Post 2

For this weeks blog post I decided to prepare a delicious meal of chicken, rice, and steamed vegetables. I know its simple but hey, I'm a broke college kid with no culinary experience and a tight budget. There were a lot of steps really to preparing the meal. The first part was finding a way to the grocery store. This is key because unless I get there, I'm not eating. I decided to try out the new grocery store under the Lucky Apartments. After picking up my box of white rice and bag of frozen assorted vegetables, I headed to the poultry section. They had all kinds of chicken: cajun, jerk, barbecue, and even lemon marinated chicken. I decided I was in the mood for something spicy so I went with the cajun. I took it back to my place and began to boil water for the rice. I put the chicken on my George Foreman (a lifesaver for people who can't use an oven) and let it cook. I threw the frozen vegetables in a skillet with some oil and let them heat up. Once everything was hot and cooked all the way threw, I put it on a plate, grabbed a spotted cow and dove in. It was all really good and I actually felt a sense of accomplishment for creating this simple, yet satisfying masterpiece of a meal. When you look at In Defense of Food, Pollen argues that Americans don't savor food anymore. He claims that we have more of a tendency to "eat and run rather then eat and savor." This is very true. In our fast paced society we are constantly running around and I think merely from lack of time we do not take the time to enjoy food. When I prepared my meal, I had all the time in the world. I made it a special point to not plan anything for that night so that I could cook and enjoy my meal in peace. It was a very different feeling then what I was used to. I was actually able to taste my food instead of having to horde it down in order to be on time for lacrosse practice or a midterm. This blog titled: The Vegan Good Life shares my opinion that American's eat more out of convenience then taste. It also focuses on how our choice of eating quickly is causing damage to the environment. When we order take-out for example, we are using up plastic utensils and containers that are going to end up in landfills, long after the food is gone. The blog makes a valid point. We as Americans need to take the time to actually sit down and savor our food.