Dinner date with the Mendez ‘Vega Family. A night with my family of 11 people sitting around the dinner table just enjoying each other’s company. As a family we ate dinner together 6 out of 7 days a week around the dinner table together. A normal meal at my house would consist of Puerto Rican rice (Arroz con Gandules) with some kind of meat. Most of the cooking in my house hold was made by my older sister or my dad. Once the food was ready my mom fixed the plates and set the table, she made sure we washed our hands and prayed before we ate. If we had to be excused from the table we had to ask permission before leaving, because it was consider really rude if we did otherwise. We always had fun conversations with each other mainly sharing how