Food, Self, and Society

For Spring Break I visited Jamaica with my family and stayed at a resort. We were in Ocho Rios, which is located along the Blue Mountains and every thing was beautiful. The resort was all-inclusive and what that meant above all was that my family and I ate like royalty. Every night was a banquet! We had the option to eat from a variety of foods and people walked around handing us a cold beer or smoothie at any hour that we were on the beach or by the pool or in the lobby or just idley standing around. In fact, the only place that there wasn’t someone to hand me a smoothie was after I got out of the shower, haha just a joke! We hung out on the beach in the daytime and at lunch we ate barbequed jerk chicken and jerk pork that was made in a little hut on the beach. Since this food and society class goes with me everywhere, I am also happy to report that all of the foods were indigenous to Jamaica! I also found my new favorite drink: honeydew juice and I recommend it to everyone. It cooled my body down after one glass and I believe that it ought to be this summer’s blockbuster hit drink!