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food memory

when i think of food the first thing to pop in my head is steak. and then other dinner food after that. my family id fairly traditional in the sense that we generally prefer to have a good size dinner as a family. while other meals are simply out of necessity due to hunger, dinner is more about enjoying the food and eating as a family. i doubt that we could do this if it were not for having an actual meal. cooked chicken, hamburgers, a steak here and there and many, many pasta dinners. those meals are worth sitting down and enjoying, lunch on the other hand does not have the same effect. generally being something one swallows whole, lunch is more for solving hunger than the taste and enjoying lunch. not to mention, that school lunches are very short in time and not even all of that time can be used for eating. the same goes for breakfast, the world is too fast paced to allow for three lengthy and enjoyable meals. now i am not saying it is better to eat all meals as a family (i would go crazy if i did) but it does seem to be something a family should do. from my point of view it is the perfect time to bring up things with my parents because i have both of my parents in my trap and victim to my persistent pestering. and as for my parents they can get all their questions about my day answered. food brings us together, if you look at the habits of humans food is generally the centerpiece of any social event. whether it is a meeting, a fund raiser or just a family dinner something about food and humans gets a us talking. probably originating in hunter gather times the common topic of what we are eating as a group creates a bridge between us. 