And so, my weekend was super busy all over again because of work and the weather kinda sucked, but we need the rain right?
Anyways, my cousin and I were talking a whole lot about food this weekend because... everyone else but me, has pretty much been out and about with the rest of the fambam. So it's been pretty hectic in the kitchen with the moms constantly stirring up some good homemade food from scratch. Once in a while, I get pretty curious about how my mom learned to cook our filipino food. Turns out, my dad taught her and his mom, my lola (:, taught him. I've been pretty lazy with keeping up with how to cook what we eat, so I haven't mastered those recipes yet. XD
But yeah, I thought it was pretty cool to learn about how recipes get passed down to each generation and so forth. & even though they're all cooking up the same type of food, each dish tastes sorta different. For example, my dad's dishes are more oily than my mom's and her dishes tend to be more sour and flavorful 'cause my bro & sis prefer them that way. I guess everyone has a different way of cooking things whether it be their personal taste preference or by accident, but at least it isn't like frozen food.. yuck.
Back to the whole 'recipies getting passed down' stuff, it pretty much reminded me of what Athem was talking about that one class day about how stories within our culture are passed down to younger generations not thru books and readings, but by ear, practice and/or experience. I feel that this way of preserving culture is more traditional and engaging where instead of reading boring history books about your background, you get to hear it from people you know and who've experienced life as an asian american. What influences me the most is seeing how our families' culture affect the ways we live - especially with how we pick our foods.
So, going off topic a little bit, I realized that I really disliked eating filipino food outside of my home, that is I don't like eating at Jollibee, Kadok's Goldilocks, or anything like that. Don't get me wrong, I love filipino food and everything, but whenever it comes to eating out, I never go out craving those delicasies. I guess it's probably because I have enough at home or maybe because I prefer the way my family cooks the dishes. Don't you ever go out to eat something you can cook and think that you can make it wayyy better? Well, I think that's how it is for me and filipino food. But other than that, I'm pretty much comfortable with eating any type of food cause it's goood (:
- angel (:0
Back to the whole 'recipies getting passed down' stuff, it pretty much reminded me of what Athem was talking about that one class day about how stories within our culture are passed down to younger generations not thru books and readings, but by ear, practice and/or experience. I feel that this way of preserving culture is more traditional and engaging where instead of reading boring history books about your background, you get to hear it from people you know and who've experienced life as an asian american. What influences me the most is seeing how our families' culture affect the ways we live - especially with how we pick our foods.
So, going off topic a little bit, I realized that I really disliked eating filipino food outside of my home, that is I don't like eating at Jollibee, Kadok's Goldilocks, or anything like that. Don't get me wrong, I love filipino food and everything, but whenever it comes to eating out, I never go out craving those delicasies. I guess it's probably because I have enough at home or maybe because I prefer the way my family cooks the dishes. Don't you ever go out to eat something you can cook and think that you can make it wayyy better? Well, I think that's how it is for me and filipino food. But other than that, I'm pretty much comfortable with eating any type of food cause it's goood (:
- angel (:0
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