blog for 3-29-2010
1. Fact or detail:
Ninety-six of 568 (16.9%) youth indicated that they had ever harmed themselves. Self-injuries such as cutting, scratching and self-hitting were the most common forms of nonsuicidal self-harm (83.2%).
Source information:
Nixon, M., Cloutier, P., & Jansson, S.. (2008). Nonsuicidal self-harm in youth: a population-based survey. Canadian Medical Association. Journal, 178(3), 306-12. Retrieved March 29, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 1447230571).
2. Fact or detail:
The majority of those who self-harmed reported that the idea to self-harm had been their own (69/93, 73.4%). Few youths reported that they had gotten the idea from a friend (27/93, 29.0%), television or movies (14/93, 15.1%) or a family member (2/93, 2.2%), or that they had read about it (11/93, 11.8%). For the question "where did you get the idea to self-harm," the mean number of sources reported was 1.4 (SD 0.9).
Source information:
Nixon, M., Cloutier, P., & Jansson, S.. (2008). Nonsuicidal self-harm in youth: a population-based survey. Canadian Medical Association. Journal, 178(3), 306-12. Retrieved March 29, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 1447230571).
3. Fact or detail:
"It's not a big issue for them. In fact, drawing a lot of attention to it probably isn't very helpful for someone that's done it once or twice, and is otherwise doing well and all their other behaviours are fine."
By comparison, teens who cut frequently are more likely to be doing it because they can't manage their feelings.
Source information:
David Hodges. (2005, June). Cutting the 'new tattoo' for teens. Medical Post, 41(22), 16. Retrieved March 29, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 856698361).
4. Fact or detail:
The frequent cutters were more likely than the less frequent cutters to be female (62% vs. 42%), non-white (26% vs. 9%), sexually abused (63% vs. 43%), to have used condoms inconsistently (61% vs. 27%) and report less impulse control (36% vs. 29%).
Source information:
David Hodges. (2005, June). Cutting the 'new tattoo' for teens. Medical Post, 41(22), 16. Retrieved March 29, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 856698361).
5. Fact or detail:
The researchers reported, "The lifetime prevalence rate of having greater than or equal to1 self-injurious behavior incident was 17.0%. Seventy-five percent of those students engaged in self- injurious behaviors more than once. Thirty-six percent reported that no one knew about their self-injurious behaviors and only 3.29% indicated that a physician knew.
Source information:
Mental Health; Self-injurious behaviors in a college population are examined. (2006, August). Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA,73. Retrieved March 29, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 1086809671).
6. Fact or detail:
Compared with non-self-injurers, those with repeat self-injurious behavior incidents were more likely to be female, bisexual or questioning their sexual orientation. They were less likely to be Asian/Asian American and >24 years of age."
Source information:
Mental Health; Self-injurious behaviors in a college population are examined. (2006, August). Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA,73. Retrieved March 29, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 1086809671).
7. Fact or detail:
Olfson et al examine national trends from 1990 - 2000 in the utilization of community hospital inpatient services by young people ages 5-20 years old with intentional self-inflicted injuries. After discussing the results, they conclude that young people admitted to community hospitals with self-inflicted injuries tended to have more severe psychiatric diagnoses and to be treated during shorter inpatient stays.
Source information:
Mark Olfson, Marc J Gameroff, Steven C Marcus, Ted Greenberg, & David Shaffer. (2005). National Trends in Hospitalization of Youth With Intentional Self-Inflicted Injuries. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 162(7), 1328-35. Retrieved March 29, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 864283601).
8. Fact or detail:
The annual hospitalization rate of youths with self-inflicted injuries declined from 49.1 per 100,000 in 1990 to 44.9 per 100,000 in 2000, and the mean length of inpatient stay significantly declined from 3.6 days to 2.7 days. Among the hospitalized patients, there were increases in the rate of cutting (4.3% to 13.2%) and ingestion of acetaminophen (22.1% to 26.9%), antidepressants (10.0% to 14.0%), and opiates (2.3% to 3.3%) as a cause of injury, whereas there were decreases in the ingestion of salicylates (14.9% to 10.2%) and barbiturates (1.5% to 0.7%).
