Food Memories

Couple days ago, my class was discussing food memories. Students were sharing stories about how certain foods made them nostalgic, for example one girl was sharing a story that gave reason to her hate of mushrooms, apparently during her childhood, she was forced to eat spoiled mushrooms in which resulted in her hatred of mushrooms. Many other students talked about how a smell or taste of a certain food gave off nostalgic feelings such as a pumpkin spiced latte giving off nostalgic memories about Thanksgiving. While other students were continuing in giving their own little examples and stories, I tried to think of any food that would evoke my own personal memories. Unfortunately, I could not really think of any foods that would evoke any memories, good or bad.

It's been a couple days ever since that conversation and now I have thought of my own little food memory. My brother loves to cook, in fact, he used to be a chef. However, while he is not a chef as of this moment for his own personal reasons, he still has plans to open up his own restaurant and bar. One thing I loved most were the food that my brother would make for the family. Some of the food that he would make often were steaks, crème brûlée, banana bread, minestrone, and ice cream. Out of everything that he would make for us, the one I loved the most was banana bread. My brother's banana bread was always really moist and sweet, something that for some reason I cannot replicate. While I can make pretty good banana bread, it can never taste the same as my brother's. So, everytime I eat banana bread, I always think of the times that my brother would bake a loaf for his family.

I realized that I was always highly influenced by my brother, as I child, I would always follow my brother and try to be included in his activities. Now that I'm older, I realized that I am pretty similar to him, I have developed similar hobbies as him. While I do not intend on ever becoming a chef, I enjoy cooking and I am sure it is all due to my brother's influence.