BLOG 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Writing blogs week by week help me learn a few things from my favorite food. My relationship with soul food made me feel that I should cherish this creation because my ancestors came up with this idea and is a legacy that still goes on. Yeah there recipe may have change over time by the different ingredients cooks want to use and try, but it came from ancient African American people. I learn what others have to say about soul food and I learn if it wasn't for the harsh journey that they had to sale from their homeland, there probably wouldn't be no type of fried chicken, candy yams, or stuffing.

Obviously people from all over the world eat one of the varieties, either its turkey, mash potatoes, or macaroni and chess. The way soul food affects the global community by eating it with some much passion and love. When you have a hot meal in your face, people would say things like,"thank you Jesus" or "hallelujah" Also on Thanksgiving day and Christmas day, the global community makes tons on food and praying to the high power thank you for this food.

BLOG 9

My favorite meal, which is called soul food it consist of so many things. Ham, fried chicken, corn bread, collard greens, vegetables, rice and beans, etc. You see it's up to the eater what they want on their plate. Soul food can be healthy , its just the way or what seasoning the person use. On one hand you have seasoning that is good for your health, but on the other side it can affect your blood pressure, which can lead to becoming a diabetic. Also eating these type of food everyday can make you gain weight, and I know people don't want that.

My favorite food can be healthy and unhealthy, you have to take of your body and make sure your body have little bit of everything. For example try to balance everything, don't have only starch. I say a good healthy soul food meal is nice, light season chicken, vegetables, and cornbread.

BLOG 8

There are so many comments that people say about the term "Soul Food," but I would say that the term soul food is a perfect name for this kind of food. It''s perfect because when you start eating, it hits your soul so deeply that it makes you say hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm good good!!!!!!!

Many people say, "to fully understand the concept of soul food you must learn the traditional foods from Africa." I am sill learning the concept of soul food and I think everyone should as well. It is very interesting and as you learn, not just the African Americans was only affected by this creation.

Another comment that was said was by scientist William Bascom, found that a large portion of tribal Africans shared basic cooking techniques. Until this present day the same techniques are still is at use.

Also others believe that, "soul food developed to simply illustrate both graphically and literally how to unify our concept of god and love." When we pray for this dinner beside you it is shared to you and god, because it is a blessing to have a hot food to eat, which you should be thankful for.

Health issues in the 1400s African Americans ate healthy, but on those long journey from their homeland, there food started changing. One in particular was this sauce that affected their normally healthy diet, it was made from old beef,rotten fish, and salt, which filled their stomach.

Now many people make there food spicy or salty, don't get me wrong it is so delicious, but at the same time you can't eat as much as they did in ancient times.

source...."A History of Soul Food, Soul Food"

Museum of Natural History

Going to the museum was very interesting, our assignment was to find evidence to support Al Gore's assertions in An Inconvenient Truth. This assignment was cool, it made me wounder, I'm I treating the planet good or bad?

My pale, Chavon and I group together and some evidence we found was the forces that affect climate, how the sun's brightness and the earth's orbit and tilt relative to the sun influence the amount of solar energy that reaches earth. Also, we discovered that scientists believe that due to human activities the atmosphere, carbon dioxide has increased, meaning the atmosphere is getting warmer. Many factors influence climate such as the atmosphere, the ocean, the solid earth, and life itself. Some elements of life are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and phosphors.

After learning about the earth, we walked around the museum and stopped at the African People , which we really had a connection to. So we focus on every installations and pointed out logos, ethos, and pathos. One installation was the Spirit World:
Logos= Focus for religion life in traditional Africa, explained the world of the living and offered hope, encouragement, promise of afterlife, affirming a power greater than man's
Ethos= Night blue, with mask , sculptures, chair symbolizes African cultural in the spirit world.
Pathos= When i was analyzing the window I had goosebumps because just thinking about people contacting the afterlife is scary.

Another was the Pokot Women, this installation was about how the Pokot Women was defined and their lives turning into a women.
Logos= At puberty they undergo a clitoridectomy, in public to show there strength and there new found statis as a women.
Ethos= It had belt and apron, which the women wear during their pregnancy. Red necklace which symbolizes the uncircumcised girls and a charm necklace that represents good luck to married women. A special knife to cut the clitoris and aluminum bracelets.
Pathos= Even though this is the Pokot Women's religion, I felt disturb because just thinking about pain is unbearable.

Learning history can be interesting, at the same time breath taking.

WEEK 3...........BLOG 7

Collard Greens Before Cook.