Source information:
Mark Olfson, Marc J Gameroff, Steven C Marcus, Ted Greenberg, & David Shaffer. (2005). National Trends in Hospitalization of Youth With Intentional Self-Inflicted Injuries. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 162(7), 1328-35. Retrieved March 29, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 864283601).
9. Fact or detail:
The Self-Inflicted Injury Severity Form (SIISF) was developed as an epidemiological research tool for identifying individuals in hospital emergency departments who have lifethreatening self-inflicted injuries.
Source information:
Lloyd B Potter, Marcie-jo Kresnow, Kenneth E Powell, Patrick W O'Carroll, & et al. (1998). Identification of nearly fatal suicide attempts: Self-inflicted injury severity form. Suicide & Life - Threatening Behavior, 28(2), 174-186. Retrieved March 30, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 32279840).
10. Fact or detail:
We sought to identify cases of attempted suicide who would have died from suiciderelated injuries had they not received rapid and effective prehospital care or other emergency treatment. Research has shown that medically serious suicide attempters are epidemiologically similar to suicide completers (Rosen,1970), and serious suicide attempters are at twice the risk of subsequent completed suicide as other suicide attempters (Rosen, 1976). Therefore, we sought a method for case identification which could identify these life-endangered cases of attempted suicide, and which could be reliably and rapidly used in a hospital emergency department setting. We then validated this method of case identification as a means of identifying a living population of suicide attempters with life-threatening self-inflicted injuries (Carmines & Zeller 1979).
Source information:
Lloyd B Potter, Marcie-jo Kresnow, Kenneth E Powell, Patrick W O'Carroll, & et al. (1998). Identification of nearly fatal suicide attempts: Self-inflicted injury severity form. Suicide & Life - Threatening Behavior, 28(2), 174-186. Retrieved March 30, 2010, from ProQuest Health and Medical Complete. (Document ID: 32279840).
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
ch 6 thoughts
1.city water causing arce lostage
2. making of chicken nuggets
3. small ranchers losing land
2. making of chicken nuggets
3. small ranchers losing land
Ch 5 thoughts
1. how little farmers get from fast food sales
2. artifical ingredients
3. Taco Bell food process
2. artifical ingredients
3. Taco Bell food process
Monday, March 22, 2010
classwork 3-22-2010
Subject- Fast Food
Topic #1-school lunches and obesity (how school lunches are not balanced)
Topic #2-television and advertisement (1 in 5 are for food)
topic #3-teenagers (statics about parent influence)
topic #4-economy (shorter lines)
topic #5 lifespan (does it make shorter? if so how?)
Topic #1-school lunches and obesity (how school lunches are not balanced)
Topic #2-television and advertisement (1 in 5 are for food)
topic #3-teenagers (statics about parent influence)
topic #4-economy (shorter lines)
topic #5 lifespan (does it make shorter? if so how?)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
5 terms for Essay 1
1. Market Nation
I got this idea from the Money Invstor's Guide 2010 Special Investing Double Issue for January/Feburary 2010. I choose this title because the stock market has been a major topic the past few years.
2. Ramen Nation
I got this idea from the article "One Noodle at a Time: A Ramen Quest" featured in the travel section pages 1 and 6-7 of the New York Times on Sunday January 31, 2010. I came up with this title because I found it interesting that blogs in both English and Japanese were out there about the noodles in Japan and that it was different than what most people say college students live off of.
3. Generation Failing Teachers
This title idea I got after reading, page 24 to 27, the article " F Why We Can't Get Rid of Failing Teachers" from Newsweek magazine for March 15, 2010. This article insired my title idea by mentioning how after so many years of teaching a teacher has tenure and can't be fired even if they are not good at teaching any longer.
4. Idol Generation
Psychology Today published an article in their January/Febuary 2010 edition entiled "How to Win American Idol." I choose this title because it goes to show that the ABC show American Idol is very popular in the United States at this time.
5. Olympic Nation
With the winter olympics over just a short time ago, the sports section published in the Chiago Tribune on Sunday Febuary 14, 2010 caught my eye and had me think of this title. Olympics are popular among people all over the world and this years were full of excitment, sadness, and much more.
I got this idea from the Money Invstor's Guide 2010 Special Investing Double Issue for January/Feburary 2010. I choose this title because the stock market has been a major topic the past few years.
