Meat Lovers

Fast food, meat and anything fried are three things that describe my family's eating habits.  My family is the typical "American" family when it comes to what we eat.  We are not a family that sits down together every night, or even once a week to have a family meal.  We are the family is who constantly on the go.  My family consists of my Mom who works full time, my brother who has baseball practice, training and games all week long.  As well as my 18 year old sister who trains with the women's sounders soccer team. My dad who possibly works 80 hours a week and my step-mom and 3 year old sister who are constantly on the go. Then there is me, who works and attends school full time.  Phew! You are probably asking yourself if we even have time time eat!  The answer is yes, but usually it's whatever is the easiest and quickest. 

My family heritage consistst of German, Irish and French and as much as I wish my ancestors traditions and culture were passed down to my family and myself...they were not.  My family does not have recipes passed down from my great grandparents, nor is there a special meal that my Mom cooks because it is a family tradition.

My family may not have a traditional meal that my Mom cooks every night, but we are a family from Texas.  With that being said, we like our meat and we like it a specific way!  My dad brought me up, making sure I knew what steak should look like and taste like.  "It melts in your mouth."  Is the saying my Dad always says after eating his first bite of his steak.  So now, everytime I am out with freinds or my boyfriend, I make sure that their steak melts in their mouth.  I suppose you could consider eating steak with my dad is a tradition.  Being that we live in Seattle, I think this moment brings him back to Texas for a little bit and that is a memory that we share together when eating our steak.

My family may not have cultural traditions that we follow or run our life by, but we are a family who appreciates eachother and accepts eachother for who we are.  We create our own traditions and our own way of life.