Mi Rutina Diaria
Gregorio Varnis
Noemi Brownlee
https://www.dropbox.com/s/edzf3pg2z3jamko/Sp2MiRutinaBM.m4v
This food unit helped a lot in learning of some healthy and unhealthy foods that human body consumes on daily basis. It is really hard to conclude the whole unit with some most important points. I have learned a lot about food and how it effects our health in positive or negative way. I realize that people around me have been playing an important role in providing benefit and profit to some industries which produce junk food and fast food. We discussed about different graphs showing obesity rates, income vs availibility of supermarkets.This entire learning through graphs helped in great understanding of how each thing is related to every other thing in case of food and health.
Everyone has different role in their food systems. My role is simply to eat that food which can benefit me health wise and also provide enough energy, vitamins, calciums etc. If I would be eating just junky and fast food that could make me unhealthy and cause diseases ( just like we learned about diseases that can be caused by eating unhealthy food), then I won’t be a healthy person anymore. It would also contribute in providing more benefits and profit to supermarkets because people would be leaned to go and buy healthy food including fruits and vegetables to keep obesity and other fatal diseases away from themselves. For my role, I would conclude this by saying that in order to become a role model, I eat fruits, vegetables and drink enough water to provide minerals to body and to stay away from diseases.
I think there can be made a lot of changes in food choices for society but for me I don’t need to make a lot of changes in food choices because my family has already been eating organic and healthy food from years. And I learned this same thing from my family that eat natural, organic and cooked food instead of junk food. I lived in village which is one of reasons that why my family has been eating organic food from own fields. From my childhood to now, I have eaten a small amount of junk food. But still some changes are needed to make. I can say that I would eat more fruits and drink milk because I personally don’t eat too much fruit and drink milk. So changes in food choices can be concluded by saying that I would eat more fruit and drink milk to provide necessary calciums to my body in order to make my bones strong. This means I would definitely eat fruits because my uncle brings a lot of fruits in house and I have easily access to fruits and milk.
Recepie and analysis of SHEER KHURMA
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves: 1 medium sized bowl
Ingrediants:
milk 1 liter
shan sheer khurma mix 1 pack
Ingrediants in above pack:
Sugar
vermicellies
raisins
dry dates
pistachio
green cardamom
saffron
Directions
Boil milk and add Sheer Khurma mix.
Keep stiring.
Keep boiling for about 10 minutes so that vermicellies are cooked and milk becomes thick.
Ready to go. Serve hot.
For adding different tastes
Add one cup condensed milk in the boiling milk in above recepie.
OR
Make the Sheer Khurma cold, then add one cup of fresh cream and serve cold.
Analysis of recepie
This dessert has nothing to do with processed food on one side, although the “Sheer Khurma mix” pack is found in market but it has no artificial ingrediants or flavours. All ingrediants including nuts and dry fruit are just meant to put together in one pack so that people could buy and make the whole recepie in 10 minutes instead of 20-30 minutes. Ingrediants are produced and found naturally, without any other manufacturing processes. On the other hand, milk is processed because it is pasturized and that is why it is considered among processed food.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 232
Fat 5g
Carbohydrates 51g
Proteins 3g
Cholestrol 0 mg
*232 calories in 1 serving
Calories Breakdown: 17% fat, 78% carbohydrates, 5% proteins 0% cholestrol
It is a traditional dish for muslims and is made especially on Eid ul Fitar. It is a healthier, satisfying and mouth watering dish which is a dessert but is not too sugary because it contains enough sugar with healthy dry fruits. If a person consumes this dish, his body would definitely respond in positive way because of balanced calories breakdown in recepie. It can be eaten in every season but I think if it is consumed in winter season, poeple would be able to feel energetic and warmed becaused of dry fruits and nuts in it which is considered as an important part of winter season. Eating this food daily wouldn’t be healthy because of the fact that amount of sugar would exceed in the body which would be bad for health.
The “Shan Sheer Khurma mix” is a Pakistani brand of recepies and this pack came from Pakistan. While the gallon of milk is US brand and it was processed in the country (not sure of which state because it wasn’t mentioned). So obviously “Sheer Khurma mix” travelled farthest. As I said, milk is pasturized to kill bacteria responsible for many diseases which is obviously good for our health because it is a safer way to keep yourselves away from bacteria. The process of pasteurization requires energy and ultra pasteurization requires a lot more energy than simple method. It does use energy which is not good for the environment but if clean energy source is provided then it could not be bad.
This meal cost about $5 or $6 because the pack is for $2 or $3 and milk for $3. It is close to cost of fast food. The reason why it is so cheap than other meals because it doesn’t require to buy all the ingrediants separately unless you buy for decoration of recepie. All the ingrediants are placed in pack which is not so much expensive to buy. Pakistani brand and shoprite both make money off of it and also the dairy farms, food company, where milk was processed and ingrediants were packed or produced, respectively.
