Strike’s Delicious Memories: Our Emotional Connections to Food
It’s easy to reminisce on our favorite memories and collect our thoughts into vivid images that make us smile or even shed a tear. Whether it’s the raw action of remembering a simple moment of laughter or inhaling a nostalgic aroma that brings everything back, the past always has a way of surprising us.
For some, the most common- and delicious- way of visiting our favorite funny or meaningful memories is with our taste buds. After all, we are what we eat, and we become who we are through the food we consume and the growth that comes with it.
Here at Strike Orlando, we eat that shit up, literally. Always sinking our teeth into life’s greatest moments. Here are some fun stories from our staff that leave us full and satisfied:
“Despite the number of times I’ve told my brothers and sisters, ‘If you eat any more chicken tenders, you’ll become a chicken,’ they still remain human. But it’s a funny moment, realistically a universal one; a tender memory, especially with dinosaur nuggets.”
“My favorite food is pad thai. I remember being 13, it was my first time in Los Angeles. My best friend and her family had brought me along on their family trip because it was a dream of mine to go to LA. They said they couldn’t go without me, and we indulged in so many different kinds of foods. I will never forget sitting in our hotel room and getting the order of chicken pad thai and feeling that my life had changed forever. I had a sense of enjoyment that I knew would last a lifetime.”
“Chocolate chip cookies have so much power. I grew up baking with my grandmother, so the smell puts me right back in her kitchen, trying to sneak dough out of the mixing bowl. Now, when I’m stressed from school, I bake.”
“Me and my little brother used to eat mac and cheese shaped like bugs- which looking back is SO WEIRD, but we loved it. I tried to find it recently and they stopped selling it- I’m convinced it was just me and my brother keeping that brand alive.”
“I spent a summer in middle school reading all of the Harry Potter books for the first time, and that same summer I was also super hyper-fixated on Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Now every time I eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch, I think about Harry Potter, and every time I watch Harry Potter I think about Cinnamon Toast Crunch.”
What are some of your favorite food-obsessed memories?
Strike Out,
Writer: Nina Rueda
Edited by: Reanna Haase and Olivia Wagner
Orlando
Nina Rueda is the writing director and a content writer for Strike Magazine Orlando. An undeniable Capricorn and Sabrina Carpenter superfan, Nina enjoys thrifting, writing ‘in her feels’ poetry, and doing impulsive photoshoots. You can reach her at writing.strike.orlando@gmail.com, ninaroody22@gmail.com or @ninaruedaa on Instagram!
