The joy of eating
OK, this night is different from all nights. Oh sorry, it is not different. It is just one of those nights when you don't actually know what to eat (am not the only one experiencing this right!) but you are just hungry. And after beating around the bush, you ended up eating something not more ok, something outside the box.
So, I sat down with my family thinking of what to prepare for dinner, considering the fact that we have exhausted all the possible day to day meal since the starting of the week (today being thursday). And I tell you this, you definitely will run out of food when you run out of cash. Now, Nigeria is a country where people go through an unwritten, unplanned routine of dishes every week without noticing (lets say rice of any sort, beans, stew, soup like egusi, scrambled egg and rice again. whats more?).
Like I was saying, after much contemplation, we ended up eating bread and bean cakes for dinner (this is common when you want to do the 'get over it' meal time). Now the best part of the dinner was not the contemplation, or the food itself, it is the joy in family-hood,the satisfaction in contentment. The big deal about food is mostly not in the taste of the food, never. the satisfaction comes in the joy of eating, the dish might be gourmet or street food, the joy of eating is paramount.
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