Potluck Party, Holloween, and The Homosexuality!!

I just talked about the differences in the similarities . at the same time I was facing some of the differences !! .. The food is not just a “food” ... not just the gas that makes us to move in this world. the food is the thing that we raised on it That we our bodies consist of and include it. The food that was helping us to determine and develop our senses! We started to know what is “Salty" and what is “Sugary". What is good and what is bad?! What is the taste that we like and what is the taste we dislike!




Everybody grew up eating some different kinds of food ... actually certain kinds of food... depends on the cultures and the people ... we will find different kinds of food ... and also different believes in food!! And the recipes of food! .... Some people like very spicy food ...... others like salty food ... others like sweets and deserts ... others prefers fruits and vegetables.... Others like the meats so much and make celebrations just for eating different kinds of meats........ And there are people who eat everything!!! ... Everything even insects!!
So that... There are different even in “taste sense"!



I have an Indian classmate. She likes to put "salt" on " watermelon" !! I surprised when I saw that at the first time. But actually she likes to do that because she likes to do that!! However she used to that so that our brains just as we have programmed!!



Sometimes we need to try new tastes ... new food ... I'd like to do that! and sometimes I discover there are new good tastes " food" and sometimes I shock !! and after I ate the first piece or try some on the front of the spoon I say " yaaaaaaaaaaaa3 !" and maybe I vomit everything in my stomach !! At the same time I find some people eat the same “food” and Delight!! Yes! It is the differences of people ... these are the cultures!

Anyway, we have decided to make “POTLUCK" party in my apartment... just to try the different kinds of food ... Different kinds of people ... different cultures and families’ background!

For who doesn't know what is “POTLUCK" ... it is a dinner or lunch and everybody brings some food. we called it in Egypt " Dish party ......... why is it " potluck"? I don't know!!


It was fun ... and we cook ... Koshry ... Mahshy .... mesaka'a ... and I cooked chicken's livers, hearts and gizzards!! And some Americans couldn't believe how they ate livers and hearts!!! Some thought the idea of eating “HEARTS" is enough to make you avoiding the food and Refraining at all!!



The differences not just in the food ... but there are a lot of differences in the celebrations ... and the way to celebrate even you celebrate in the same event or feast!! ... Like the Christmas ... almost the world celebrates the Christmas ... but there are absolutely differences from country to another!!



As we will see ... America has a lot of "weird" stuff ! even they " the Americans" say that ... however they like word " weird" as well as word " awesome" ... half of their sentences included word " awesome" and the another half included word " weird" ;-)



now I'm going to talk about one of "weird" stuff called " Halloween"
Halloween... One of the craziest celebrations in the world... The celebration of the scary!!
Actually when October comes we will find 3 things appear in the American streets .. and between the Americans ... Pumpkins.... Halloween ... Trick or Treat!



I don't exactly what is the relationship between the three things ... Or why are there with us at the same time?!



Anyway, in October, you will find all the Americans do the same things ....... buy and prepare their costume for Halloween day ... Or ... Carve Pumpkin ... or buy candy to avoid the children's trick!






From where or who the smart person that invented day for the ghosts and devils .. and haunted day .. nobody knows the real story but as I understood ... there is something related to Christian in the first of November ... and there the last day of October is the day of the all souls " spirits" of the people who died come back again ... OR something like that! Anyway... That is not convinced reason to celebrate with the ghosts and devils or trying to wear like them and scary each other! Actually the real reason of these celebrations as Bill said - Bill is my old brother in US- it is economic reasons because the Americans spend A LOT of money in these days.





Actually they carve pumpkins that if we sent them to some poor countries in Africa ... it will be enough to stop killing a lot of children.... Actually I don't want to talk about spending money in America because if I started to talk about this issue ... I won’t stop forever! So.. Halloween the second celebration after Christmas that American spend more money in! the best thing in all these things... are the costumes. actually, there are a lot of creative ideas for costumes ... not just horrible costumes ... but there are costumes for everyone in the earth! ... Famous movies characters like Super, Bat, Spider men! Tarzan.... Primitive humans.... you can find everyone ... and everything ... you can find costume for Spanish woman ... Italian man.... Pharaoh's King or Queen ... baby with his "B" ... Mother with her baby... Greek girl ....... anything that you can imagine or you don't imagine ... I even saw two girls were wearing as a virus ... one of them ware " N1" and the another " H1" ! ... and there are groups who wear groups costumes like basketball team ... group of thieves.... soccer team costumes ... even you can see " almost Naked" costume !.....and so on ..





The cute costumes for the children... really cute and creative.. But they are still all very expensive! And the celebration in US means Alcoholic and sex ... alcoholic anywhere and preparations for sex also anywhere... You will find that especially with young people like college students and teenagers but most of the American families focus on doing these traditions “Halloween traditions" without being “over” in everything! in the bars , clubs you will feel like all the people are here .... Wearing weird costumes and doing weird stuff!

in the town that I live in .. There are place that full of bars ... actually there are places ... but there are place that has a lot of bars and clubs ... if you went there at The Halloween day you will feel like “really" you are in Wonderland!


“Trick or Treat"

This is the most interesting tradition in this crazy month " October" ...

briefly, the children wear their costumes and go to around their neighborhood and nock the doors and say " Trick or Treat" ... it means you will give me some candy as a " treat" or expect a trick ... and sometimes if you don't have candy you will find you house's glass or something in your car broken as a " trick" !!


anyway, the neighborhood that have a lot of people you will find " this day" a lot of cute children who are going around the neighborhood from door to door for collecting the candy !! Really it is a very wonderful view...

But the only winner in this event is “Wal-Mart" !!

Actually this is the first event that I have seen in US that support " particulary " the society ... or celebrations to support the social relationships between peopl .. not just individual thinking !

but most of the celebrations in America " so far" just for HAVE FUN ..... HAVE FUN !! Absolutely individuality!


I believe if the celebrations or the events are just for " FUN" they will be " USELESS" ... everything has to have " meaning" even the Fun. And also everything has to have “limitation" even the FUN! ... There is no absolute fun!


From this point I'm going to talk about “Homosexuality " ... the Topic that I have been pushed to talk about it more than 4 times so far !


But this is another topic ...it will be the next post


God Willing!