2. Ramen Nation
I got this idea from the article "One Noodle at a Time: A Ramen Quest" featured in the travel section pages 1 and 6-7 of the New York Times on Sunday January 31, 2010. I came up with this title because I found it interesting that blogs in both English and Japanese were out there about the noodles in Japan and that it was different than what most people say college students live off of.
3. Generation Failing Teachers
This title idea I got after reading, page 24 to 27, the article " F Why We Can't Get Rid of Failing Teachers" from Newsweek magazine for March 15, 2010. This article insired my title idea by mentioning how after so many years of teaching a teacher has tenure and can't be fired even if they are not good at teaching any longer.
4. Idol Generation
Psychology Today published an article in their January/Febuary 2010 edition entiled "How to Win American Idol." I choose this title because it goes to show that the ABC show American Idol is very popular in the United States at this time.
5. Olympic Nation
With the winter olympics over just a short time ago, the sports section published in the Chiago Tribune on Sunday Febuary 14, 2010 caught my eye and had me think of this title. Olympics are popular among people all over the world and this years were full of excitment, sadness, and much more.
Monday, March 15, 2010
10 references found on 3-15
Magazines
1.http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/11/vaccinating-school-kids-can-protect-the-whole-herd-of-community-members/
The findings come at a time when vaccine phobia is one of our largest public health concerns, with many parents worrying that immunizing kids can lead to adverse side affects. A recent survey revealed that one in four U.S. parents think that vaccines might cause autism, probably due in part to a 1998 paper published in the journal The Lancet that wrongly linked autism to vaccines–that paper has since been refuted, and fully retracted by the journal.
2. http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-05/timely-vaccinations-among-low-income-children-class-disparities-remain
A new study examining the results of the U.S. National Immunization Survey carried out between 1995 and 2007 showed "significant disparities in timely vaccination coverage... between low- and high-income children for all childhood vaccines and nearly every birth cohort born between 1994 and 2004." A low-income household is defined as having an annual income of 133 percent or less of the federal poverty level, and the survey involved 232,318 children in that bracket. These children were compared with children in high-income households (defined as have 400 percent or more of the federal poverty level), who were tracked between 1994 and 2004.
3. http://www.redbookmag.com/kids-family/advice/do-vaccines-cause-autism
If there is a connection between vaccines and autism, top health experts, including those from the CDC and the independent nonprofit Institute of Medicine, say they haven't found it. Their stance is based on at least 10 large-scale scientific studies. "Parents need to know that the world's brightest scientists have concluded that there is no association between vaccines and autism," says CDC director Julie Gerberding, M.D.
But many parents and advocates don't accept the government's reassurances. Theresa Wrangham, president of the Coalition for SafeMinds, an organization that raises awareness of the risks of mercury exposure, says that the studies often cited by the government are poorly designed or otherwise flawed and are marked by conflicts of interest. (In some cases, for instance, the study authors had ties to the vaccine industry.)
4. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/child_2-10yrs.htm
While vaccine-preventable childhood diseases are at near record or record low levels in the United States, that does not mean these diseases have disappeared. Many of the viruses and bacteria are still circulating in this country or are only a plane ride away. That’s why it’s important that children, especially infants and young children, receive recommended immunizations on time.
5. http://www.usnews.com/health/blogs/on-parenting/2010/03/10/vaccines-and-children-what-the-hutterites-can-teach-us-about-altruism
More and more parents are refusing to get their children vaccinated because they think that the shots aren't adequately tested or could cause autism. But when parents refuse vaccines over concerns about their own children, they may put the health of all children at risk. Putting it another way, having your kids immunized against infectious disease can be considered an altruistic act.
That's the message in a new study on how "herd immunity" combats infectious disease. It's a notion that's been around for centuries: When enough people in a population are vaccinated, disease can't spread, even if some people (such as those who, because of suppressed immune systems or other health problems, can't get the shots) aren't. About 75 to 95 percent of a group needs to be vaccinated for herd immunity to work; the proportion varies depending on how efficiently a given bug spreads. An 85 percent immunization rate halts polio, while more than 90 percent of a group needs to be vaccinated to derail pertussis. Rates of pertussis, measles, and mumps have been increasing in the past few years as more and more parents refuse vaccines.
