Americ The Country With A Blended Culture

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Culture has a paramount influence in everyday day life from the way people dress to way people gather food to how someone greets others. It united group of people based on their share ideas, perceptions, and knowledge (Blanco). Although some cultures share similar aspect, some can vary differently in their customs and norms. An example would a clan known as Nacirema whose culture would be described by outsiders as extreme and sadistic. Their culture consists of unique ritual, strong believe in magical essences, but how different does it vary from the American Culture?

Outsider perspective leads to highly subjective conclusions because as an American people have grown up in a certain culture. But then looking at a different culture, people have a totally different way of doing things. It is easier to judge based on their own option than it is to see and understand why people do what they do and how they do it. People look at other cultures as if they were so strange and exotic. But, all cultures can be understood as trying to accomplish many of the same

American culture encompasses customs or traditions in the United States. Customs or traditions include, but would not be limited to, values, language, religion, or how we communicate. The population in the United States is over 325 million, (United States Census Bureau, (n.d.) and is built on immigration. In comparison to other countries, the United States is considered cultural, as most nations unite, and later mix, their culture into American culture.

We have Spanish, French, German, Scot/Irish, and African. We have been called the melting pot of the world by the history books. With all of those different cultures, there coms their heritage and cuisine. All over the United States there are different family owned restaurants. They all have a different styles of cooking. Those styles spread all over the nation and into other households. My family does a lot of Italian cooking and Irish cooking because that is where our decedents are from. My dad is a very god cook and makes a lot of fancy dishes. My mom makes a lot of pasta because her mom taught her all about it. America is very diverse when it comes to food and that is good because there is always something new to

America have a variety of food with no staple food to eat with every meal, unlike in Vietnam where the food is more exotic, but very easily to get sick of. Both countries daily meals consist of cooked goods, vegetables, and a variety of foods. Daily routine for eating is the same for both countries consisting of breakfast, lunch and dinner. But where there are similarities, there are differences such as the food cultures. Both the countries have difference regions, so of course each region vary on what they eat, and what they have access to. In America, the southern region’s foods are different than the cooked foods in other regions. In the same way, the foods that the southern region

Indeed, Pollan’s views appear to be convincing since the different cultures in America offering a large variety of traditional food dishes causes a problem in food choices. As a consequence, Pollan mentioned, the mindset of American’s about, “what should we eat for dinner?” is caused by the food options in America being very diverse and not limited.

American culture is in my opinion a mixture of all cultures in the world. In some states, minorities have become majorities because of the huge masses that have immigrated there. Those groups have integrated their own customs to Americans and at the same time, have made American customs part of their lives. In that enormous alloy called Americans, you can meet diverse kinds of persons, languages, foods and words. At the same time, specific traits make this culture as any other unique. The British writer Lesley Hazleton describes in the essay The First Game her experience when she attended a baseball game for the first time in her life. It was her first time visiting America as well and the way the

The United States is an immense country, with many residents and citizens descending from immigrants who have influenced many customs, traditions, behaviors and ways of life. Unlike many old world nations, the United States does not have a homogenous population or a traditional homeland. However, American culture can be interpreted as being largely based in Western Europe with influences from the Native Indians, Africans, Asians, and elsewhere.

Today, as Americans, we are surrounded by an increasing number of very different cultures, and along with that we are surrounded by numerous

Here in California, there are several Mexican supermarkets that offer almost all of the basic and essential products in making or preparing the dishes common for this culture. This is an advantage for Mexicans that reside here in California. The interviewees also mentioned that in other states, Mexican food products are scarce making it difficult for some of them to prepare the meals that they are used to eating.

I myself am a huge fan of exploring many different types of foods. Without trying different foods, you miss out on a lot. If you are on a vacation and your only a fan of American food but your somewhere in China. What will you do? Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 looking for new exotic spices in India. Even though he didn’t successfully reach India, he still sampled and tried the Native American food. Many others who were on that trip with him died of diseases and starvation because they refused to eat. Although the food was strange to him, Columbus didn’t refuse to eat it. He actually ate it and he loved it so much that he brought these foods back to Europe because of how much he loved it. Soon after, it spread all over Europe and to Africa and now it is eaten all over the world all because of Columbus not asking and just eating. Corn, peanuts and pineapple were some of the foods that he ate for the first time in his voyage to America. This proves the point Jen tried to prove that as a human race we crave diverse exotic foods and we are always open to try new delicacies. Therefore to keep our lives diverse and actually worth living, it’s very vital that we are always open and ready to try new

“Dietary patterns of Americans differ widely, but most Americans eat a diet that could best be described as in need of improvement”. Compared to other countries, the American diet is very different. I have first hand experienced how much different Americans eat from other countries. For a brief, but very beneficial and productive time, I lived in Barcelona, Spain with my host family. Over in Spain, they eat much more fresh, organic food. There was a lot more seafood in the average diet. The meal configuration over there is also different than ours. Lunch is the largest meal eaten every day; different than America, where dinner is the largest.

Unfortunately, innumerable Americans are unrealistic in their beliefs towards another person's culture, due to pure ignorance. Yet, I have found stereotypical labels that I heard in the past, do not line up with what I have visually observed for the past six years. Daily, I observe people who are joyful, hardworking, and building a stable life for their families.

The concept of culture is something that defines many aspects of one’s life. From physical objects to different ways of thinking, culture adds significance to human life and makes groups of people distinct from one another. Culture is essentially a group of people who come together with similar interests and points of view. According to the Center for Advanced Language Acquisition of the University of Minnesota, “culture is defined as the shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs, and affective understanding that are learned through a process of socialization.” From a more sociological perspective, culture is a way in which people come together in order to fulfill their needs. These shared patterns and ideas identify the members of a culture group while also distinguishing those of another group.” Culture is one of the things that sets the United States apart from the rest of the world. Not that the rest of the world is not cultural, but the circumstance here is different. Many people of different cultural backroads come to this country in search of a better life. As a consequence, the United States has become a place where many cultures merge together like a colossal pot soup.