Culture Shock 2

What I eat:

Someone told me before that when a person is used to certain foods and abruptly must change his diet and eat completley new foods, he feels like he is starving and undernourished. This is kind of how I felt that first week with my host family. Everything I ate was foreign to me. I didn't know what it was, how to eat it, or even if I can stomach it. My bowels told me right away that my body didn't want any of that.. stuff. Most things I had I liked, but, most is not all and now, I am very comfortable telling my host mom what I like, and what I don't like. If anything at all I can eat the rice and miso soup which come at every meal. In Japan, a meal without rice is just a snack. Even for breakfast we have onigiri, rice balls, or mochi, dough made from rice, or some type of rice product. (I swear, if my homecoming meal is rice I will blow a gasket xD ) I've discovered that they eat small fish bones, the fat on pork, and other similar things. <- I get grossed out when they do that but I don't say anything, I just don't eat it. If I had a really nasty breakfast I make sure to eat a good sized lunch at school.

Outside of my host family, restaurant food is amazing. Most have the displays outside so you already know what you are getting. Japanese people are obsessed with McDonalds and KFC. I haven't tried their KFC but the McD is pretty good. I tend to go for noodle dishes when I am out, but that is only because udon is so delicious.