User talk:Markellcarter17

BIO
About me: My name is Markell carter i was born in California and moved to Washington when I was 12. I grew up in a Southern home so we cooked a lot of food. Now that i'm Older I cook anything that take my interest. I love finding new recipes to expand my dishes. I Have a Instagram you guys can follow @GHETTOCHEFKELLIOSO to see my dishes. When i get older i want to open emergency foster homes for at risk youth/ aged out adults. Im a past foster kid myself, so i take great interest in helping kids in the system especially when I know there are a lot of bad foster parents/ social workers that only do it for the money. I bounced around from different homes so i want kids to have a better experience than me.

My Wikipedia Activities
Some interest i take in wikipedia is learning different perspectives of different people values, beliefs and different knowledge I may not know at the time. Me growing up most people in my neighborhood are stuck in a invisible cage of darkness stuck in a cycle of hopelessness and I want to be different from most people I want to change the world even if its one person i impact; its enough to make a difference. this class will help me raise my awareness levels more than i could ever think of and im glad im pursuing my dreams and aspirations. Things i would work on on wikipedia is a bibliography about me and some of the struggle about me. like a diary. Im hoping that I can express my mind freely without being judged. Ive never thought about doing writing long term this has always been my least favorite subject i've always have gotten egotistical teachers.

Article Evaluation
Ive been cooking since I was about 8. Growing up I had to feed my sister ans I a lot of the days,so I would make me and my sister breakfast and lunch most days; Breakfast which consisted of sugar butter minute rice, bacon and scrambled eggs. Lunch my mom would always keep money in my pocket so if we didnt get chilli dogs and a bag of chips from the corner store we would eat salami sandwhiches, or top ramen. Growing up we mostly ate southern food so thats what I naturally turn to. Looking through wikipedias search enngine I hope to find better recipes than what im used to.Looking into wikipedia database there really isn't specific recipes; I visited the "Soul Food" article on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on. The research that I did happen to have success with gave a great formality and information. "Soul food is an ethnic cuisine traditionally prepared and eaten by African Americans, originating in the Southern United States. The cuisine originated with the foods that were given to enslaved black people by their white owners on Southern plantations during the Antebellum period; however, it was strongly influenced by the traditional practices of West Africans and Native Americans from its inception." These are all points that are basic and have no extra value to it. Maybe becuase I am African American myself, but when I was 16 I went into foster care and it was a Korean house hold. We ate alot of soul food there too which is why I say that its pretty stereotypical to say it traditional anymore because were in the most diverse era.

The meals that slaves ate were not cuisine and barely had great nutrional value. For instance lets go back to Chitterlings,Large instestines from a hog usually has a butthole connected to it;So just imagine the smell when cleaning them. Now think about pigs feet and knuckles we literally ate the most vile part of the animals and its called a cuisine. When we prepapre these type of meals we have to clean them heavyily and season them with a bunch of salt and extra season to taste appealing. One last topic that I learned was that the orgin of the word "soul" was a commonly used word back in the 60's; Thats why the expression "soul food" is the phrase of choice. The topics that were discussed were really self explanatory especially coming from a black background. Growing up I was told stories by my great grandma, whose mother and grandmother were slaves. The food we ate were already apart of us,which translate to natural history. Thats why I understand for cultures to take interest in African American "cuisine". It becomes apart different cultures dishes and life.

Global emphasis
Whilst doing research I noticed that soouthern recipes are interpreted to be origananted from down in the United States.

Sotuhern food recipes layout
Southern food recipes are apart of my daily food intake almost all the time. I try and change my direction and get into other culturals food but its something about it where I can't let go. I have a instagram @Ghettochefkellioso that I upload my food to. My girlfriend is Thai; so ive been trying come out with some Thai recipes to surprise her.

Summary
Giving my honest opinion, I will definetly listen to people when they say wikipedie is not a reliable source because if this was an actual in-depth assignment just using wikipedia I would be in trouble trying to get great reliable sources. So I if you come across this please move on because everything here is prety much just a big blog of opinions for topics that no one care about or have little validty to.