Tim Costa Blog 4

Hello everyone, my name is Tim Costa and I will be the one conducting the interview in this blog. I am a caucasian male who grew up in the Central Valley of California. In terms of my financial situation growing up, I think I was around middle class or so. The person that I am interviewing today is my roommate. I will not disclose my roommates name but he is from North County, San Diego. He is also a caucasian male who grew up in a middle class family.

Some of the first questions I asked my roommate were what foods he primarily ate when he went out. He responded by saying that most common food to get was Mexican food. He stressed that the food down south is much more authentic then some of the Mexican food we would find in Reno or Northern California. He also mentioned that it was more likely you would find an authentic Mexican Restaurant as compared to a chain restaurant like Taco Bell. I ask if there were any other types of foods that came to mind other than Mexican food, he responded with Sushi. My roommate mentioned that if his friends and him ever wanted to get a little more expensive food, Sushi joints are a popular places to go investigate. Still on the same topic of eating out, my roommate discussed how on the beaches down south you can find food that you would see on Instagram Gourmet profiles. What he meant by this is that the food pretty much looked esthetically pleasing, despite however it actually tasted. Moving on from eating out, I asked my roommate about what was primarily eaten at home while growing up. He mentioned that his parents tried to cook as much as they could during the week, whether it was something small or a grand meal for a celebration. He told me that in his household junk food was not a common thing his parents bought, therefore they had little to no craving for it growing up. However now that he is in college he will occasionally splurge on some junk food at the store and will eat it. As of learning how to prepare food, he discussed how his parents taught him the basics on how to cook and make things. Some simple things included breakfast, rice, chicken, sandwiches, how to operate the stove, microwave, and toaster.

It was interesting to compare and contrast my experiences growing up with food as compared to my roommates experiences growing up with food. One thing we had in common was that my parents tried to there best to cook meals for the family as much as they could. As for some of the things we did contrast in was our knowledge of preparing food. I think his parents spent more time with him on how to make meals. I understand how to make basic foods to keep myself alive, but I think as to who would be able to cook a better meal, my money would be on my roommate. For the most part we share a lot of the same experiences with growing up with food.