Humanist

By Charles Matege in comment to “Culture, economics and the food we eat.” CLICK HERE to read the post and his original comment.

Ever since childhood, food has been brought to the forefront of most Ugandans’ relationships, as the bonding agent and the portrayal of the love of nurturing the growing mind and weary body.

A lot of memories are tied to food and the culinary pallet that enabled our happy childhood. With this emotional baggage wired in our DNA, there is no way of getting away from the facts that influenced our upbringing.

Dispersal of our kin within national borders and across international boundaries does not make us new beings with regards our food cultural background and nutrient pallet that meant a lot while growing up.

Switching to completely new diets is tantamount to betrayal of the culinary love attached in the pallet of nutrients used in nurturing our childhood minds and bodies. If I may give some examples of those very memorable food delights: Maize on the cob and flour, millet flour, Cassava tubers and flour.

Despite the food miles covered, the heart seeks out for these rare food ingredients that are usually way too expensive for the budget of a normal working family.

When food is mentioned, all my childhood memories come rushing into my current day. And I hold them dearly and passionately.

My only simple reason is food as a direct relative for love dispensation.