Blog Post 2

In the growing age of processed foods, today’s society is able to get a first hand experience of how foods are evolving. Food companies are processing foods such as fruits, vegetables, and meats. One of the main foods that I remember eating while growing up was my mom’s homemade, hand-breaded chicken fingers. She would make them as a treat for nights after I had a good game or did something good in life. But today, the only chicken fingers I will have are the packaged chicken tenders served at training table or in my kitchen.

Many say there isn’t a difference between processed foods and “real” foods, but I disagree. To me, “fake” food just isn’t the same; it doesn’t feel, look, or even taste the same as the “real” food. What producers are trying to do is get the processed food so amped up on steroids or pack in so many preservatives that it ends up not even imitating the original product, but becoming a SUPER food. This article shows how much has gone into and some negative effects of eating processed foods.

The only reason I made the switch from my mom’s chicken fingers to the processed chicken fingers was because of me becoming a college student earlier this summer. If it were my decision, I would go home right now to my mom and dad’s cooking. I don’t enjoy eating the “fake” chicken fingers as much because growing up I was so spoiled by my parent’s glorious cooking. Processed foods will never be able to replace my parent’s cooking, and even I have big shoes to fill for my appetite.