Research Paper On Tamales

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One of the best meals in the world is a plate full of tamales. The best kind are the ones that are homemade. When I learned that the Dinning Commons was doing a contest for the meal of your choice I was happy. I would like for them to make my favorite dish.
My favorite meal is a tamale. It is a traditional Mexican meal. In my family tamales are made only for special occasions. Like a lot of Mexican families, we celebrate Christmas Eve more than Christmas. On every Christmas Eve, my family makes tamales. Every once in a while we make them for birthdays. We only serve tamales on special occasions because making them is a long process. There are a lot of things that go into the tamales. You need chicken, the vegetables, corn leaves and the dough, …show more content…
Meaning that not only does something have to be used at an appropriate pace and not affect the environment in a negative way, it also has to be fair to the people (Easter Island (2013)).
The last principle is that people must receive social incentives to be encouraged to be sustainable. I believe that tamales pass this principle. All the ingredients needed for the tamales are grown in the United States. This leads to jobs for the people who live here. Jobs for the farmers and the pickers of the corn and potatoes. At the same time, it doesn’t meet the principle. While you are getting national grown food, the food isn’t fresh. The corn and potatoes have to be picked before they are ripe in order to survive the trip to their final destination.
With all the information that I have gathered, I am faced with the question, “Is it worth it?”. Do I really want a meal, that based on the information, is not sustainable? If this meal is made, it isn’t just for me and a select few like at home, it will be served to thousands …show more content…
It started in high school when my eyes were opened to all the terrible things that happened to the environment because of our actions as consumers. I always knew that we were polluting the world but I didn’t know to what extent. I learned that our actions were causing animals and plants to become extinct; that the ocean was getting acidic and that lead to shellfish and coral reefs dying. I learned that our demand for fish was so high, that we were emptying the ocean of the beautiful fish the lived in. With this new knowledge, I became worried about the future of the environment and us human beings. Once the state began rationing water, I became frightened. We had wasted precious water on nothing. How were future generations going to live? Where they going to lead a more difficult lives because past generations didn’t do anything about it. I started to be environmentally cautious. I began taking shorter showers, unplugging electronics when not in use, I made my mom decrease the amount of times she washed her car and at what time. I started to recycle more and began volunteering to clean the beach. They weren’t humongous things like going vegan or organic, but it is a start. I took all these things with we when I moved into the dorms. Everybody has time to be green in college. When your phone or laptop is finished charging, unplug the cable. Turn off the shower when you are shampooing your hair or body. It is
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