Food is something that everyone knows from birth until death. It is one of the very few aspects that people of different cultures can share. It is a special form of communication that requires no words. It is all about the feeling, taste, the senses rather than the the verbal aspects required from speaking or writing. There are so many different food blogs, televisions shows, books, etc. that we all read or watch on a daily basis but the original form of food communication was food itself.
Every dish we make has a unique taste to it because each of us add our own unique cooking style to the final product. It is sort of like having different dialects of the same language. I know that someone is speaking Italian because I can pick out key words but the emphasis of different syllables or the chopping off of end vowels tells me that they come from a different region. This is the same among food.
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| Pizzas with different toppings from Italy. |
Every household around the world could make the very same dish but they aren’t going to be exactly the same. Each cook will add or take out ingredients because they don’t like them or simple don’t have them. (In my family this is known as “Rachin it up” because my mom likes to add different ingredients or will change it because she doesn’t have what is needed). Everyone “Raches” things up and it is through this that food gains its special flavors and unique characteristics.
We communicate to one another in many different ways and food is one of the most common but least discussed forms. It is a way to gain an insight into the soul of a person and it allows people to share a part of their cultures with people who do not understand the language. Food is the first form of communication that all people understand and it is also the last way that we communicate with those that we love and care for.
**All pictures are taken from Google Images.**
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