Fly Away - The Great Migration Family and Mealtime Family. It oils the engine of life everywhere, but even more so in the Delta. The structure of family may differ slightly from race to race, but both black and white are wrapped in the lives of their blood kin.
Food brings the family together, to share in each other's company and appreciate what they have.
It is often the situation that both parents have their own careers. No matter whether the mother or the father cooks the food today, what seems most important to families is the good, quality family time that the food brings. The old saying of, 'when the bell goes a ringin,' I'm a come runnin',' still holds true in the 20th century to African Americans. Food, in a sense, is a part of love. Rather than eat on the run, as many have grown accustomed to due to the requirements of today's jobs, many African-Americans find values in a good, quality meal.