Blog 4

Jason Smith from Idaho

Me (amber Johnson): What was your favorite food growing up?

Jason: Grilled Salmon

Me: Nice, why is that?

Jason: I don’t know I just always liked it

Me: ok cool , are there any special foods that you’ve had in your life?

Jason: umm I don’t know what counts as special?

Me: any foods that have impacted you in a good or bad way?

Jason: Oh! Well ya I guess, I can’t eat anything with parmesan cheese, even the smell of it is hard to be around, my dad is an alcoholic and when he would be home alone and drunk he would try to make himself a snack or even dinner, he would always smother whatever he was cooking in parmesan cheese. When I would come home and smell the burnt cheese I knew that it was another night that I should leave him alone. The amount of things that man burnt with parmesan on top is ungodly.

Me: I’m so sorry you had to go through that.

Jason: ya me too, but it’s alright

Me: well umm, is there any food that you can think of that doesn’t bring up such a bad memory?

Jason: I.. I really like eggs for breakfast, my mom would make me and my sibling’s eggs every morning before school and that was always such a good family time for us to just sit and talk and be in a good mood for the day.

Me: that’s a really cute story, I’m glad that you still had a good relationship with the rest of your family.

Jason: Me too.

Me: Thank you for letting me interview you, and thank you for giving me such honest answers.

Jason: Of course

Jason helped me realize that food doesn’t always connect with people the same ways. He helped me realize that even if one type of food is someone go too comfort food that, it can still be someone else’s most hated.