Newspapers
1. http://blogs.indystar.com/expresso/archives/2008/12/the-case-for-va.html
Some people think it's irresponsible to promote the anti-vaccination side. Two letters to the editor, in response to Saturday's story, advocated vaccinations, one from a physician and the other from a mother who's child is deaf because he contracted spinal meningitis before he was old enough to be vaccinated (the age requirement later was lowered).
2. http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-vaccinations-ess.html
Vaccinations are among the most important health advances in history.
Death rates for 13 diseases that can be prevented by childhood vaccinations were at all-time lows in the United States in 2007.
Rumors persist that some immunizations, or the vaccine preservative thimerosal, cause autism.
3. http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-ap-us-med-autism-ruling,0,7096585.story
The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.
4. http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_14633677?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com
Only one state appeals court, the Georgia Supreme Court, has ruled that families can sue in a vaccine case. The vaccine industry has fiercely opposed the Georgia ruling in the case of Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari. They claim their son suffered neurological damage after receiving vaccine booster shots made by pharmaceutical companies Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline that contained the preservative thimerosal.
5. http://detnews.com/article/20090409/OPINION03/904090395/Facing-vaccination-decision--parents-have-lots-to-consider
To vaccinate or not vaccinate; that is the question. This is a debate that rages in many homes and pediatrician offices. It's a controversial topic with a host of different voices weighing in on the issue. At present, although there is no known cause of autism, both The American Academy of Pediatricians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have officially stated there is no medical evidence of any correlation between autism and vaccines. Pediatricians at many local hospitals also strongly recommend vaccinations and maintain there is far greater harm to children in avoiding vaccinations altogether.
1.http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/11/vaccinating-school-kids-can-protect-the-whole-herd-of-community-members/
The findings come at a time when vaccine phobia is one of our largest public health concerns, with many parents worrying that immunizing kids can lead to adverse side affects. A recent survey revealed that one in four U.S. parents think that vaccines might cause autism, probably due in part to a 1998 paper published in the journal The Lancet that wrongly linked autism to vaccines–that paper has since been refuted, and fully retracted by the journal.
2. http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-05/timely-vaccinations-among-low-income-children-class-disparities-remain
A new study examining the results of the U.S. National Immunization Survey carried out between 1995 and 2007 showed "significant disparities in timely vaccination coverage... between low- and high-income children for all childhood vaccines and nearly every birth cohort born between 1994 and 2004." A low-income household is defined as having an annual income of 133 percent or less of the federal poverty level, and the survey involved 232,318 children in that bracket. These children were compared with children in high-income households (defined as have 400 percent or more of the federal poverty level), who were tracked between 1994 and 2004.
3. http://www.redbookmag.com/kids-family/advice/do-vaccines-cause-autism
If there is a connection between vaccines and autism, top health experts, including those from the CDC and the independent nonprofit Institute of Medicine, say they haven't found it. Their stance is based on at least 10 large-scale scientific studies. "Parents need to know that the world's brightest scientists have concluded that there is no association between vaccines and autism," says CDC director Julie Gerberding, M.D.
But many parents and advocates don't accept the government's reassurances. Theresa Wrangham, president of the Coalition for SafeMinds, an organization that raises awareness of the risks of mercury exposure, says that the studies often cited by the government are poorly designed or otherwise flawed and are marked by conflicts of interest. (In some cases, for instance, the study authors had ties to the vaccine industry.)
4. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/child_2-10yrs.htm
While vaccine-preventable childhood diseases are at near record or record low levels in the United States, that does not mean these diseases have disappeared. Many of the viruses and bacteria are still circulating in this country or are only a plane ride away. That’s why it’s important that children, especially infants and young children, receive recommended immunizations on time.
5. http://www.usnews.com/health/blogs/on-parenting/2010/03/10/vaccines-and-children-what-the-hutterites-can-teach-us-about-altruism
More and more parents are refusing to get their children vaccinated because they think that the shots aren't adequately tested or could cause autism. But when parents refuse vaccines over concerns about their own children, they may put the health of all children at risk. Putting it another way, having your kids immunized against infectious disease can be considered an altruistic act.
