was going to tell mom, and as upset I was for losing the fight I didn’t want to say any but I let out a small “no”. The next thing he told me was that I can keep the jeans, so I guess it wasn’t all a loss. That was the turning point not only for me and my brother but for the rest of my sibling as well and it was all because at that point I started to take reasonability for myself and stop hiding under my parent’s wings.
Starting this essay I mention how I wouldn’t know how to fit in the outside world if I didn’t even know how to fit my own household but because of all of the things I been through with my family, it have shape and molded into the person that I need to be to do just that. Because I learn how to stand up to my brothers and sisters, I was able to stand up to those I didn’t know. An example of that is of course after school bully. When I first started middle school there were some kids who thought it would be funny (at lest for them) to make fun of my sneaker. The confidence that I gain for the different conflict with my brothers and sisters allow me to stand up for myself which catch the bully off guard and eventually made him back down. Whenever I think of my brothers and sisters in this regard the saying “what don’t kill you only make you stronger “come to mind. My family had a lot to do with the person I am today, so I’m grateful to my brothers and sisters for my so call “growing pain”.