Donald Estrada

Blog Entry #2

Jan. 29, 2013

 

I guess you can say when I was young, fast food was something of a luxury for me and my family and I really didn’t know much about them because there weren’t very many places like that in the early 70’s on the side of town where I grew up. Don’t get me wrong, there was the occasional burrito stand or a frosty freeze on the other side of town along with the one McDonald’s that we knew of but, those two were only vaguely thought about because we didn’t have money for those types of luxuries. We did get to eat at the local Denny’s or the Chinese Garden restaurant every once in a while but truly the best I can remember about eating fast food was the food from the snack bar at the baseball park after one my games or practice and that was only when I shagged enough foul balls for twenty five cents apiece they paid when you returned the balls to the snack bar, I always turned mine in for food. I can still remember the smells of all the different types of foods like French fries, hamburgers, deep fried burritos, and of course my personal favorite, taquitos smothered in cheese and hot sauce. Those were the days.

     Even still, I prefer the good old fashioned meals made at home; they are authentic and are so much healthier for you. With home cooking you know exactly what you’re getting and who made it. You hear so many stories about people getting sick because the fast food/restaurant cooks did not prepare the food correctly. Of course it may happen from home cooked meals but not nearly as much.

     Unfortunately, fast food meals are convenient. Most parents work and get home so late that they are too tired or don’t have time to cook at home. There are so many places to choose from you could probably eat out every day for two weeks and not have to eat the same thing twice in those two weeks.