Since the beginning of my family second generation we have been making many types of different food in our culture. But the only food that stands out in my family is the Aroscaldo or in Hawaii its Jook. Aroscaldo has been in my family ever since my grandma came to the United States. Every New Year my grandma would always make Aroscaldo because its a family tradition. Filipino's superstition is whatever you do in the first hour of the New Year it will dictate how you will act the rest of the year. For example if you spend money in the first hour of the New Year, you will spend money for the rest of the year. What is also believed in my culture is rice is very important because it symbolizes good health, strength, and you wont go hungry.
Aroscaldo is made up of mostly rice and chicken. We all know that rice is a very well eaten starch. And chicken is a most favorable food to eat. And when you mix both of them together you get the most tastiest, flavorful aroma, and a delightful sense of texture.
This dish has been in my family for over three generations. This dish has very been scared to make since the first generation because my great grandma was poor and scrutiny about money.And chicken was expensive back then to my family because we just moved here to America from the Philippines. So every year they would try to buy chicken just to fulfill the tradition.
To make the Aroscaldo the ingredients you need is boneless chicken, ginger, salt and pepper, patis sauce, chicken broth, raw rice, and green onions. First thing you do is to saute the chicken with ginger and pepper. Then when your chicken is brown put your patis on it. After you cook the chicken broth put in the rice but don't forget to wash it. And let it cook for 20min... then when you see the rice cooked that means its done. Then after that you can garnish the food with green onion.
All in all my family has made Arosclado for over three generations and it has been great ever since. Just every year my I go over my grandmas house I know that there's always something there to eat
Aroscaldo is made up of mostly rice and chicken. We all know that rice is a very well eaten starch. And chicken is a most favorable food to eat. And when you mix both of them together you get the most tastiest, flavorful aroma, and a delightful sense of texture.
This dish has been in my family for over three generations. This dish has very been scared to make since the first generation because my great grandma was poor and scrutiny about money.And chicken was expensive back then to my family because we just moved here to America from the Philippines. So every year they would try to buy chicken just to fulfill the tradition.
To make the Aroscaldo the ingredients you need is boneless chicken, ginger, salt and pepper, patis sauce, chicken broth, raw rice, and green onions. First thing you do is to saute the chicken with ginger and pepper. Then when your chicken is brown put your patis on it. After you cook the chicken broth put in the rice but don't forget to wash it. And let it cook for 20min... then when you see the rice cooked that means its done. Then after that you can garnish the food with green onion.
All in all my family has made Arosclado for over three generations and it has been great ever since. Just every year my I go over my grandmas house I know that there's always something there to eat
I really liked how you explained what's so important to your aroscaldo and how it relates to your family. Another thing I liked is that you gave good sensory details. For example, you said the "flavorful aroma."
ReplyDeleteOne thing you should do to fix it is go over it next time because I think you needed some commas and had some grammar/spelling mistakes. Like in the first sentence, you said "since the beginning of my family second generation we have been making many types of different food in our culture." it would make more sense if you wrote families instead of family and foods rather than food. Also it would be better if there was a comma after generation. But another thing I think you need to work on is putting more voice in your essay by using quotes from your interview.
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ReplyDeleteI liked how you explained you startes off explaining how the dish's recipe runs through your family. You kept the focus on the recipe which i thought was great, but maybe you could also add in some stories from your family and put more voice and personality into your writting.
ReplyDeleteYou used pretty good sensory detail throughout the draft, but in the second paragraph when you say "And when you mix both of them together you get the most tastiest, flavorful aroma, and a delightful sense of texture," could you be a bit more specific? Another thing I would suggest is you should add more quotes from your interview if its possible, but other than those thngs you did a really well.
Good Job Branden ~~
Hi Branden,
ReplyDeleteYour essay shows a bit of your featured food, aroscaldo, and a bit of family background on the dish. I especially liked the part describing cultural beliefs about the New Year and about rice. Those are important to the piece. As your teammates mention, it might be good to include those in direct quotes, if they came from the interview.
Like your teammates, however, I think you need to develop your description of the dish a bit more.
I also recommend working on the conclusion. The essay ends rather abruptly.
mrs s