That's the message in a new study on how "herd immunity" combats infectious disease. It's a notion that's been around for centuries: When enough people in a population are vaccinated, disease can't spread, even if some people (such as those who, because of suppressed immune systems or other health problems, can't get the shots) aren't. About 75 to 95 percent of a group needs to be vaccinated for herd immunity to work; the proportion varies depending on how efficiently a given bug spreads. An 85 percent immunization rate halts polio, while more than 90 percent of a group needs to be vaccinated to derail pertussis. Rates of pertussis, measles, and mumps have been increasing in the past few years as more and more parents refuse vaccines.
Newspapers
1. http://blogs.indystar.com/expresso/archives/2008/12/the-case-for-va.html
Some people think it's irresponsible to promote the anti-vaccination side. Two letters to the editor, in response to Saturday's story, advocated vaccinations, one from a physician and the other from a mother who's child is deaf because he contracted spinal meningitis before he was old enough to be vaccinated (the age requirement later was lowered).
2. http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-vaccinations-ess.html
Vaccinations are among the most important health advances in history.
Death rates for 13 diseases that can be prevented by childhood vaccinations were at all-time lows in the United States in 2007.
Rumors persist that some immunizations, or the vaccine preservative thimerosal, cause autism.
3. http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-ap-us-med-autism-ruling,0,7096585.story
The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.
4. http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_14633677?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com
Only one state appeals court, the Georgia Supreme Court, has ruled that families can sue in a vaccine case. The vaccine industry has fiercely opposed the Georgia ruling in the case of Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari. They claim their son suffered neurological damage after receiving vaccine booster shots made by pharmaceutical companies Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline that contained the preservative thimerosal.
5. http://detnews.com/article/20090409/OPINION03/904090395/Facing-vaccination-decision--parents-have-lots-to-consider
To vaccinate or not vaccinate; that is the question. This is a debate that rages in many homes and pediatrician offices. It's a controversial topic with a host of different voices weighing in on the issue. At present, although there is no known cause of autism, both The American Academy of Pediatricians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have officially stated there is no medical evidence of any correlation between autism and vaccines. Pediatricians at many local hospitals also strongly recommend vaccinations and maintain there is far greater harm to children in avoiding vaccinations altogether.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Essay #2 final draft
Family Activities and Food Belong Together
When I think of family, food is among the thoughts that first that spring up in my mind. This may seem weird until you think about everything families can do together and realize that most of them involve some sort of food. Dinners, holidays, sporting events, traveling, and parties are among just the few examples where food and family activities combine. Every family is different from each other depending on the priorities and likes.
In today’s world few families make the time to sit down together to enjoy an all important meal whether it is home-cooked, fast food, or store bought. Although my family didn’t have the time or the ability to sit down together for a meal every day, I remember making the effort several times a week. Occasionally it would just be my sisters, my mom, and me if my dad had a meeting or if one of us girls had to run off to a school event early. This time was also special. Enjoying a meal, no matter what type of food or even where the meal is being eaten, as a family provided my family time to talk about our day and what all we had to do during the week. Meal times allow for bonding and memories that cannot be replaced. Meals that I ate with my family will always be with me and started a tradition I hope one day to continue with my children.
Another tradition for my family that I would like to carry on is going to Cardinal baseball games. These games include special memories when it comes to being a family with food. Every season my family tries to attend between two and four games because my younger sister and Dad really enjoy baseball. While at the games my mom, my younger sister, and myself always get the supreme nachos. These nachos are fully loaded with cheese, meat, sour cream, salsa, and jalapeño peppers. It’s something the girls in my family share and enjoy amongst each other.
As a family that loves to do things together traveling to as many places as possible on vacation provides us opportunities to try new, different food specialties of that area to try. When we were in New Orleans the food to try was the jambalaya and Creole food. Creole food that the girls in my family liked the most was the Cajun Creole shrimp. This Creole food is spicy and tasty for those brave enough to try something with a kick. Another New Orleans’s dish that we were able to try was alligator. I enjoyed trying the alligator and thought it tasted like chicken in a way. My entire family tried and liked the alligator meat. While in New York as a family we were able to try New York style pizza as well as go to Cold Stone Creamery for the first time. The ice cream was a big hit for my family and we returned for a second time because it was both entertaining and had a variety to choose from. Traveling to Mexico with my younger sister provided the opportunity to taste green salsa and other Mexican specialties. The green salsa was excellent to dip chips in. With school my mom and I got the chance to travel to Panama and Costa Rica where every meal was served with beans and rice. After a while beans and rice got old, but the ability to travel with my mom and experience new and exciting foods together is unforgettable.
