Alongside my friend and fellow Humanities peer Azmaveth Cruz, we embarked on a mission to not only cook food from our Mexican culture and share it with our friends but to document the process as well.
From the shopping for ingredients to the making of the thumbnail for our video, our collaborative something new totaled in over 12 hours of work.
As we worked on this project meant to celebrate and share our culture with others, I noticed how cultural patterns became apparent in the cooking process.
Dedicating most of the day to prepping and cooking is expected from one when planning to host any number of people.
As hosts, our guests are the top priority. That is why we don’t allow them to prepare or plate their food on their own and why we wait to make sure everyone has been attended to before we as hosts can attend ourselves.
Making the most of the space we have while cooking and leaving it cleaner than how we found is a norm in our culture when using the kitchen.
While all of these cultural patterns may not be exclusive to Azmie and I’s Mexican culture, they are still patterns that both of us grew up seeing and experiencing. Our exposure to these customs allowed for them to just naturally be implemented into how we approached the sharing aspect of our project.