Companies do pasteurization to kill bacteria which can cause diseases. It is also done based on the reason that the milk would be refridgerated for some time and so that it would not cause any harm to the body. I think drinking fresh milk or using fresh milk (without pesteurization) is more healthier than this one. My family does not consider this milk more healthier than the one they had used to which is totally unpesteurized.
My two languages that I speak are English and Spanish. My first language that I really didn’t get to know as I grew up was Spanish. Since I don’t know Spanish as much even though it is my “official” language I should be speaking, everybody talks to me in English and it has always been like that. I should be speaking this language because my family and parents were born Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans speak Spanish. I should have known how to speak the whole language already. My Everyone trys to speak to me in Spanish.It can be hard for me to keep up.“
¿Como es tu día para hoy?”says my aunt and
“Mi día estan bien”.
“No estan muy bueno, porque no muy bueno.”
After this point, I try to answer and then I start to freeze up, I still try to explain myself but it gets too hard. There are times when my original Spanish language gets caught up with my mind.
“¿Qual es tu tarea por a hoy?”, asks my aunt. I start to think to say to myself, “Oooo, this sounds easy. I could answer her question”, then I answer it.
“Yo tengo Geometria, Ciencia, Ingles, Español y Historia”.I didn’t learn it because people probably thought me speaking in English would probably be easier for me to speak Spanish. I want to change that because Spanish is my native language and I should be speaking it more.
When people other than my aunt talk to me in Spanish, I feel more confident, but still a tad bit shy about speaking because I might mess up. I guess I have to understand that it’s okay to make mistakes when I try to speak my Spanish language because I’m just learning the language.
My mom and dad are both Puerto Ricans. Both my mom and dad’s side of the family both speak Spanish. I grew up learning Spanish and then I forgot about it. But it felt more as if I learned more English growing up.When my mom and my dad had me as their child, I could tell as I grew up as a kid to what I am today, that I am born a Puerto Rican. So its a mixture of both languages.
“Reflexive verbs have two verb phrases” he says. “A boot verb keeps nosotros the same but the others different” he continued. As he continued to explain what Reflexive Verbs are or just explaining things to make it our notes. I write it down because that is what we study from. I thought I knew it as he was telling us. But when he started to ask questions, benchmarks, quizzes or tests, I feel as if I’m going to fail his class. I seriously need Spanish help.
As I got older my aunt kept asking me “Do you want to take at least 15 minutes a day and speak Spanish”? I would say “Yes” but when the day comes we speak it only a little bit. I was made to be a Puerto Rican and I will always be one and that idea will continue to live on. I’m learning about it in high school. I’m improving but not that much on the subject or just at home talking about it with my aunt. Language is not that big of a conflict at my house. I’m just not that confident or I’m just worried of what words to use if I can’t remember them on time when the person, I’m speaking to, is in front of me. It’s the same way at school but a little bit worse. It’s a little bit worse because I have tests, quizzes and benchmarks, I’m afraid I might fail.
Ingredients
Bay Leaf (Approx. 3 leaves)
Water
Cow Tongue (1 tongue cut up into 3-4 pieces)
Whole Pepper (1 or 2 balls)
1/2 an Onion
1 Garic clove
Salt (3 spoonfuls*)
Dried Cloves (3-4 cloves)
Materials
1 Saucepan or Pot
*A spoon you eat cereal with.
Step 1.
Put water in a large sauce pan or pot, filling it half way. Add Salt, Dried Cloves, Bay leaves, and Whole Pepper.
Step 2.
Cut and peel an onion in half and peel the garlic. Add half of an onion and a whole garlic into the water.
Step 3.
Add the pieces of the tongue into the saucepan or pot with the rest of the ingredients.
Step 4.
Let the water boil, occasionally add water in case if some evaporates. Stir occasionally. Wait 3 hours.
Step 5.
Remove tongue and carefully remove the surface skin on the tongue. Slice and serve as liked.
Analysis
Cow tongue is not only a Mexican dish, but is also prepared in different parts of the world like Asia and some countries in Europe and South America. While the tongue is probably processed in with the rest of a cow in a slaughterhouse, the kind my family buys from a Mexican grocery store doesn't have a label. We would have to ask the delivery man that brings them their meat. The rest of the ingredients are seasonings and condiments. Most of them are MCcormick brand condiments, while other things like the onion, garlic, and bay leaves are probably grown in a farm with chemical pesticides. We don't buy local.
Other than that, the tongue itself has a high in saturated fats and cholesterol, but low in sodium, sugars, and high in vitamin B12. This is the tongue itself, prepared. It might be served plain like this, but you can definitely change it up by adding your own ingredients. Depending on how much tongue you buy, this can be a rather cheap meal. You're looking at maybe less than $15 if you plan to make some for yourself (there might even be leftovers).
