I love food so much, that anyone that shares a meal with me knows when I am having a good meal. If the food is cooked to perfection, succulent in all of the right areas, and paired with a lovely glass (or sometimes bottle) of wine you will often hear me making noise. Yes, it is true... it's the close my eyes, licking my lips, pressing my top lip against my bottom lip mmmming noise. You know the sound, we've all done it - and if you haven't then you are not eating the right kind of food. It's the table next to me, looking over at my dish, wishing they had ordered what I ordered kind of noise. My better half likes to watch me do this... even before he takes his first bite of his food. He waits, holding his own fork and knife, looking at me to see what type of reaction I'm going to have after my first bite. When my eyes close and the mmmming begins, he laughs and digs into his own plate. It's almost as if he waits for my first bite so that he can have an indication of what his food will taste like.
It seems this is something that runs in my family. My younger sister hums and dances when the food is really good. Although, she never notices that she does it. It's a humming to a song made up in her own head- not one that anyone would recognize. She seems to allow the food decide which tune she will hum. And then of course the dancing! No, it's not a get up out of your chair type of dance - it's more of an excitement dance, bouncing up and down her seat. My older brother says yes when the food is tasty. He does not limit himself to just "yes" - but rather the various affirmatives that he can come up with: Yes, yeah, uh huh, yep,"ya, ya, ya".
I am Mexican, and like the many other other cultures - food is a huge part of ours. We associate food with family and family gatherings. Our kitchens gather our families - and this has helped me develop some culinary skill, but also my love for all food. Let's explore together!
