One night this week my mother and I made one of my favorite meals, fish tacos with black beans. Fish tacos are a comfort food that remains close to my heart and makes me feel better on even the worst day. We used tilapia, a common white fish that can be purchased in any supermarket. The frozen tilapia was probably harvested in Chile and flown back to Georgia. To dress the tacos, we took bagged coleslaw mix and tossed it with lime juice. The coleslaw mix is likely to have come from China because of their high production of cabbage. The lime juice possibly originates from Florida due to limes being citrus fruits. The final ingredient I used to top my taco was avocado. Avocados are grown in California, so that is my best guess for their roots. As for the black beans and tortillas, they could have been shipped from Mexico or the United States.
Just one meal alone connects so many people together. Perhaps most of them do not get to partake in the delicious result; nevertheless a great deal of people are influenced whether it’s by harvesting or selling the various ingredients, everyone has a part. In our current society, we have to rely on each other. At some point in your life you will have to break down and ask for help of some kind, regardless of if you want to or not. A baby is helplessly dependent on its mother like we are dependent on one another. Exchanging our resources between each other closes the circle of need. We cannot live without food, forcing us to interact with others whenever we go out to eat, go to the grocery store, and of course during the holidays like Thanksgiving. Food is a form of communication that bridges all races and ages.
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