Last but not least Callard Greens are my

favorite food to eat,you can have collard greens with many dishes such as fish, ham, chicken, etc. It is also called Bore Kale. It is a loose leafed of the cabbage planet. Also grows very large with a dark green color. They are mainly from Brazil, Portugal, Southern U.S., parts of Africa, Montengro, Spain, and Kashimir.Greens have a higher nutritional value when cook with a night vitamin C and suluble fiber. These multiple nurtrients help fight away Cancer. And you can blended it into fruit juices for flavor.

Collard Greens Cooked

Source......Collards History

http://www.vegparadise.com/highestperch55.html

BLOG 6 Week 2

My second food, which is Cornbread. Cornbread contains cornmeal, it is Native American. The founders who discovered cornbread were the Europeans, during the Europeans Exploration of North America. Popular during the American Civil War, because it was cheap and was made in different forms, such as high rising, fluffy loaves,steamed and mushy. It is enjoyed by many people, because of its sweet scent and great taste. Many different types are Baked Cornbread and Huskpuppies.
Cornbread arrive in rural areas like the country side (down south). When the Europeans came from Europe to the U.S.it spread throughout the coast. Now cornbread is sold in local areas like Pathmark and Key Food. It is serve in a box, where it says add water.
source.... Illustrated Magazine,Baking Illustrated. Brookline,
MA;America's test Kitchen, 2004, Wikipedia.

WEEK ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLOG 5

So far, my first research on where one of my favorite food come from,which is Meat. Everyone knows that ham and pork comes from a pig. When I was researching this, my pathos of it made me feel bad ,because I am actually eating a warm blooded animal. The other kind of food is hamburgers, which is mostly every one specialty, only if you eat meat.To some people it can be drastic to eat an animal but i am sorry to say, I can't resist my hunger of this juicy food
Source,(2Cents Davin Granroth's blog)
http://davingranroth.com/blog/2006/09/where_does_chicken_come_from.html

Thousands of years ago before there was a chicken they was an egg. I know it sounds crazy but its true(laughing). Sometimes when we eat we don't notice what we actually eating but hey, eating what we like is good to us. A professor name John Brook Field, who is a specialist in evolutionary genetics at University of Nothingham stated that,"the living organism inside the eggshell would have had the same DNA as the chicken it would develop into." This statement is to prove that chickens first develop inside of an egg.
source....Panel,Danel "The Q&A Community" Debate Unscramble.


Many would like to know where we get our own chicken from, but first I would like to share some information on where Pakistan get their chickens from. Pakistanis get their chicken from the side of the road, cut the head off in front of you, then hand you the chicken, while it is still warm.
Source.....google.Tara blog "My Journey", Where does your Chicken come from.


The United States get our chicken from many places, but the one I found interesting is, that 43% of our chicken come from Brazil. This was the last place I thought the United States get our food from, it just wasn't in my mind. While reading an article from Brazil magazine, i found that, "earning in dollars from Brazil's chicken exports rose to 44.2% in 2004 and made 2.595 billion"and exporting food to the Untied States help Brazil international market.

B4

Soul food started getting familiar in the 1960s but started in the 1800s.The word "soul" was a phrase used to describe African American culture.The origins of soul food can be traced back to Africa. At this time African Americans were slaves and they would form these ingredients by hand.

The chicken comes in a Styrofoam plate with a plastic over it.The corn bread comes in a box, and the collared greens either in a can or vegetables raped up.
The Recycling triangle is a symbol that Paper products are for and they say "This product can be recycled" or "recyclable."
source..{wikepedia}

B3

"Soul food is an American cuisine, a selection of foods, typically associated with African Americans of the Southern United States" by Wikipedia. The recipe for my would be: Chicken Corn Bread, and Collared Greens

CORN BREAD Ingredients:
6 cups finely crumbled cornbread
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
2 ribs celery (diced)
1 medium onion (diced)
2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme leaves, or 2 teaspoons (dried and crushed)
1 tablespoon minced fresh sage leaves or crushed
1/4 cup minced fresh-leaf parsley
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 cup milk
1 1/2 cups chicken or turkey broth
1 tablespoon salt
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

CHICKEN Ingredients:
Sauce Ingredients:
4 tablespoon catsup
2 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoon worcestershire
2 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon mustard
2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
some black pepper & red hot sauce

