From “Meatless Days” By Sara Suleri
“… and shortly after the government decided that two days out of each week would be designated as meatless days, in order to conserve the national supply of goats and cattle” (737).
Word Count: 261
This chapter was very interesting to me in the sense of Sara’s relationship with food. It was discussed in the majority of the chapter which I think emphasizes the importance of it in her life. I think that at some points there was a misunderstanding of what some of the food she was consuming actually was. Was told to her by her mother that kapura was a sweetbread when it was actually testicles. I think that this was a distraction for her when she was little so that she wasn’t turned off by the idea of what it actually was. This is why I think the kind of food they eat is very important to their cultures as her mom is lying to her about what it really was. I think something that must have been a struggle for her was being at home but engulfed in her Pakistani culture. The meatless days in her country I believe also emphasize the importance of food in their culture. It made them appreciate the freshness of the meat and the butcher's ability to produce more. I think when she moved out of Pakistan it made her look at food a little differently, after everything she had learned from the culture over there. It was very different than what she was used to growing up.
You did a great job of summarizing the text and offering your thoughts and opinions about the significance of certain aspects of the text. There would definietly be culture shock moving out of your home country to a new place, especially America, were food and certain practices with food is so abudant. Great job!
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