Sunday
After a very long and stressful night, i got up and decided to have some breakfast. I normally eat cooked banana's with codfish accompanied by a luke warm cup of ginger tea on sunday mornings, but this particular morning my mom did not feel the need to make breakfast. The second best thing I could think of was cereal. So breakfast for me that morning consisted of Honey Bunches of Oats with Strawberries and milk. I love that cereal more than any other on the planet. There is just something about it that makes you want to eat it every second of every day.
At about mid-day, I went cruising through the kitchen and made myself two (2) hotdogs with ketchup, mustard and relish. When eating something of that nature, I tend to get really, really thirsty so I drank some icy cold Poland Springs water to quench my thirst.
Around three fifteen in the afternoon (3:15 p.m) my mom called me downstairs for dinner. A piping hot plate filled with Rice and peas, brown stew chicken and brockley awaited me. My juice of preference was a strawberry kiwi Snapple. If you haven't noticed by now, I love strawberries. So anything that contains strawberries are very high on my list.
That night, I focused all my attention on Professor Lucca's assignment. I almost killed myself that night after writing his paper and my laptop shut off. As stupid as i could have been, I had not saved my work and I lost everything. To distract myself from doing that paper yet again and not pluck every strand of hair out of my head, I went downstairs, entered the kitchen and ate away my sorrows with a few slices of cake and milk.
This sassy little tinkerbell thinks its awesome being green!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
My Favorite Dish
After I finished posting what I had eaten on Saturday, I noticed that I wasnt supposed to be giving out the cooking method yet...oops! what I was supposed to do was name the types of food I usually eat and describe my favorite meal in detail. So here goes.
My favorite meal of all time I would have to say is Rice and Peas and Ox Tail. Every time that aroma streams past my nose I get weak. My knees begin to buckle and my tummy gets tied up in knots. I know this might sound a little funny to you, but that is what good food does to a person. I mean if you have never had such an experience when it comes to food, then I have to tell you there is something going seriously wrong in your life. I'm talking about the type of meal that makes your mouth begin to water. A dish that is so well put together that when one begins to look at it, they cant help but want to eat it. Rice piled high on one side of the plate (yup, I do tend to pack a very tight meal) and the beautiful, scrumptious, golden brown Ox tail on the other side, gravy running from side to side, through and through. As a kid growing up I could hardly ever wait for Chrismas, my birthday or any other special event. If when that meal was cooked and Rice and peas and Ox tail was not included, I would often go on a hunger strike. Of course my mom would often scold some sense into me, but eh, what the heck! There has only been one other dish that I have enjoyed as much as this. Steam fish with Jamaican Okra. Now for those who have eaten this dish, you know what I am talking about. The okra steamed in the belly of the fish with all of its tasty, slimy and juicy contents oozing out.
Being a Jamaican, our food is slightly different from the American food. Our rich culture provides us with so many dishes whether African or Indian, and so that helps to make our food so much more diverse as a people living in a small island. I think I am going stop now. Just talking about all this food is making me hungry again.
My favorite meal of all time I would have to say is Rice and Peas and Ox Tail. Every time that aroma streams past my nose I get weak. My knees begin to buckle and my tummy gets tied up in knots. I know this might sound a little funny to you, but that is what good food does to a person. I mean if you have never had such an experience when it comes to food, then I have to tell you there is something going seriously wrong in your life. I'm talking about the type of meal that makes your mouth begin to water. A dish that is so well put together that when one begins to look at it, they cant help but want to eat it. Rice piled high on one side of the plate (yup, I do tend to pack a very tight meal) and the beautiful, scrumptious, golden brown Ox tail on the other side, gravy running from side to side, through and through. As a kid growing up I could hardly ever wait for Chrismas, my birthday or any other special event. If when that meal was cooked and Rice and peas and Ox tail was not included, I would often go on a hunger strike. Of course my mom would often scold some sense into me, but eh, what the heck! There has only been one other dish that I have enjoyed as much as this. Steam fish with Jamaican Okra. Now for those who have eaten this dish, you know what I am talking about. The okra steamed in the belly of the fish with all of its tasty, slimy and juicy contents oozing out.
Being a Jamaican, our food is slightly different from the American food. Our rich culture provides us with so many dishes whether African or Indian, and so that helps to make our food so much more diverse as a people living in a small island. I think I am going stop now. Just talking about all this food is making me hungry again.
Monday, September 24, 2007
My Food Assignment 1
I had totally forgotten about my assignment. Eating for three (3) days and taking notes about what you ate and at what time is really frustrating. I mean, come on. When I am hungry and want food, do you really expect me to remember to take notes. Yes, I know that in the previous message i said it would be fun and an exercise that I would reccommend to anyone, but now reality has kicked me in the face. So because of this, I will have to jog my memory and remember my meals for the last three days.
Saturday
I am a Seventh Day Aventist. As a result of this, I attend church every saturday. On this particular saturday however, I had no breakfast. Now dont think I'm saying ths to get out of writing this,but it just so happens to be a bad habit. So in the time i would normally have breakfast I was getting ready for church.
At approximately 1: 45 p.m, i came home and ate lunch. This consisted of dumplings, yam and cabbage. For those of you who do not know this dish and how it is prepared, get a notepad and start writing. First you need to gather these ingredients: flour, cornmeal (optional), yam, salt, cabbage and water.
1. Mix the flour, cornmeal and salt together in a bowl, then throw water into it consisently and knead it until it becomes dough. Then you separate it into several lttle pieces and roll each and every piece into a circle. when this is completed you place it in the palm of your hand and press it down. when it becomes flatter drop it into a pot with boiling hot water to cook.
