Is Nelson food better than jail food?

 O’Donnell brings up a very good point right at the beginning of her writing; “Southerners eat fish and seafood because those are the most common types of protein in the region. Fish and seafood are hard to catch. So, in the past, if Guangdong people wanted to eat, they had to have quick hands and eyes; they had to be sneaky to catch the fish.” This points out why some things are know for certain food because it is the easiest thing to get. Unlike America there are many places that cannot simply call a company to get any food they would like to be shipped to them. I personally believe that this truly makes a culture. If you ask an American what is American Food, you would get a thousand different answers. Food is what gives people jobs in these types of communities and it brings them together as a whole. She also brings up that once a community can get enough for the people living there, they can start selling to other communities that do not have fish, and build their culture.

In Cate’s writing, she shows how that in jail, food can also bring people together in the worst of ways. She shows a meal bring people in common place to eat and discuss. It is like when I walk into Nelson and see Nicole Boerema enjoying a meal. We are both their for the same reason. However, jail is most likely not as nice as Nelson (could be up for debate however). Food truly can bring people together even if it is not the best circumstances.