One type of vacation my family loves to go on is camping trips. My family and I enjoy grilling hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, and brats while camping. Inside the camper foods my mom cooks include baked beans, hominy, and macaroni and cheese. Potato salad, salad, and chips are favorites and easy while camping. Lunch meat sandwiches and BLTs also satisfy our taste buds. While out with the camper, biscuits and s’mores are our favorite desserts. We make biscuits by rolling the uncooked biscuit on a dole rod and slowly holding it over the ashes of a campfire. We then fill the biscuit with peanut butter and white syrup or any kind of pie filling. This dessert is a rarity and a favorite among my family. Camping is something my whole family enjoys doing together and allows us to make lots of memories including ones about food.
Desserts rank at the top of many people’s favorite food lists. Homemade pies made for Thanksgiving such as pecan, cherry, custard, and pumpkin allows there to be something for everyone to enjoy and are always made by my grandma with love for her family. Homemade chocolate cake made by my grandma draws the whole family around the table to enjoy a piece; sometimes with ice cream. This cake is a favorite of both my little cousins and my younger sister. Also among the favorite desserts in my family is the variety of candies my mom makes at Christmas time. She makes around five different kinds of fudge, puppy chow, caramel chow, caramels, nutty noodle, and toffee. Although this takes a lot of time the candy is loved and ate by all bringing the whole family together as we discuss the new fudge flavor for that year. Rolled up pie crust with cinnamon-sugar are the perfect bite size dessert made by my grandma’s loving hands, which we affectionately we call Circle Things. My favorite dessert is Sour Cream Pound Cake. This cake is delicious and makes me smile every time my grandma makes it for me especially on my birthday. Desserts are not the only special foods for the holidays.
When it comes to holiday meals my family can be quite unusual. For New Years our favorite meal to eat is side pork, fried potatoes, leaf lettuce, beans, and cornbread. This food is always good and said to bring luck. Easter varies from year to year. We could have ham one year and fried rice and spring rolls the next. Thanksgiving is pretty much the expected food of turkey, dressing, two types of homemade rolls, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and gravy. My family however, also has three types of cranberry sauce, cole slaw, crock pot and regular corn, and green beans. Christmas and food at my house is a different story, because my grandma prefers to cook something besides turkey sense it is only one month after Thanksgiving. On Christmas Eve we have barbeque or ham sandwiches, chips, pickles, and lots of different kinds of dips and crackers. Some of our favorite dips are hot chicken, cheese ball, and shrimp dip. The reason my family does snack type food is so we have time to open presents by a decent time. Christmas Day food also makes my family unique. We do not eat turkey or any other food that is normally at by families in the United States. Some years my dad grills ribs outside, other times my grandma and Mom cook homemade fried chicken, and still others we eat spring rolls and fried rice. This variety when it comes to Christmas food at my house is loved by everyone. Holidays are a time to bring families together with good home cooked meals.
Food and family go together in everyone’s life. Everyone needs to eat to live, so it makes sense to share the time when people eat with those they love in their family. Times like holidays, vacations, sporting events, and countless others provide connection between members of the family and different food preferences.
When I think of family, food is among the thoughts that first that spring up in my mind. This may seem weird until you think about everything families can do together and realize that most of them involve some sort of food. Dinners, holidays, sporting events, traveling, and parties are among just the few examples where food and family activities combine. Every family is different from each other depending on the priorities and likes.
In today’s world few families make the time to sit down together to enjoy an all important meal whether it is home-cooked, fast food, or store bought. Although my family didn’t have the time or the ability to sit down together for a meal every day, I remember making the effort several times a week. Occasionally it would just be my sisters, my mom, and me if my dad had a meeting or if one of us girls had to run off to a school event early. This time was also special. Enjoying a meal, no matter what type of food or even where the meal is being eaten, as a family provided my family time to talk about our day and what all we had to do during the week. Meal times allow for bonding and memories that cannot be replaced. Meals that I ate with my family will always be with me and started a tradition I hope one day to continue with my children.
