Indian Food

The author was able to state specific places, cuisines, food and others and was able to detail them concretely although he used some vague words. He stated specific places in India and their cuisine counterpart and gave concrete descriptions of it. Take this for instance, "Kashmiri cuisines reflect strong Central Asian influences." He was able to give concrete description to it by giving supporting details. "In Kashmir, mostly all the dishes are prepared around the main course of rice found abundantly in the beautiful (the word beautiful is vague/neutral) valley.” Another example is, “In the Eastern India, the Bengali and Assamese styles of cooking are noticeable... A special way of preparing the delicacy known as 'Hilsa' is by wrapping it in the pumpkin leaf and then cooking it.” He specified what part of India (Eastern India) and gave a supporting detail why the Bengali and Assamese styles of cooking are noticeable.

Calories in Filipino Foods

Dr. Philip Chua's "Calories in Filipino Foods" tell us that people nowadays are more health conscious and that food plays a great impact in our health. That is why, we are also interested to know how much calories are contained in a certain portion of each food items we choose to eat. And the way he presents these ideas is very concrete and specific. He made use of specific numbers like in a 30-minute typing activity on a computer an average of 30 calories is burned. He was also very specific in giving information and facts. Instead of saying that by consuming a serve of dinuguan you will get 500 calories and by drinking a glass of beer you will get about 50 calories, he said that 1 cup dinuguan has 124 calories and an 11ounce of beer has 163 calories. Therefore, it is more concrete and specific. As well as in giving his examples he uses familiar, simple or ordinary situations and representations that make it easier for the readers to imagine concretely what he wants to convey. =)