I can’t believe that the sacredness of shared meals is not well known???
Mealtime is an extremely important cultural and social ritual. There are psychological benefits for cooking for other people, and serving a meal stabilizes the emotions between the provider and the receiver. Cooking with your partner, like accomplishing any task together, strengthens relationships. Eating together strengthens communal bonds and helps with mental health. Sharing the same food with someone else builds trust, cooperation, and a sense of connectivity. It’s a shame how in our fast paced society we don’t value the importance of regularly breaking bread with one another
Mealtime is an extremely important cultural and social ritual. There are psychological benefits for cooking for other people, and serving a meal stabilizes the emotions between the provider and the receiver. Cooking with your partner, like accomplishing any task together, strengthens relationships. Eating together strengthens communal bonds and helps with mental health. Sharing the same food with someone else builds trust, cooperation, and a sense of connectivity. It’s a shame how in our fast paced society we don’t value the importance of regularly breaking bread with one another
Just
FYI if you have celiac disease or another food allergy that makes it
difficult to participate in food-based rituals (eating wedding or
birthday cake, eating traditional religious foods, hotdogs at the
ballpark, popcorn at the theater, barbecue with family, etc.) this can
lead to a real sense of alienation based on all the reasons above; food
is bonding.
This can be especially true if you are around a lot of people who are bothered when you won’t “just have a little bit” or who say “you can cheat just this once” when they’re offering you the food that they made that is dangerous to you.
Building your own food-based rituals and communities is a form of self-care for people with food allergies. If you can find a group of people who will cook with you and accommodate you never let them go.
I have a particular kind of cupcakes that I always bake for myself to take along in my purse to weddings so I can share in the fun of having the dessert. I bake gluten-free holiday treats to share with friends and family. Once a week I go to my parents’ house and we cook a meal together that I can eat and we all can share.
It’s important, it’s worthwhile to make the time for. And people who refuse to let you form your own rituals to be closer to them aren’t acting with your best interests at heart.
Be kind. Eat well.
This can be especially true if you are around a lot of people who are bothered when you won’t “just have a little bit” or who say “you can cheat just this once” when they’re offering you the food that they made that is dangerous to you.
Building your own food-based rituals and communities is a form of self-care for people with food allergies. If you can find a group of people who will cook with you and accommodate you never let them go.
I have a particular kind of cupcakes that I always bake for myself to take along in my purse to weddings so I can share in the fun of having the dessert. I bake gluten-free holiday treats to share with friends and family. Once a week I go to my parents’ house and we cook a meal together that I can eat and we all can share.
It’s important, it’s worthwhile to make the time for. And people who refuse to let you form your own rituals to be closer to them aren’t acting with your best interests at heart.
Be kind. Eat well.
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