If it's all about food, I guess I'm not so good with cooking even though that doesn't translate to, "I can't cook".
With an average Nigerian mentality someone said, "I am not good at cooking". I am sure my own brain will follow the trend and consider that the person did not know how to cook whereas there is a thin line between the two extent.
In some instances, I don't know how to cook might mean I am not good at cooking and I am not good at cooking doesn't not mean I can't cook noodles and maybe rice. 😂😂😂
Don't crucify me yet but trust me you are about to hear another wonderful story around food but before I say that, I have a record to tell you.
Throughout 2020, both before and after the lock down, I did not boil water not to talk of cooking.
You don't need to ask how I survived because if I did not survive, I will not be writing this blog post.
The real story.
Can we go back to 2018?
Back then I was still in school and being a little stubborn, I don't take any food from home while going to school except in my 100L days.
It happened that I got so much attracted to a particular choice of food and it became an habit.
I don't even know whether I should call it meal or food 😂😂😂.
Well, the food is concoction rice and beans. 🙄🙄🙄
Cooking this food is so easy for me like, I will just pour the water, add half cup of beans and a cup of rice and add anything that I want to add. It even got to a point that I know the exact cup of water that will be okay depending on what I to use.
Oh! I forgot to tell you that I have hotplate and stove. So if I am using hotplate, the level of water is different from the level of water if I am to use stove.
Yeah, it got to that point.
The fateful day.
It was midnight not even during the day.
I woke up and saw that there was light so I decided to do it the normal way I use to do it. I poured everything and add all that is needed after which I decided to just rest and check later only to wake up to a burnt offering. 😂😂😂
It would not have become a memorable event but that was my last food. Initially, I was suppose to prepare it after end of lecture for that day but I wanted to take advantage of the light and prepare the food during the night only to wake up the following morning.
Is that all?
No oooo!!! There is still little to it.
By daybreak, I already know there is no two way about it. It is either I eat it or I go hungry for the entire day.
Normally, I don't eat to lecture but I can't keep such a burnt offering till evening so I had to eat it like that.
Are you asking if it was sweet?
Well, it tasted like charcoal but I've got no choice that day. So I did not just prepared a burnt offering, I ate it also.
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Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am
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