Through our class discussions and the book "Matzoh Ball Gumbo" by Marcie Cohen Ferris, I have learned that the Jewish religion has certain foods associated with it. These foods include bagels, Matzo, Matzoh ball, and Challah. Further, Marcie Cohen Ferris claimed that the food was part of the Jewish identity. To me this is an interesting finding because I never thought a religion could foods associated with it. Born to Muslim parents, I could not think of any particular food that all Muslims ate. As a Pakistani-American, however, there are many foods that are directly related to this cultural identity. This food includes biryani, chicken tikka, naan, and many other foods. I did not seem to cherish the home-cooked meals my mom would cook until it was gone. When I started my freshman year at Oxford College, I began to realize how much I missed the environment. The numerous trips to Lils' (Oxford dining hall) constantly made me crave a hot, home-cooked dinner. In a sense, college made me develop a taste for the cultural foods that Pakistanis eat. Additionally, in our class discussion we also discussed the traditional role of Jewish woman, which included the task of cooking meals for the family. Similar to that role, traditional Muslim woman are also heavily involved in the cooking aspect in addition to taking care of the children. In addition, my mom, like many Jewish mothers, would also force everyone to have dinner together at the table as opposed to whenever I got hungry. In conclusion, much like the foods that many Jewish people eat, many cultures including mine have a variety of foods that are crucial to ones identity.
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