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Spaghetti and Meatballs!

Story:During the summer right before I go back to school, my family takes our yearly cruise. We have always gone as a complete family and we always have a lot of fun. However, the summer before college, I wanted to go away with my friends on vacation to the Outer Banks and after much fighting I was allowed to go. My family was really upset that I was not with them, and since I was coming back they day after they were leaving, we weren't going to see each other for 2 weeks. Although having the house to myself for a week was not a bad thing (heehee) I did miss them a lot and when they arrived at home I had a homemade dinner wating for them. I made greek salad, spaghetti and meatballs, fresh garlic bread, fresh marinara sauce, and fresh-squeezed lemonade. (AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COOK AT ALL!!!) So I think this showed that I loved them and I really missed them I guess...

Analysis: Often times, dinner is the only meal where the entire family is able to sit down together and eat and talk and find out what is going on with every member of the family. Food is also something that is deeple associated with love and gatherings and social activities. By cooking dinner for someone, they are able to see that someone cares about them. A mother(or father) who slaves over a hot stove every evening, is constantly showing their family that they care how they eat, they care that they get the sustinance that they need to survive, that they love them. In the case of this artifact, the fact that the chef of the meal learned to perform this task for the purpose of this particular meal conveys an even deeper message. She missed her family who she left behind and in a mixture of love and guilt and excitement, this meal was prepared. It was a way of showing her family that she loved them. She realized that they had just gotten off of a long flight and would be very hungry and by learning to prepare this meal and having it waiting for them when they got home, she demonstrated her love for her family.


Directions: Boil pasta with water in a large pot. Prepare ground turkey for meatballs. Mix meat with breadcumbs and spices and shape the meatballs. Cook meatballs in a skillet and then mix them with a pasta sauce and continue to cook. Hand squeeze lemons in a juicer and add sugar and water for lemonade. Then prepare and bake garlic bread, toss a salad and prepare salad dressing made from oil, cider vinegar, salt, pepper, lemon, garlic...etc.