Another tradition for my family that I would like to carry on is going to Cardinal baseball games. These games include special memories when it comes to being a family with food. Every season my family tries to attend between two and four games because my younger sister and Dad really enjoy baseball. While at the games my mom, my younger sister, and myself always get the supreme nachos. These nachos are fully loaded with cheese, meat, sour cream, salsa, and jalapeño peppers. It’s something the girls in my family share and enjoy amongst each other.
As a family that loves to do things together traveling to as many places as possible on vacation provides us opportunities to try new, different food specialties of that area to try. When we were in New Orleans the food to try was the jambalaya and Creole food. Creole food that the girls in my family liked the most was the Cajun Creole shrimp. This Creole food is spicy and tasty for those brave enough to try something with a kick. Another New Orleans’s dish that we were able to try was alligator. I enjoyed trying the alligator and thought it tasted like chicken in a way. My entire family tried and liked the alligator meat. While in New York as a family we were able to try New York style pizza as well as go to Cold Stone Creamery for the first time. The ice cream was a big hit for my family and we returned for a second time because it was both entertaining and had a variety to choose from. Traveling to Mexico with my younger sister provided the opportunity to taste green salsa and other Mexican specialties. The green salsa was excellent to dip chips in. With school my mom and I got the chance to travel to Panama and Costa Rica where every meal was served with beans and rice. After a while beans and rice got old, but the ability to travel with my mom and experience new and exciting foods together is unforgettable.
One type of vacation my family loves to go on is camping trips. My family and I enjoy grilling hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, and brats while camping. Inside the camper foods my mom cooks include baked beans, hominy, and macaroni and cheese. Potato salad, salad, and chips are favorites and easy while camping. Lunch meat sandwiches and BLTs also satisfy our taste buds. While out with the camper, biscuits and s’mores are our favorite desserts. We make biscuits by rolling the uncooked biscuit on a dole rod and slowly holding it over the ashes of a campfire. We then fill the biscuit with peanut butter and white syrup or any kind of pie filling. This dessert is a rarity and a favorite among my family. Camping is something my whole family enjoys doing together and allows us to make lots of memories including ones about food.
Desserts rank at the top of many people’s favorite food lists. Homemade pies made for Thanksgiving such as pecan, cherry, custard, and pumpkin allows there to be something for everyone to enjoy and are always made by my grandma with love for her family. Homemade chocolate cake made by my grandma draws the whole family around the table to enjoy a piece; sometimes with ice cream. This cake is a favorite of both my little cousins and my younger sister. Also among the favorite desserts in my family is the variety of candies my mom makes at Christmas time. She makes around five different kinds of fudge, puppy chow, caramel chow, caramels, nutty noodle, and toffee. Although this takes a lot of time the candy is loved and ate by all bringing the whole family together as we discuss the new fudge flavor for that year. Rolled up pie crust with cinnamon-sugar are the perfect bite size dessert made by my grandma’s loving hands, which we affectionately we call Circle Things. My favorite dessert is Sour Cream Pound Cake. This cake is delicious and makes me smile every time my grandma makes it for me especially on my birthday. Desserts are not the only special foods for the holidays.
When it comes to holiday meals my family can be quite unusual. For New Years our favorite meal to eat is side pork, fried potatoes, leaf lettuce, beans, and cornbread. This food is always good and said to bring luck. Easter varies from year to year. We could have ham one year and fried rice and spring rolls the next. Thanksgiving is pretty much the expected food of turkey, dressing, two types of homemade rolls, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and gravy. My family however, also has three types of cranberry sauce, cole slaw, crock pot and regular corn, and green beans. Christmas and food at my house is a different story, because my grandma prefers to cook something besides turkey sense it is only one month after Thanksgiving. On Christmas Eve we have barbeque or ham sandwiches, chips, pickles, and lots of different kinds of dips and crackers. Some of our favorite dips are hot chicken, cheese ball, and shrimp dip. The reason my family does snack type food is so we have time to open presents by a decent time. Christmas Day food also makes my family unique. We do not eat turkey or any other food that is normally at by families in the United States. Some years my dad grills ribs outside, other times my grandma and Mom cook homemade fried chicken, and still others we eat spring rolls and fried rice. This variety when it comes to Christmas food at my house is loved by everyone. Holidays are a time to bring families together with good home cooked meals.
