Tamale

has traditions when it comes to holidays because its nothing special. For example for Thanksgiving, every year, most of my family agree's to go to one house. From there, we usually just hang out and wait to eat. For dinner we usually have a turkey, tamales, mashed potatoes, ham, etc. Nothing really special happens on Thanksgiving because all we do is hang out with family and that is basically it. For Christmas, me, my brother, sister, mom and dad always do secret santa.I like keeping who we got…

In today’s society, there is a large part of stereotyping of the Mexican culture. Some of this is positive but most of this is negative. Many Mexicans are viewed as loyal and hardworking citizens and yet even the Maricopa Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, views most Mexicans as illegal immigrants using slurs such as “wetbacks”. Many lawsuits have been brought to the Federal Court against “Sheriff Joe” for not only allowing this behavior yet in many ways enforcing it especially after being told to stop by…

Causation of this will inevitably create new challenges faced by women and their young such as, foraging for water and food, plotting them in the middle of another vulnerable situation of being exposed to more violence. Without money, transportation, and connections to resources, women in the Democratic Republic of Congo are left with no way to escape the terrors. When the United States led the invasion to attack and ultimately provide the fatality of Saddam Hussein, this imprisoned many women…

Many years have passed, all the animals that lived under Napoleon’s reign have passed on to Sugar Candy Mountain, except for Napoleon and his henchmen who were sent to Hot Tamale Island to spend the rest of eternity there. The young ones, whose ancestors endured Napoleon’s reign, have taken back the farm. The word of Napoleon’s reign has spread across England in the past year’s, all the animals around England have converted, all except “Animal Farm” who has vowed never to go back to the ways of…

culture is my food.Everyone has their own way of cooking .I personally prefer my spicy mexican food. I love posole, the way a explain what posole, is that is like a Mexican gumbo. There is a lot of different mexican food, for example poole, menudo, tamales, gorditas,tortillas, and much more. My grandfather had told that you are not a real mexican if you don't eat tortillas,beans and spicy food. Throughout the years i learned that what he had said was true.…

America has been the place I have been raised and born at. I was born in Chicago and all my life been living here as well. I have been raised in a Mexican culture. My father and mother both came from Mexico. The culture that they have taught my siblings and I have been from the Mexican culture. My parents make sure we had an enculturation. At home my siblings and I were always told to speak spanish.There was a big change in adaptation within my parents when coming to America. I was born on May 1…

states, “Mexican Americans, the largest Hispanic/ Latino subgroup in the United States, are more likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic of similar age.” There are pictures all-around of my family’s celebrations. They would make Gigantic pots of just tamales and rice. Pots were filled with pork, lard, and the batter inside of a corn husk. When they finished, the family would devour every bit of them, licking their fingers and…

The Evolution of Television and the Vanquishing of Human Value For years now, television has been invading the homes of families and subtly damaging family rituals. From black and white to color and high definition, television has changed. Television has changed in appearance, and has changed in how it plays a role in families’ lives. A few years ago, many families did not own a T.V set and now it is almost as if it’s competition to see who watches more T.V, or who has the most and better T.V…

When people think of Hispanic foods they think hot, spicy foods, lots of flavor, rice and beans, and tortillas. When people think this they are not wrong, Hispanic food is a flavorful and many spices are used; the culture and its people’s customs have much to do with this. According to Grace Austin and Damian Johnson of Diversity Journal “the term Hispanic alludes to a person’s place of origin, referring to persons from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America.” Since there are many…

commoners did, they also ground corn. They ground corn into a flour called semolina. They mixed the semolina with other grains creating a basis for many soups and other starchy foods and vegetables. (Olver,2000) Other common Incan dishes were tortillas, tamales and corn…