Craving for Wendy's

The name of my neighbor is Robert; he’s tall and skinny, to everyone’s surprise, because he either eats greasy-take out food, or makes himself a frozen meal everyday. As soon as he saw me walking in my porch he asked me to walk with him to Wendy’s, I was tired from my one and a half hour trip from college so I was going to say no, but, he asked me again with his child-alike sweet and soft voice and I just couldn’t say no. While we were walking through the narrow streets of my block, he was very excited; I believed he hadn't eaten Wendy's in a long time. When we finally arrived, the first thing I noticed was the parking lot, on which a family was getting rapidly off their cars, the parents and 2 kids, a boy and a girl, they looked 3 and 6 respectively, I knew the kids were happy, I could see their smiles in their faces and hear their laughter, screaming; “Yayy Wendy’s thank you mom!!”. On our way in, a group of teenagers opened the door for us; they still had their backpacks with them, they probably went there when classes were over.

As soon as we entered the restaurant the greasy smell of the fries climbed up our noses as a "welcome symbol". My neighbor formed the line immediately, because as he was deciding what to order the lines were getting longer at an incredible speed. But the line did not last long, because the employees were very fast, they’re so used to this that it comes almost naturally and with years of practice; taking orders, paying, packing the pre-cooked food in their bags and giving the food to the customers, the whole process took about 10 minutes. Robert picked up his well-organize tray and we headed to the table, stopping before on the condiment stand so he could take his precious ketchup and salt for the fries, and we headed our way to the table. While he was un-wrapping his food, I was looking around, trying to examine people, which were having a natural behavior talking with their companions while eating and drinking their upsized drinks. My friend was happy saying that the "baconator" was a "delicious-incredible-meal", which he devoured in 15 minutes. We talked for a bit but it looked like it was going to rain again so we decided to head home right away. When we got home he thanked me for going with him and as I said welcome it started drizzling. And I as entered home I was wondering in my head what should I eat now?

Craving for Wendy's

I was accompanying my neighbor to buy Wendy's this afternoon. While we were walking through the narrow streets of my block, he was very excited because he hadn't eaten Wendy's in a long time. When we finally arrived, the first thing I noticed was the parking lot, on which families were getting off their cars, kids happy, jumping with a smile in their faces screaming; "yayy..... Wendy's". On their way out, a group of teenagers opened the door for us, letting the greasy smell of the fries climb up our noses as a "welcome symbol". My neighbor formed the line immediately, because it looked like a rush was coming in, but the line did not last long, because the employees are very fast, taking orders, paying, packing the "pre-cooked" food in their bags and giving the food to the customers, it took about 10 minutes. We sat at the table and while he was unwrapping his food, I was looking around, trying to examine people, which were having a normal behavior, just talking with their companions while eating and drinking their upsized drinks. At the end, my friend was were happy saying that the "baconator" was a "delicious-incredible-meal", he thank me for going with him, and we went home after that.

Would you like to upsize?

Hey everybody!!!

Who has gone to a fast food restaurant and been asked if you want to upsize your drink or meal for a small amount of money? I'm pretty sure that everybody has had that experience. Well, I work in a movie theather so it's part of my job to ask and explain every guest that they could have the large drink for an extra 50 cents, yes only 50 cents, plus you get to refill it for free. So, yeah of course, "make it a large" is what most people answer, but now that I got the chance to read Fast Food Nation, (which I mentioned in a previous blog) I'm starting to feel conscious of what 50 cents can do to your health. Everytime I go to 7 eleven and see this huge cups, I think it's insane and wonder if people are really aware of the amount of harmful liquids they're consuming.

Now, everytime a customers approches me, and I have to ask them, I wish (in my mind) they'll hopefully say no, but again I get in trouble in I don't ask, so it has to be part of the costumer's decision, let's just pray taht the customers begin making wise decisions before its too late.     

Hygene in Restaurants

 My little sister literally lovessss chinese food, I think that if she would have to live only by eating that, it'll be fine for her. Today, my job called me to work, and since she doesn't  know how to cook, and I couldn't do it for her, guess what she was going to have for lunch??? exactly... chinese food. But, she didn't, when I asked her why, she told me that she ordered it but while she was waiting, she saw this huge rat running from the back of the kitchen towards under the stove.... she left and didn't wait for it. I told her that she should't be surprised, because fast food restaurants aren't the cleanest, she reply by saying that it's true, but that it's not the same when you hear something than when you actually live it. And honestly, if we had a chance to actually be in the kitchen of the restaurants when they're cooking my food, I personally wouldn't eat it, but its like the saying, off sight off mind.    

Annotated Bibliography

"The New York Times Log In". The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. Web. 20 Sept. 2010.

In this article, the author is explaining how bottled water that contains BPA, a component of plastic, can have negative effects on human health. Therefore various movements have been conducted for the goverment to pass a law that will prohibit the content of this chemical in plastic bottles. Some companies have already taken step, such as, ceasing to use the chemical, but another ones still have maintained the use of this, leading naturalists to take the case to court, wich leads to legal conflicts.

This article informs the readers about a problem that many do not think they can find in a single bottled water and the problems it brings, this clearly spells out the various legal disputes between health defensors and companies's owners, which thanks to this article we now know that even the water that we drink may even give us health problems and is involved in legal disagreetment. Through this information we realize how a small detail wich seems could be solved easily, takes so long to resolve.

 

The Fast Food Nation.... it's our Nation

Hello my friends;
Today my english 101 Proffesor gave the class a New York Times Bestseller book called the Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. Im really looking forward to reading this book, because I know it contains information about what I usually eat, that not even in one hundred years I would have found out by myself..... As it says on the cover it shows: "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal." I just hope this doesn't change my mind and end up being vegetarian by the end of the book.

Welcome!!!!

Hey! friends... my name is Jatnna Medina, I am a current student in LaGuardia Community College and  this blog is for my english 101 class, and it is dedicated to food ethics. I've been raised in the United States but Im dominican, so I am familiar with diverse food.

Thanks to my mom i know how to cook from rice and beans to mangu and salami, thankfully there's a spanish supermarket near my house that has most of the spanish products which makes it easy for me to cook. But, that doesn't mean I only eat spanish food, I love Italian food, even more than Dominican I'll have to say, pasta and zeppole are my favorites. I also like to try food from others cultures, so far, I've had japanese, indian, korean, and south american food, delicious. Honestly, I sometimes refuse to try specific plates because I really have no idea what it could be made of and I rather not taste it until I know, which I think its a normal reaction.

But, do we really know where does our daily food comes from? I mean, Have you ever ask yourself if what you been eating is really good for you? not really... this is because who can resist  a delicious-good looking bacon, egg and cheese sandwich?... Tempting right? But there's more than just the flavor, we need to keep in mind that we are what we eat, and what we eat, is not always the healthiest choice.