As a student study I was so fund of eating street foods,not only because of the taste but because it is very affordable.I usually have my best street food vendor when I spend time to enjoy myself and gaze what?? They sell roasted yam and beans which they also call bole in Yoruba language.
The woman that sells it is a Yoruba woman and she roast the yam so well that I tend to bite my fingers while eating.I enjoys eating it when is hot. This Yoruba woman was popularly known as the best among her equals in my school.
Sometimes students come to school before lectures just to eat her sweet bole before lectures start, some also sneaks out of the lecture hall just to eat it, others pay the woman in advance so as not to finish selling all.This was really driving students crazy.
Left for me I can't miss a day in school without eating this food, sometimes I intentionally leave homemade food no matter how sweet it is just to eat this bole. Funny enough pregnant women do eat it more than us. Sometimes I use my last of my last savings to patronize this woman just to have a test of her sweet roasted yam and porridge beans.
Have you ever tasted this street food?
If u have then u will agree with me that truly it is so delicious if actually u bought from a good vendor. Another reason why I love this street food is that it is very sweet,it is easy to prepare and always available, it is very affordable, it gives carbohydrates and protein in the body, it is the best among it's equals.
Studies have shown that carbohydrates is an energy giving food and gives good energy to the body. And protein is a body building food which means it helps in repairing worn out tissues in the body.
Off course,this is the reason why I so much love to eat this food everyday and I can even save up for it.
Millions in the world today can agree with me on this that street foods are very affordable and available at any point in time,it releases stress. U must not be a billionaire before eating street food,both young and old,rich or poor,tall or short,man or woman is very easy to get and as such it is at everyone's door step.
Street foods is at the reach of everyone. At some point, I got to find out that street foods has it's disadvantages too. Some of them are being made in a very dirty kitchen which is not hygienic for humans. Some of them also are not good for human consumption. Some too has a lot of cholesterol which isn't good for our health just like the one we just discussed.
Some also tend to make us look like we were out brought up very well because of the way we eat anyhow. Some street foods have made some lazy especially some women no longer cook for her family rather she always buys street foods for them. It encourages laziness. Because 70% of the world today loves it because it is at your doorstep.
Street foods are enjoyable and at the same time can damage our body system.
Off course yes, street foods should be decreased in this country, because it is causing a lot of damages and if care is not taken it will do more. It has spread so many bacteria and infections, sometimes people podge after eating it because of the too much spices used in preparing it. From lodging it can lead to diarrhea and from there death. That is to say that it can kill if care if not taken.
It is not good to advice someone into taking street foods always,it is not hygienic. Some scratches their body while cooking and still cook with the same dirty hands,others their kitchen when they prepare it can make one vomit at just a mere look.A woman around my area was known for using urine to cook and when she was caught and interviewed she said attracts customers for her. Hmmmm can you imagine?? This is pure wickedness at the highest level. So many things are happening and lives are in danger.
Although almost everyone are lazy to cook home made foods we should reduce the rate of street foods which causes death. Health is wealth my people.
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