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Food can tells us a lot about history and traditions around the world. Whenever my family wanted to eat somewhere special when I was a child growing up at the Dominican Republic, we would go to my grandmother’s house in La Vega City. I have only positive memories associated with my personal history, especially with my grandmother, Emilia. She was a beautiful woman who was a great chef and had an amazing smile. Whenever I was sick or had a bad day in school, I could always count on her to cheer me up. I will love my grandmother Emilia for her kindness, sensitivity, and spiritual purity. Every Sunday, she would make a Dominican dish that is similar to a soup called sancocho. To tell the truth, this dish is a very popular in several Latin American countries. Over the years of growing up in the Dominican Republic and New York, I have loved having sancocho as a meal due to the symbolism of having this dish every Sunday with my family.
In the process of making a sancocho, there are two important steps. First, this includes steaming and preparing vegetables. Equally important, the color and flavor of the sancocho can vary depending on the maker’s origin. There are many ingredients into making a sancocho. These ingredients include water, chicken, sausage, pork, plantains cut, cassava peeled, carrots, beef, lime or lemon, squash cut into pieces, adobo seasoning, salt, garlic, onions, green and red peppers, potatoes, cilantros, oreganos, and yams. I remember that it would usually take a considerable amount of time to make a delicious sancocho, but it would always taste so delicious. I could never make sancocho that compares to the taste of Emilia’s sancocho. I feel that she cooked the most phenomenal sancocho that would make anyone fall in love with this dish.
Personal history creates the most powerful experience. In addition to this, having sancocho as a meal would always take me to a happy place even during stressful times. For example, when I was nine years old, I was stressed out in preparing for a State exam in the beginning of the week. After going to Emilia’s house on the Sunday afternoon before having the State exam, my mind was healed as I had a very delicious meal of sancocho. Moreover, to having the sancocho Emilia’s house holds a very special place in my heart in the sense that going to her house would always make me feel warm and safe. Even though it was an old house, I still had so much fun interacting with my family members of my father’s side including my uncles, aunts, and cousins while having sancocho on a Sunday afternoon. Whenever we had dinner, I would hear them communicating each other about the events that they experienced from the previous week. To me, even the smell of sancocho always surrounds my memories.
More importantly, sancocho is a dish that represents unity and peace in my family. This dish has become symbolic for my immediate family. Whenever I had sancocho when I was younger, my parents and sisters we would typically have it as a family almost every Sunday. The scent of sancocho has always been able to go through my nose which can lead to a tingling yet a burning sensation. This would be the feeling that I would have while waiting for Emilia’s sancocho to be ready. It would always make my mouth water while watching television and waiting for dinner to be ready. I feel that sancocho will point you to a happier place with your favorite people.
To sum up, sancocho is a delicious meal that anyone could have in both cool an warm days. When I was young, this would always be the meal that I which would distract me from stressful times in my life with the dish being so exceptionally delicious. It would be the meal that would start my week at a fresh start as I would typically have this dish on a Sunday. Even now, I always appreciate the aroma of garlic and spices drifting up into my nose whenever I made sancocho for dinner on a Sunday afternoon. My mouth watered in anticipation to having it as a meal with rice and avocado. Eventually, no matter where you travel in the world, this soup has a reputation for making people feel better. As a final point, cooking is a great way to bring back good times as my love for sancocho is eternal that I will pass my love for this dish to my future children.
Food can tells us a lot about history and traditions around the world. Whenever my family wanted to eat somewhere special when I was a child growing up at the Dominican Republic, we would go to my grandmother’s house in La Vega City. I have only positive memories associated with my personal history, especially with my grandmother, Emilia. She was a beautiful woman who was a great chef and had an amazing smile. Whenever I was sick or had a bad day in school, I could always count on her to cheer me up. I will love my grandmother Emilia for her kindness, sensitivity, and spiritual purity. Every Sunday, she would make a Dominican dish that is similar to a soup called sancocho. To tell the truth, this dish is a very popular in several Latin American countries. Over the years of growing up in the Dominican Republic and New York, I have loved having sancocho as a meal due to the symbolism of having this dish every Sunday with my family.
In the process of making a sancocho, there are two important steps. First, this includes steaming and preparing vegetables. Equally important, the color and flavor of the sancocho can vary depending on the maker’s origin. There are many ingredients into making a sancocho. These ingredients include water, chicken, sausage, pork, plantains cut, cassava peeled, carrots, beef, lime or lemon, squash cut into pieces, adobo seasoning, salt, garlic, onions, green and red peppers, potatoes, cilantros, oreganos, and yams. I remember that it would usually take a considerable amount of time to make a delicious sancocho, but it would always taste so delicious. I could never make sancocho that compares to the taste of Emilia’s sancocho. I feel that she cooked the most phenomenal sancocho that would make anyone fall in love with this dish.
Personal history creates the most powerful experience. In addition to this, having sancocho as a meal would always take me to a happy place even during stressful times. For example, when I was nine years old, I was stressed out in preparing for a State exam in the beginning of the week. After going to Emilia’s house on the Sunday afternoon before having the State exam, my mind was healed as I had a very delicious meal of sancocho. Moreover, to having the sancocho Emilia’s house holds a very special place in my heart in the sense that going to her house would always make me feel warm and safe. Even though it was an old house, I still had so much fun interacting with my family members of my father’s side including my uncles, aunts, and cousins while having sancocho on a Sunday afternoon. Whenever we had dinner, I would hear them communicating each other about the events that they experienced from the previous week. To me, even the smell of sancocho always surrounds my memories.
More importantly, sancocho is a dish that represents unity and peace in my family. This dish has become symbolic for my immediate family. Whenever I had sancocho when I was younger, my parents and sisters we would typically have it as a family almost every Sunday. The scent of sancocho has always been able to go through my nose which can lead to a tingling yet a burning sensation. This would be the feeling that I would have while waiting for Emilia’s sancocho to be ready. It would always make my mouth water while watching television and waiting for dinner to be ready. I feel that sancocho will point you to a happier place with your favorite people.
To sum up, sancocho is a delicious meal that anyone could have in both cool an warm days. When I was young, this would always be the meal that I which would distract me from stressful times in my life with the dish being so exceptionally delicious. It would be the meal that would start my week at a fresh start as I would typically have this dish on a Sunday. Even now, I always appreciate the aroma of garlic and spices drifting up into my nose whenever I made sancocho for dinner on a Sunday afternoon. My mouth watered in anticipation to having it as a meal with rice and avocado. Eventually, no matter where you travel in the world, this soup has a reputation for making people feel better. As a final point, cooking is a great way to bring back good times as my love for sancocho is eternal that I will pass my love for this dish to my future children.