Eulogy For Alaska

The behavior that is associated with the preparation of food, the varieties and the amounts has been undergoing changes over the last century in American families everywhere. A simple questionnaire was given to three different generations of people all growing up in Alaska. Though two of them are directly related as father and son, the third in not directly related but a stepmother to the father and will serve as the eldest of the generation in this evaluation. Brycen Lynch, born in 1999 who is still in High School has minimal interest or knowledge of what foods are healthy and those that are not. He describes that his “metabolism allows (him) to eat whatever (he) wants.” Other than that he leads a healthy lifestyle and has all the correct
Marge lives mostly in isolation besides getting out once or twice to grocery shop or to see her family. In her youth she would cook twice a day for each member of her six house family members for an average of 1-2 hours. She eats very little, although takes on average an hour to prepare a larger meal. She eats by herself except on special occasions while watching the news or television. Marge doesn’t recall attaining any family recipes that were passed down to her or passing any along to her
A major difference was the amount of time spent with family during meal times. Marge’s response of eating alone with the exception of special occasions is directly correlated to her age and would have answered the same as Kevin if she was still at his age. She argued that when she was much younger she spent much more time making food. This can conclude that more time is spent preparing meals when there is more people to prepare for and naturally as people age, the less family and friends that they have so this amount of time dwindles. The most change seems to occur during the youngest generation with Brycen. Both Kevin and and Marge were born into large families with many sibling and commonly would have to fix themselves meals because of the way their family dynamics worked. Brycen, like many of his peers who belong to the same generation, were born into smaller families and have usually had meals fixed for them until they go away for college. This will influence the meal preparation time, variety of meals, and electronic use heavily. With less knowledge of how to cook, less time will be spent on it which will lead to unhealthier meals and more than likely an electronic system in place during meal time as a result of our digital