2. Take the yam and peel off the skin. cut it into several medium sized pieces and also drop into pot.
3. Wash the cabbage. Take off several leaves then begin to chop it up on a cutting board. Cut up tomatoes, sweet peppers, onions and scotch bonnet pepper to taste. Throw all of this into a frying pan with cooking oil, ketchup and salt. then saute. After a while the pot with the cabbage may start to dry out, so throw water in and let it simmer on low fire.
4. By this, the pot with the food would have finished. Turn off the stove and share to your hearts desire. Enjoy
That evening I had no dinner. I was still full from all the food I had eaten earlier. Instead, I drank some milk and decided to do Professor Lucca's homework.
Saturday
I am a Seventh Day Aventist. As a result of this, I attend church every saturday. On this particular saturday however, I had no breakfast. Now dont think I'm saying ths to get out of writing this,but it just so happens to be a bad habit. So in the time i would normally have breakfast I was getting ready for church.
At approximately 1: 45 p.m, i came home and ate lunch. This consisted of dumplings, yam and cabbage. For those of you who do not know this dish and how it is prepared, get a notepad and start writing. First you need to gather these ingredients: flour, cornmeal (optional), yam, salt, cabbage and water.
1. Mix the flour, cornmeal and salt together in a bowl, then throw water into it consisently and knead it until it becomes dough. Then you separate it into several lttle pieces and roll each and every piece into a circle. when this is completed you place it in the palm of your hand and press it down. when it becomes flatter drop it into a pot with boiling hot water to cook.
2. Take the yam and peel off the skin. cut it into several medium sized pieces and also drop into pot.
3. Wash the cabbage. Take off several leaves then begin to chop it up on a cutting board. Cut up tomatoes, sweet peppers, onions and scotch bonnet pepper to taste. Throw all of this into a frying pan with cooking oil, ketchup and salt. then saute. After a while the pot with the cabbage may start to dry out, so throw water in and let it simmer on low fire.
4. By this, the pot with the food would have finished. Turn off the stove and share to your hearts desire. Enjoy
That evening I had no dinner. I was still full from all the food I had eaten earlier. Instead, I drank some milk and decided to do Professor Lucca's homework.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
About me
Hello everyone. My name is Richelle J. Hudson, (Richelle stemming from the root word Richard. It is an English name which stands for good and desirable.) I am an eighteen (18) year old freshman at LaGuardia community college, who enjoys certain things such as; singing, traveling, watching television, meeting new people and spending time with family and friends. The last of nine (9) children, I was raised to believe in myself and never to depend on anyone. (Although being the youngest had its perks!) I am a Canadian by birth, but a Jamaican by any and everything one could ever think of. When I was seven (7) years old, both my mom and I moved to Jamaica where we lived for nine (9) years. In December of ’06, my mom made the wisest but most difficult decision a mother could ever make; to send me here to the United States to further my education and to make a better life for myself. My goal is to become a Child Psychologist. I have a passion for young people. Working with those who are suffering from mental, physical or emotional trauma will, I believe, help me to make a greater impact on some part of the world where people hardly see the “demons” that our young people face day by day.
Attending LaGuardia Community College is the first step in what I have come to think of the rest of my life. Moving away from my mom and my siblings help me to realize that education is much more important than anything in the world. Many people would literally kill to be in my “shoes” but will and may never get the chance to. To me, I personally believe that life is what we make it. If I choose not to make the most of my college experience, then that is my choice. I remember watching a very special episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show, where she introduced the world to her academy for girls in South Africa. Those girls had nothing. I remember two sisters who had to witness the death of their parents, while several others had to go to bed hungry. But their determination and faith surpassed anything that they could have possibly encountered. That is what we need in our society today. Those girls should be an inspiration to every young individual out there.
During this semester, fall semester 1, my class will be focusing on going green. In the words of Dr. Smith, “going green” means trying to reduce the amount of negative impact one has on the environment.” Each and every person in the class will have to do a research paper on “going green.” For me, I will be doing a paper about the kinds of food I normally eat. What I will have to do is for three (3) whole days; monitor what I let into my system. This ranges from various meals of the day. Whether it is what I consumed for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack or liquid. When I have successfully completed this, I will need to evaluate myself and see if what I consumed was healthy for me or if it was indeed a harmful substance to my body. I think this is a healthy exercise that even one (1) person in our society should try to exercise.
Attending LaGuardia Community College is the first step in what I have come to think of the rest of my life. Moving away from my mom and my siblings help me to realize that education is much more important than anything in the world. Many people would literally kill to be in my “shoes” but will and may never get the chance to. To me, I personally believe that life is what we make it. If I choose not to make the most of my college experience, then that is my choice. I remember watching a very special episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show, where she introduced the world to her academy for girls in South Africa. Those girls had nothing. I remember two sisters who had to witness the death of their parents, while several others had to go to bed hungry. But their determination and faith surpassed anything that they could have possibly encountered. That is what we need in our society today. Those girls should be an inspiration to every young individual out there.
During this semester, fall semester 1, my class will be focusing on going green. In the words of Dr. Smith, “going green” means trying to reduce the amount of negative impact one has on the environment.” Each and every person in the class will have to do a research paper on “going green.” For me, I will be doing a paper about the kinds of food I normally eat. What I will have to do is for three (3) whole days; monitor what I let into my system. This ranges from various meals of the day. Whether it is what I consumed for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack or liquid. When I have successfully completed this, I will need to evaluate myself and see if what I consumed was healthy for me or if it was indeed a harmful substance to my body. I think this is a healthy exercise that even one (1) person in our society should try to exercise.
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