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**Food Unit** The Role of Food in America Fast food plays a huge role in American culture. Whether it's burgers, french fries, pizza, tacos, chow mein, corndogs, or etc. When searching "American food" on google, tons and tons of burgers and french fries (usually from McDonalds) will pop up. America has based so much of their diet on fast foods that society would simply not function without it. It's way to hard to have a home cooked meal all 3 meals a day every day of the week. We can't resist the french fries or pizza or burgers because it's simply delicious and quick to eat on the go. Not only do we continue to include fast food in our diets but many American's completely disregard the major health issues that come along with fast food.  Food Memory  Take your initial thoughts on your ‘food memory’ and add to it. You need to add three schemes and three tropes (highlighted, identified, and explained). This should be an informal creative piece.  When I think of food my brain automatically shifts to Thanksgiving and Christmas, my favorite times of the year... One because I get to see my gigantic family and second (aka the most important) is the food!! I think of the 50 lb turkey just sitting on dining room table is staring me down saying, “eat me! eat me!!!” What would Thanksgiving be without food? Thanksgiving is associated with turkeys, mashed potatoes, collared greens, corn, chicken, cranberries, pumpkin pie, & etc! Without these foods, Thanksgiving would not be whole. Many family gatherings and parties are just not whole without food. Every time I’m hungry my mind drifts off into thoughts of awfully succulent hamburgers, crispy french fries, and juicy chicken nuggets. What is the go to food when your hungry? McDonald's. McDonalds has the type of food that when you see it, you eat it, you feel bad about it, and then you crave it again later on. America is often associated with fast food causing a huge problem with obesity. I don’t believe that McDonald’s is the number one problem for obesity, it’s laziness. You can have the hamburger and side of fries even with a coke if you exercise. Despite all these facts and logistics around the unhealthiness of McDonald's, I’m still going to eat that hamburger and french fries because it’s delicious and affordable. Food has become so important in society that people are willing to spend whatever amount for a good bite. I’ve heard of a restaurant in New York called Serendipity that sells a $1000 dollar dessert... No I am not exaggerating. This extravagant sundae has edible gold flakes along with caviar. This extravagant sundae is $1000 for some gold flakes, vanilla ice cream, and caviar... This extravagant sundae sounds quite disgusting actually. It’s crazy how millions of people out there are sitting in the streets begging for change in order to eat a meal for that night yet other people are out there wasting thousands of dollars on unnecessary indulgences.