This money goes towards the farmers of the various ingredients like pepper, onions, garlic, and bay leaf. Salt is either mined or dug up from various places in the world, so some of the money goes to salt distributors, and of course, you just gave money to the beef industry. Congratulations on contributing to one of the, if not, the biggest meat industry in the country.
While the dish was probably made from my grandmother, it's very likely that she got her ingredients from local farmers. While previously visiting my grandparents a few years ago, I got to experience a market that is a hybrid of both commercial and farmer developed products. Back in her day, it's likely that there were more farmers and as food became more of a business practice, more commercial stores began to show up.
Just like the classic carnival games, the food industry is rigged in one way or another. Lately, corporations and investors have been practicing different methods of creating "cash cows" (ha ha, pun!) from different aspects of human life. Food is one of the biggest industry, and if you ask your Grandma or Grandpa, things were different then! Food used to be traditional and farmers were farmers, not scientists. Now it's a business.
The way the rest of the consumers and I can change this, is by investing more in locally grown food. Sure not everyone is going to go out of their way to do this, but at least research what you eat. Information is key here. Knowing what you eat, and not just accepting it for what it is makes you a healthy eater. That is how this whole system can change.
Let
me start of by saying, I do not consider myself the best speaker or writer. I
am a big person and I been told that I do not have a deep voice for my size.
There were times where I would call a company about my phone issues and they
would call me, “Mrs.“ What happened was I once had a track phone. I had
to call to put my minutes on there. So I called the company as I was supposed
to. I did all the things they asked me to do. Then the customer service person
got on the phone.
I
said, “Hello, I am trying to put minutes on my phone.”
Her
response was. “Hello Miss, allow me to help you with this.”
When
she said that, I was like dang, my voice is really light.
I
started to actually play sports when I was in the 8th grade. Unfortunately, I
would get hurt a lot. I would tell my mom about my problems. I would point at
the pain and she would say speak.
"Mom,
I got a fast break steal in my basketball game. I had the defender beat. I went
up for the lay-up and I came down on my ankle wrong and it hurtted…"
"Hurtted?
What the hell is hurtted? It is not a word babe,” as she interrupted me.
Oh
well, I did not know that. I was in pain, not anymore. So I thought I would put
the "ed" at the end?
"
No babe," she said as she started to laugh.
My mom is big on speaking. She believes my siblings and I should speak properly.
She really does not like us using slang unless we joking. I am the child that
uses a lot of slang because of my generation. Not saying it’s a bad thing, it’s
the way we communicate with each other. But when I use slang with my mom she
looks confused, like a freshman in Spanish 4, and they never learned Spanish.
“
Hey son how was your day?” My mother asked me as we ride in the car.
“
It was Gucci…,” I responded, as she interrupts me.
“
What in the hell is Gucci?”
“
It means good mom,” as I laughed.
“
Why didn’t you just say good?”
“
Who uses good anymore?” I asked with a smile on my face.
“
Okay Allen,” as she answered her phone.
It’s
not that my mom is left in the past, it’s that she don’t pay me no mind when it
comes to that type of stuff. But she does catch on to stuff quickly. She proved
that after my game with my team
called Rise-up.
I
asked “How did I do?”
“
You did Gucci son.”
“
What? When did you start saying that?”
“
But those refs was drawling!”
“Where
did all this come from mom? You never used to say this.”
I assume it was a joking moment so it was cool. But in a serious conversation,
she would not use slang with me. I see that she was catching on. I did not
imagine parents would use slang with their kids, especially not mine because
she does not believe in playing with her children. She does not agree with us
using with adults. She wants us to have manners. She does not want us to be
referred to as a stereotype. For example, she is totally against the stereotype
of being a black kid who cannot speak properly. She told me one time that I cannot
get a job using slang; like “ Yo homie” or “where my niggas at”. She always says
“ Talk like you have some sense.” I never fully understand what she means when
she says that. When I talk to her I know what I am talking about. So how am not
talking with any sense? She mainly says that to me when I am in trouble, and I
start to stutter because I know I was wrong.
My mother always helps me pronounce words. When I am speaking to her,
she stops me and tells me the right way to pronounce the word. I correct the
word, but at first it is hard. I repeat it until I get it right. I do catch on
fast. I still have problems saying words like “spaghetti”. But hey, nobody
speaks perfect. To be honest I do not plan on being a broadcaster, so
pronouncing things is one of the last things on my list. I am not saying I have
a problem with speaking; it’s just that I am not that strong, so I will
continue to work on it.
When I do not know how to pronounce a word, I will spell it out to my
mom so she can help me with the correct way to say the word. . That helps me a
lot. Because I hear the word, then I am able to pronounce it correctly.