Collard GreensIngredients:
4-6 bunches of collard cleaned and steamed
5 slices of bacon
1 smoked ham hock
1 large chopped onion
seasoning salt to taste
1 bunch of green onions (optional)
black pepper to taste
7 cups of water
souce...{google/soulfoodingredients and wikipedia}

B2,

HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
My favorite food is so much so say hummmm the chicken, steak, corn, mash potatoes, rice and beans, all that soul food. The smell of fried chicken wow!!!! Waking up to the smell of fried chicken is like having the sun shine on your face, its like taking a nice hot shower in the winter time. The way my mother makes the mash potatoes in the kitchen with the garlic mix in hypnotizes me. The steak OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!The steak, the juicy and thinness of this massive meet just washes away my tears.
A meal i would have at any moment would be, chicken, backed potatoes, and fried shrimp,,,hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The impact I can make on the environment is recycling cans, plastic bottles, throw my trash into the garbage on the street, and cleans my dogs wastes. I feel that our environment is very important to us and we should keep it as clean as possible. Our heath is also important there is smoke in the air that goes into our lungs and gas that we breath in and can destroy some of out brain cells.

Pearl in Heart

FOOD

THE KIND OF FOOD I EAT IS FOOD THAT CAN KILL YOU!!!!SIKE
I EAT HEALTHY FOOD SUCK AS CORN AND CORN!!! I EAT CHICKEN, PORK, BEEF, ANY KIND OF MEET I AM A EATING MONSTER I LOVE FOOD AND EATING IS ONE OF MY SPECIALTIES. I LOVE RICE AND BEANS I LOVE EVERYTHING..............
WELL *TODAY I ALL I ATE WAS BREAKFAST WHICH WAS BLUEBERRY WAFFLES WITH A CUP OF FRUIT PUNCH..THAN AFTER THAT I ATE A PIECE OF GUM...
*YESTERDAY I ATE SCRAMBLE EGGS WITH 3 SAUSAGES AND A FULL GLASS OF WATER THAN HAD A PIECE OF GUM. AFTER THAT WAITED UNTIL GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL AND ATE A FULL BOWL OF
CEROLE AND CHICKEN, MASH POTATOES, AND SALAD WITH A CAP OF ITALIAN DRESSING, THAN HAD A CUP OF WATER.

THE OTHER DAY IS I ATE THE SAME THING CHICKEN, MASH POTATOES, AND SALAD.AFTER ATE ICE CREAM, A SMALL PIECE OF CAKES, AND A CUP OF APPLE JUICE.
source.....(wikipedia)

Tianna Williams
Eng 101.2611
Dr. Smith
09-11-08
Essay 1.1


Sometimes living with just a one parent can be ok, but than you have the other half wondering how it could be living with two parents. My name is Tianna Pearl Williams I have one sibling and his name is Donnell Delgado, yes we do have different fathers. I love my brother deeply I don’t know what I do without him.
Who is Tianna? , well I have a passion for music , I listen to it everyday when I wake up, take a shower, eat, go to school, go to work, and on my home. My favorite artist is Alicia Keys, her work is magnificent. Her music is so powerful, it makes me humble and think about situations differently. Music is part of me and I am part of music, even though Alicia keys is my favorite artist, I have other artist in mind such as, Beyonce, Mary J. Bliges, keyeshia Cole, R Kelly, and many more, I almost forgot I have other artists that mean something to me.
You might think since I have a passion for music I have some type of talent, well singing is not one, but I am interested in music videos. I don’t watch music videos just for entertainment, I watch because I have this passion for it, to do what other music videos directors do. It is amazing having the artist lyrics not only just being heard but being portrayed on screen for the public to see. Having the ability to create what the artist is trying to say through fashion, colors, or dance is creative and I want to learn all the tricks in the book on how to become a video director.
Right now attending LaGuardia Community college is ok, I can’t complain. My major is media studies I am learning different types of medium such as, television, radio, computers and video production. This is my second semester I just learn about illustration in the first semester. It was very overwhelming because, I had to make a post card, book cover, CD cover, and a business card. It wasn’t easy but I love chanllege. Now in my second year hopefully I learn more about my major and how I can get better or I have some type of idea of what it is.
I am 19 years old born and raise in The Bronx and striving to become a music video director. So far I completed some of my goals and that is, getting through high school without any problems, did an internship at Bronx Net and surviving my first year in college. The rest of my goals are finishing LaGuardia successfully with an associates degree, go to a four year college don’t know which one yet but what I have in mind isFive Towns, City College and Hofstra University to get my bachelors in video production. After all that is done, I would like to move to LA.