Korean parents have a tendency to "seem full" from watching their children eat even though they barely touched their food. I specifically talked about the times I eat mackerel with my mom. As a child I've always remembered my parents always putting me before them, proceeding to place pieces of mackerel they cut with their chopsticks onto my bowl of rice. Even to this age, my parent's love is shown through food. She would wake up at 5 or 6 a.m. to cook and pack my lunch for school, making what seems to have taken hours to cook for me to eat after swim practice, and proceeding to cut me fruits to eat while doing my homework. I've always respected and loved my mother for this.