Food and family go together in everyone’s life. Everyone needs to eat to live, so it makes sense to share the time when people eat with those they love in their family. Times like holidays, vacations, sporting events, and countless others provide connection between members of the family and different food preferences.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Executioner's Outline for essay #2
Executioner’s Outline
I. Introduction strategy- need to rewrite because it is too obvious
a. Thesis: When I think of family, food is among the thoughts that first that spring up in my mind.
A. Topic Sentence: Meal times allow for bonding and memories that cannot be replaced.
1. Type of meal does not matter
2. Meal together may not be every night but an effort is important
3. The meal can be eaten anywhere together
4. Time shared during the meal cannot be replaced
B. Topic Sentence: For my family, Cardinal baseball games include special memories when it comes to being a family with food.
1. Go two to four times a year because Dad and sister enjoy going
2. Mom, sisters, and I get the supreme nachos
3. What is on the nachos
4. Enjoy and share among each other
C. Topic Sentence: As a family that loves to travel to as many places as possible on vacation we take the opportunities to try new, different, or specialties of that area to try.
1. New Orleans
a. Creole food
b. Jambalaya
2. New York
a. Pizza
b. Cold Stone
3. Mexico
a. green salsa
b. other specialties
4. Costa Rica and Panama
a. rice and beans
D. Topic Sentence: Camping is something my whole family enjoys doing together and allows us to make lots of memories.
1. grill
a. hot dogs
b. hamburgers
c. chicken
d. brats
2. inside cooking
a. baked beans
b. hominy
c. Macaroni and cheese
3. easy favorites
a. potato salad
b. salad
c. chips
d. lunch meat sandwiches
e. BLTs
E. Topic Sentence: Desserts rank at the top of many people’s favorite food lists.
1. homemade pies
a. pecan
b. cherry
c. pumpkin
d. custard
2. Chocolate Cake
3. Christmas candy
a. fudge
b. puppy chow
c. nutty noodle
d. toffee
4. Circle Things
5. Sour Cream Pound Cake
F. Topic Sentence: When it comes to holiday meals my family can be quite unusual.
1. New Year’s Day
2. Easter
3. Thanksgiving
4. Christmas
a. the different possibilities that we eat
II. Conclusion Strategy-Food and family go together in everyone’s life.
I. Introduction strategy- need to rewrite because it is too obvious
a. Thesis: When I think of family, food is among the thoughts that first that spring up in my mind.
A. Topic Sentence: Meal times allow for bonding and memories that cannot be replaced.
1. Type of meal does not matter
2. Meal together may not be every night but an effort is important
3. The meal can be eaten anywhere together
4. Time shared during the meal cannot be replaced
B. Topic Sentence: For my family, Cardinal baseball games include special memories when it comes to being a family with food.
1. Go two to four times a year because Dad and sister enjoy going
2. Mom, sisters, and I get the supreme nachos
3. What is on the nachos
4. Enjoy and share among each other
C. Topic Sentence: As a family that loves to travel to as many places as possible on vacation we take the opportunities to try new, different, or specialties of that area to try.
1. New Orleans
a. Creole food
b. Jambalaya
2. New York
a. Pizza
b. Cold Stone
3. Mexico
a. green salsa
b. other specialties
4. Costa Rica and Panama
a. rice and beans
D. Topic Sentence: Camping is something my whole family enjoys doing together and allows us to make lots of memories.
1. grill
a. hot dogs
b. hamburgers
c. chicken
d. brats
2. inside cooking
a. baked beans
b. hominy
c. Macaroni and cheese
3. easy favorites
a. potato salad
b. salad
c. chips
d. lunch meat sandwiches
e. BLTs
E. Topic Sentence: Desserts rank at the top of many people’s favorite food lists.
1. homemade pies
a. pecan
b. cherry
c. pumpkin
d. custard
2. Chocolate Cake
3. Christmas candy
a. fudge
b. puppy chow
c. nutty noodle
d. toffee
4. Circle Things
5. Sour Cream Pound Cake
F. Topic Sentence: When it comes to holiday meals my family can be quite unusual.
1. New Year’s Day
2. Easter
3. Thanksgiving
4. Christmas
a. the different possibilities that we eat
II. Conclusion Strategy-Food and family go together in everyone’s life.
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