Women Eat In America

Back then, a plate with food on it could never be traded for another plate that has food on it, for a clean one must come in between. We no longer eat from a shared dish but are each served. It is now considerably friendly for people to give each other “tastes” from their plates. Proper customs used to involve four places to be laid at a table’s four sides, even when eating alone! I wonder if this was more of a ritual or a way for people to feel less lonely? Struggles between men and women are stated through the standard of food. I see this every day. Women increase or lower their cooking values to express their liking of the food. Husbands may or may not make clear of either, their preference or dislike, of the food presented for them. As …show more content…
“It is isn’t so much what’s on the table that matters, as what’s on the chairs.” Says W.S. Gilbert. (262). This could potentially describe table talk as either the right thing to do during dinner or the wrong thing to do during dinner. Other societies like China and Iran could argue that table talking as well as drinking is done before dinner. This would never happen in my home! We eat first, then we party. Some aspects of the cultures in the world do however, just seem absolutely ridiculous to me. In some African societies, only the elders may speak, or else silence is maintained for everybody. Growing up, there was a lot of chaos when the entire family was brought together because EVERYONE was talking all the time, the children especially! Personally, I think this is what brings the “togetherness” of a family dinner. I could understand where some of these cultures are coming from as the author explains their table manners. Some people often like watching what they’re doing when they eat. I’m amazed however at the fact that some guests in ancient Greek symposia would take turn singing so that it was clear whose turn it was to “speak” so that others could focus on eating. I have never heard of such a