Cooking with Others

Yesterday on Friday, September 6, 2007, my class and I ventured to the Husky Union Building to prepare lentil soup. We created the soup with fresh ingredients such as onions, carrots, lentil beans, and other fresh vegetables. While chopping and cooking the ingredients for this soup, it reminded me of a time when I use to make soup with my Grandma. The type of soup that my Grandma and I would make would be chicken noodle soup staring from scratch.


My Grandma would tell me stories from her childhood and I would update her on my life. During this time that we shared, we become closer emotional and we able to understand each other better. The aroma that the class cooked in the HUB was created because we put time, tender, and love into our soup just like my Grandma and I would do. I think that cooking with others is one of the best ways to understand the ones around you better. Creating lentil soup in the HUB with the class helped remind me of the fond memories with my Grandma that no one can take away from me. Making lentil soup was a fun and exciting activity to do in class because I was able to bond with my classmates better and I was able to learn how to cook something new. Cooking is always a win win situation for me because you make food that you can eat and you get to make memories with the ones around you.