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Note: This summary was created as an example for those interested in moderating a chat in the MyEC Chat Room. Please refer to the "How to Write a Chat Summary" for more details. If you are interested in moderating topic based chats, please join the NEW chat group and review all MyEC Topic Chat Pages. 

SUMMARY

Chat Topic: Food Habits

Date:February 21, 2012

Hashtag used: #foodchat

Moderated by: Tara

Chatters: Lara, Nadira, Ibra, Naveed, Javier, JK, fdagato, truth

In order to show other chatters how to write a summary, I needed to moderate a chat. During the chat I took a few notes. We didn't have a topic in mind, but Naveed suggested we talk about food habits.

Before we began I asked chatters not to start private chats with me. This pops me out of the main chat and is distracting. It's best to stay in the main room during a moderated chat. We chose the hashtag #foodchat, and I reminded participants to add it in each chat message. We reviewed how to write to or respond to a chatter specifically by using the @ sign. (Example: @Nadira What did you have for breakfast? #foodchat)

We started out by discussing our poor eating habits. Some of us don't eat breakfast. Nadira mentioned that she snacks regularly because of digestion problems. I talked about how I had been eating too many leftover cupcakes from a birthday party I had hosted. Javier mentioned the importance of eating more when you are exercising. I talked about my Zumba class, and JK mentioned that he did yoga.

Later we got onto the topic of vegetarianism. JK is a vegetarian. He explained that vegans don't eat eggs. We debated whether or not a person who eats fish can be called a vegetarian or not.

Next we talked about food allergies. Nadira said she was allergic to prawns. These shellfish give her a rash. 

Nadira was very helpful in keeping the conversation going. She asked what staples people from different countries have. Her staple food is rice. Mine is bread. Ibra said he didn't like bread. He mentioned couscous. I requested help for cooking couscous as I have some in my cupboard. Ibra shared a website for Moroccan food (I forgot to save the link, sorry).   

Fdagato said the chat was making him hungry. That reminded me that I had to go and prepare dinner. I told everyone that I was preparing breakfast for dinner: eggs and bacon on cheese bagels. 

It was a great #foodchat! Thanks to all who participated.

Here is a Word Search using some words from this chat. 

Here's a related blog challenge:Write about your worst eating habit. What can you do to fix this problem? Share a link to your post.

Who will host the next chat?