Today is the day I get to finally see my mama and sister Maggie after so many years being in school. I’ve been studying my African culture and have found out so many things about my heritage. I’ve decided to change my name to Wangero‚ but my mama or Maggie doesn’t know that yet. Since I’ve been studying my heritage‚ I’ve understood the value of artifacts related to my culture. I’m wanting to see if there could be anything valuable at mama’s that I could cherish. I have a new boyfriend‚ Asalamalakim
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grandma plant peas‚ collards greens‚ and corn in the garden. The corn grew up like a forest. I can remember running through the corn field and playing hide and seek. After all the fun I had‚ picking the vegetables and shelling peas was not my favorite moment. On Sundays‚ Grandmother had prepared a big Sunday dinner. Everyone was expected to come to her house after church. The men would be in the den watching television while the women cooked. They cooked chicken‚ collard greens‚ macaroni‚ and
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include collard greens‚ without collard greens it’s not a Sunday dinner. I can remember walking into my grandmother house on a Saturday night and she will be in the kitchen over the sink cleaning greens. She would take each leaf and carefully examine it to make sure it was a good leaf and then she would break the thick part of the leaf and put it to soak in salt water. She would do this for about forty five minutes or so depending on how much collards she had to clean. While the collards are soaking
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about our family reunion was the food. We had plenty of different types of food. When I ate I felt like I was at a soul food restaurant. Some of the food included: mac & cheese‚ deviled eggs‚ pork chops‚ ribs‚ hot dogs‚ hamburgers‚ chicken‚ fish‚ collard green‚ cole slaw‚ crab salad‚ baked beans‚ cakes‚ pies and fruit. Everything was delicious! My family members played several games. One game that we played was Hop scotch. Next we played jump rope. Then we played Taboo and Monopoly. We had
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could usually be found at a local grocery store or meat market. These items included but is not limited to‚ grits‚ bologna‚ livers‚ rice collards‚ neck bones‚ pigtails‚ a variety of beans and so on. I guess it’s safe to say we were the ideal “southern cooking people”. Our heritage is Gala‚ meaning we are African descendents. Dishes like red rice‚ collard greens‚ lima beans and neck bones‚ and smoked pig tails‚ are some of the vast foods you would down around that area. I guess it molded them because
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than a pond. The pond was black as night and home to the snakes‚ tadpoles‚ frogs‚ and fish. We would go to the pond to catch the tadpoles and fish. When night fell‚ we would run around and catch fireflies. We also helped plant peas‚ collard greens‚ and corn around the area. The corn grew up like a forest! I can remember running through the corn and playing hide and seek. Even after all the fun I had‚ picking the vegetables and shelling the peas was not my favorite moment.
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Things seem to be looking even more bleaker for Richard in Black Boy. It has gotten to the point that Richard has basically become dead to all of his family except his mother. This is due in fact to not believing in God or “not being able to feel his presence‚” thus making him shunned basically by his family. Because of the poverty that the family live in and also the strict religious backing of the house‚ the amount of food has always been scarce. Richard tries to find ways to get money‚ but he
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Double Blind Study Team Assignment SCI/220 Human Nutrition May 19‚ 2014 Double Blind Study- Study One This (study one) was not well controlled since there was no real basis for the experiment. By that we mean that there were no defined age groups‚ no dietary comparisons (just that they did not change their diets during this period) and no examination of the overall health of the participants‚ life style and if they took vitamin/mineral supplements daily. So the groups were compared as
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as green as the color of money. The sidewalk is lined with an assortment of flowers on both sides as colorful as a box of crayons. There are two white chairs and a white round table on the porch‚ the table has a small plant in the middle in a decorative flower pot. As I walk to the door‚ I can smell the aroma of food in the air. The warmth from the cinnamon in the sweet potato pie that’s baking in the oven spices from the fried chicken that’s cooking on the stove top‚ the collard greens that
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opened her arms to family members that have not been seen for a while. Sunday dinners consisted of a term commonly heard about among African Americans‚ “soul food.” The family had fried chicken‚ black eyed peas‚ cornbread‚ cabbage‚ sweet potatoes‚ collard greens‚ peach cobbler and much more. When Big Mama began to get sick it really tore there family apart for a while. Fights and arguments began over who will get what and whether they would sell Big Mama’s house or not. Selling the house meant
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