Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Fish Cheeks; delish or disgusting?


Tell me what your favorite food is; if you have too many maybe list them all! Can fish cheeks be one of them? Well for Amy Tan it is; you're probably gagging right now. Hm did the American minister's son gag as well? Find out about Amy Tan's interesting adventure when she has her deep crush over for Chinese Christmas dinner! Ha ha. Wouldn't that be a roller coaster? Especially when she's only fourteen and suffering from teenage distractions and embarrassment? Well Amy had to overcome that discrepancy~ Too bad she didn't overcome it until years later after her mother's message of having pride in your ethnicity finally hit her in the eye. Blah. Life! Eh.. well we all had crushes right? And I KNOW you did whatever you could to impress that person. We'll see how Amy overcomes that challenge in "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan. I mean having your noisy Chinese relatives lick the ends of their chopsticks and dipping it into dozens of dishes, your father burping and even picking out you favorite food for you, lacking American manners, and especially having a shabby Chinese Christmas overall? Find out how this teen danced through her problems. So referring back to the dish; have you ever tried fish cheeks? Well you should try something new that's life ;) Ha ha. Anyways tell me about your crush (you don't have to mention their name) and how your embarrassment and lack of pride connected with Amy's. Maybe you triumphed over this problem way better than Amy did. Let us know; maybe I'll even share my own personal experience with you. But remember, the only shame is to have shame, quoted from Amy's mom. Care to explain to me what that means? Thanks for reading; hope to see you replying!Au Revoir(;

17 comments:

  1. my favorite food is found on this webpage. www.alcobro.net/somali-food.html
    This is Somali food that is really good. i also like pizza! What is your favorite food?

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  2. Having "a crush" and it being discovered by your parents can be uncomfortable, especially when the parents give you a hard time about it! I think our parents want the best for us, even though it may not seem like it during embarrassing moments.

    Some of my favorite foods are Spaghetti Bolognese, cream puffs, and fish tacos

    www.chicagoreader.com/.../new_restaurant/

    I might be embarrassed if someone made these special for me and it were announced in front of a table full of guests as my "favorite" food.

    The ending of the story used that line, "the only shame is to have shame" I think this means that by we should celebrate our uniqueness instead not accepting it. When Amy took time to think about what mattered most to her, it was being accepted for who she really was, not who she was pretending to be.

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  3. I just like sweets (cream rolls; cake; Vietnamese ice cream) Yes I'm a sweet tooth, and proud?! Maybe my dentist isn't but well...sweets are addictive. :D Anyone rejects? Haha. (: Below are images of food. Have time? Check them out!

    http://www.erinsfoodfiles.com/2010/03/vietnamese-iced-coffee-ice-cream.html

    http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nguyenmv/me/ice%20cream%202.jpg

    Anyways, the ship of embarrassment had sailed towards me a couple of times but you see a crush is a crush. Some people like to define having a crush is when you're getting crushed. I hate to believe that, but I've experienced that and so had Amy. Though all is good when another ship docks at your port and places cargo full of exuberance and pride~ Yes! Relief. Self confidence. And everything that falls under that category.

    Well I'm glad Amy got off that roller coaster; but life has unexpected turns and maybe the ride never ends?

    By the way let me tell you; sweeten condensed milk makes everything better. :3 Yummy!! Try it! I urge you to! You'll be happy you did ;) I'm suddenly in the mood to eat sweets from this conversation. :]

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  5. Hmmm...food...YUM!!! Just like any normal 14 year old I <3 junk food! Who doesnt? But i guess my favorite REAL food would probally be anything that has meat in it.... Im so sorry to the cows and those vegetarins that look at me when im enjoying my steak.. Im a girl who likes meat and im proud... Honestly...i dont understand girls who starve themselves with salad?! But thats their choice not mine! :)

    Check out these pics of my fav foods....

    http://www.eok.jp/content/directory/outback-steakhouse-shinagawa/images/staff.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/3134908872_a5ef192d66_z.jpg?zz=1 (Cheese Fries... Delicious!)

    https://a248.e.akamai.net/www.baskinrobbins.com//images3.5/nutrition/photo_nutrition_0361.jpg
    (Gold medal ribbon ice cream from baskin Robins)

    Im super happy that Amy learned not to be ashamed of her family becuase they are great for who they really are even if her family has crazy customs...Thats what makes them unique and everybody likes to be unique!! :)

    ----Dzenita

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  6. I also like sweets things like breda :D
    but the favaorite food is vietnamese " ICE CREAM" too take a look at it ;)
    http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nguyenmv/me/ice%20cream%202.jpg
    http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/consciouscook/ice-cream-sandwiches.jpg
    YUMYUM!!!! does all of the ice cream look delicious =] I just wanna to eat it, because milf and sugar make everything take so sweet ^^
    also having crush but your parents know it about hummm......they will tell you the good choice to make on your life because have a BF or Bf can be effect on your school learning but sometimes a lot people can still doing good job on school even though they have a Bf or GF but is mostly depends of you!!! You have to make every decisions that you make on your life ^.~

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  7. What i think that the only shame is to have shame means that you should be proud of who you are and that you shouldn't be ashamed about it. Also not to be ashamed of who you are beacause that is more shameful.


    Lejlaaaaaa

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  8. well...my favorite food is CHICKEN!(almost everyone who knows me knows that)..hehe..popeyes..and their biscuits and kfc and my momma's chicken also..ooh ooh...my steak also tastes good..with mashed potatoes!! :)yeah im an ffo-"For Food Only"kind of person. =D

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  9. OMG THAT FISH LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
    my favorite food is tacos chilliajo tortas tameles tortas de camaron mole de res caoldo res pozole rojo bbq ribs bisteses califlower ponche w/ extra cana 2 pechugas renenadas mangolian chicken enchiladas shrimp calamari terajaki chicken and SUBWAY EAT FREASH LOL but i like foods from other countrys and regions.

    i really hated amy because she should be proud of her culture.
    like i am american and mexican because i get to try diffrent foods

    i would not change for a girl bucause i like the way i am =D

    and bo if u like some one keep it in a secret that way you wont get yourheart broken >:)

    and i agree with you mr.Hull it is a pain when your parents find out about your crush <3

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  10. I think "Only Shame is to have shame" is like having a very embarassing experience that you will not forget and everyone knows it. Be proud of being different. Everyone is different, different attitudes, hobbies, likes,etc. Don't try to be someone that you are really not.

    About the favorite food question:
    I love ice creams(but not pistachio flavored ice creams) I also like Baked Mac ^3^ and Pasta's :D (mostly :p)


    Be proud of being Unique and Different.

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  11. I think that "only shame is to have shame" means that don't be shamed of your culture and be proud for who you are and your fan=mily even in the embarrassing time.

    My all time favorite time food is called ceviche which is little cut pieces of shrimp with clinato, tomato, lime, lettue is optional, many more but I can't remember at the time.

    This time my mom said right in front of Lejla and me that i look like a safari which made me so uncomfortable.

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  12. hana goes to stone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  15. Many thoughtful questions about the theme of being different than others. It is difficult for people to appreciate even acts of kindness when they feel embarrased.

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  16. yea ,you guys are all right all i wanted to say was i love to eat food i mean who doesnt really my favorite food is yummy food,lol but for realls my all time favorite food on this entire world is food from el salvador wich are famouse for there wonderful pupusas ,have u guys ever heard of then if so please comment so i could tell u a wonderful resturant but my second all time favorite food is seviche with is mostly found on poland lol so yea comment please

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