First Generation American Family Dinner

In a first generation American household, originally from Italy, family dinner is more than a custom. It is a lifestyle. At six o’clock, every night, dinner is placed on the table, the children descend from upstairs, and are expected to sit down, and enjoy dinner all together. When food was not tasted, no matter how healthy it was, or exotic it sounded, a child could not excuse themselves from the table. The motto was, “Don’t knock it before you try it.” This open mindedness stems from the food culture present in a family oriented household. Dinner is a time to rest from a hard, long day,
The best family relationships are formed in the kitchen. The table is a symbol for meeting, conversing, and of course eating. When seated at the table, conversations …show more content…
Although every family is composed of different amounts of people and different types of people, they all eat dinner. There is one thing every living thing has in common- they must eat to survive. Food connects every human being on this planet, as a result of our necessity to do so. There are so many interests that most people do not have in common, yet food is an essential to life amongst all of earth’s human inhabitants. When the one thing that connects all of humanity is removed, the stimulus is detrimental to all aspects of socialization. Fast food facilitates and expedites that deterioration. Fast food is a fast and easy way to ingest a quick meal. It eases the burden of cooking for a family with all different and hectic schedules. Although not all, mosgfast food is usually not the most nutritious option. Aside from the unhealthiness factor, fast food allows individuals to avoid conversing and engaging in activities with other people. It creates introversion, as a result of not enforcing the idea of sitting down at a kitchen table with family, to enjoy a delicious home cooked meal. Because of the accessibility of fast food, fast food has become a prominent dietary selection in the country. There are four McDonald’s restaurants per zip code. Because of this availability, the deteriorating of family and community values is inevitable. Large corporations, in charge of