A meal that is representative of a turning point in my life is the introduction of crab into my life. At first the thought disgusted me, but upon trial during a vacation to the Oregon Coast at the age of 10, it instantly became a lifetime favorite of mine. Another turning point in my life, food-wise, would be when I first started ordering food at restaurants that weren’t hamburgers. Cheeseburgers have been my favorite food ever since I can remember, and it’s is all I ordered growing up. I ordered spaghetti one time in place of my burger, and regretted it. Nonetheless, I found it a stepping stone of diversifying my food choices. Upon some quick research, it may interest the masses that the hamburger originated in the United States and Germany and that the term “patty” is never used in the UK! Exciting stuff, eh? It can be served as pork, turkey, or tofu patties or a combination of meats, but is normally served in the beef form. Crisp lettuce, fresh tomato slice, thin onions, and a hybrid of mayo and ketchup are the elements that are optional to my favorite food: the cheeseburger. However, required are two lightly toasted bun halves, which serve as the security blanket to encompass the, also required, succulent beef patty. American cheese settles atop the patty, but has reached a temperature that lowers its viscosity and permits the free flowing of cheese whichever way gravity feels. No combination of ingredients can imitate such euphoria as does the cheeseburger. This is a meal that I simply love. Other than this meal, the meals I’ve loved have been those that were outside my comfort zone; crab, sushi, and a sandwich with questionable lunch meat. They are the most memorable and have all turned out delightful. I have only hated one meal, and that’s because it caused violent food poisoning; curse family reunion tamales.
At first i began with the description of my favorite food, but after revising I decided to open with the meals that were represented as turning points in my life because the topic of "meals" is more general and then i could eventually lead to the specific topic of hamburgers.I also moved the research portion of hamburger to right after the turning point section because it didn't flow well to read facts about hamburgers after a savory description of hamburgers. Then I transitioned into all kinds of meals i enjoy and left the meals I hate at the end. Because i thought it was funny to end on.
Pshhh the foods you hate are the best! Crab and sushi?! Delicious! And I personally prefer my lunch meat as questionable as possible. One comment here was true. One was false. I'll leave the discerning of sarcasm up to you.
ReplyDeleteI love how you used viscosity in your description of cheese. I could picture it so well in my mind!
ReplyDeleteCheeseburgers are the way to go. For Spring Break last year I went to France and Belgium for nine days. Before leaving I had not swam in a week and had not eaten a hamburger for a good few weeks. The afternoon after I returned home, I found my way to McDonald's and enjoyed what was probably the most satisfying burger I have ever had in my life. Gotta love a good burger!
ReplyDeleteThe organization is really great!! I thought you were going to talk about crab, haha. So that was funny for the first sentence, like an "am i going crazy?" moment. But of course it doesn't have to have the subject at the beginning. I like how you only implied that it was tamales that caused food poisoning. That's funny, but sad because they're so good!
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