B: THE AROMA IS SO NICE

A: DON'T DO THIS

B: HONESTLY OKAY YOU KNOW WHAT UH MAYBE MAYBE I SHOULD JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT STORY

A: MMH

B: UH I THINK I WAS THAT THAT WAS SOME OF MY EXPERIENCE AS A CHILD YOU KNOW DURING MY CHILDHOOD DAYS

A: YOUR CHILDHOOD DAYS OKAY

B: SO YEAH YEAH YEAH I WAS LIVING WITH MY GRANNY THEN AND UM SHE'S SHE'S LIKE A HUNTER TRUST ME OKAY

A: OH REALLY

B: ANYTHI ANYTHING THAT IS JUST MEATY IS MUST BE HUNTED FOR FOOD

A: HMM

B: SO UM

A: OH MY GOD

B: SO ONE OF THESE DAYS UM SHE WENT TO THE MARKET AND I DIDN'T KNOW SHE USED TO EAT UM GEESE OKAY YOU KNOW GEESE RIGHT

A: YEAH

B: AND DUCKS OKAY SO THIS SPECIAL DAY SHE WENT TO THE MARKET AND SHE

A: OKAY

B: AND UM UH SHE CAME BACK SHE JUST WENT STRAIGHT TO THE KITCHEN SHE YOU KNOW PEELED BOILED WATER AND PEELED UP THIS CHICKEN THIS CHICKEN I THOUGHT IT WAS CHICKEN THEN WHEN SHE SERVED IT UM SHE DIDN'T FRY IT SHE JUST YOU KNOW MADE IT INTO A SOUP AND WE ATE THAT NIGHT I REMEMBER EATING A LOT OF IT I WAS LIKE GRANNY THIS CHICKEN TASTES SO DIFFERENT THE MEAT THE MEAT ARE SO TENDER AND SO NICE DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID SHE SAID EAT WELL EAT UP SHE SAID EAT UP THAT IS A DUCK

A: OKAY WOW

B: UH SO I WAS EATING SO MANY DUCK I WAS LIKE GOD

A: OH WHY

B: I SAID AND YOU KNOW I DIDN'T CARE THEN OTHERWISE ANYWAYS IT'S IT'S STILL FOOD I ATE IT AND SAME TOO HAPPENED WITH TORTOISE AND UM

A: DAMN

B: UH I DON'T REALLY LIKE THE WAY IT WAS KILLED ACTUALLY IT WAS LIKE YOU KNOW BOILED TO DEATH HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AN ANIMAL BOILED TO DEATH IT'S SO SO WORSE

A: NAH OKAY LIKE WITH THE SHELL IT WAS BOILED WITH THE SHELL

B: YEAH WITH THE SHELL YES YES YES

A: OH

B: JUST TO REMOVE IT OUT

A: WOW

B: YOU KNOW IT IT CAN'T BE KILLED IN THE WAY YOU WANNA YOU KNOW KILL IT

A: YEAH

B: IT'S GONNA YOU KNOW LIKE BE SEEN THEN IT GOES INTO THE SHELL

A: IT GOES BACK YEAH YEAH

B: SO YOU HAVE TO LIKE THROW IT WITH THE SHELL EVERYTHING INTO THE WATER THEN BOIL IT UP

A: BOIL THAT'S INHUMANE INHUMANE KILLING <LAUGH>

B: BUT HONESTLY I THINK

A: OH MY GOD

B: WE WE ALL EVERYBODY THINKS DIFFERENTLY SO UH NORMALLY BEFORE I USED TO THINK IT'S INHUMANE BUT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO FE YOU HAVE TO EAT IT SO AND UM

A: HMM I CAN'T EAT THAT

B: LESS BLOOD YOU GET YOU GET

A: NO NO WAY I'M NOT EATING THAT

B: SO I WAS I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE FOOD

A: YEAH

B: AND UM I NEED TO KNOW I NEED TO KNOW

A: OKAY SO UM ACTUALLY GROWING UP I USED TO LIKE PORRIDGE YAM PORRIDGE A LOT YEAH

B: OH NO WONDER NO WONDER

A: I USED TO LIKE THAT A LOT I USED TO LIKE IT LIKE WHENEVER MOM COOKED IT I'M ALWAYS EXCITED LIKE HEY IT'S YAM PORRIDGE AND SHE COOKS IT IN A WAY THAT'S ALWAYS VERY NICE IT'S YELLOWISH YOU KNOW ATTRACTIVE YOU KNOW IT ATTRACTS YOU AND STUFF AND I ALSO USED TO LIKE UM I USED TO LIKE UM WHAT'S IT CALLED BEANS AND CORN THE COMBINATION SO LIKE

B: I DO THAT WAS MY THIRD FAVORITE

A: OH YEAH YOU TOLD ME THAT TOO

B: YEAH I REMEMBER THAT YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

A: YEAH SO I USED TO LIKE IT A LOT LIKE THE BEANS THE CORN HAS TO BE WELL COOKED YOU KNOW IT HAS TO BE FRESH CORN I PREFER SWEET CORN ACTUALLY YEAH SO IT HAS TO BE WELL COOKED TO BE <OVERLAP>

B: OH NO WONDER NO WONDER YOU HAD TO TAKE ME THROUGH THAT HELL OF PIZZA SWEET CORN PIZZA I KNEW IT I KNEW IT

A: <LAUGH> YEAH I COULD DEAL WITH THE WITH THE SWEET CORN PIZZA BECAUSE YOU KNOW I USED TO EAT A LOT OF CORN AND BEANS

B: YEAH

A: SO UM SO I ENJOY THE COMBINATION A LOT IT'S ALWAYS VERY VERY NICE SO LIKE WHENEVER IT'S BEING COOKED AT HOME IT'S RARELY BEING COOKED AT HOME ACTUALLY BECAUSE WHAT WE EAT MOST OF THE TIME IS RICE YOU KNOW RICE AND BEANS RICE AND PLANTAIN LIKE MORE OF RICE IT'S PART OF THE QUICKEST FOOD YOU CAN GET TO COOK IN ANY AFRICAN HOME YOU GET SO LIKE RICE AND MAYBE SWALLOW AND SOUP SO LIKE WHENEVER SHE COOKS IT I'M ALWAYS VERY EXCITED OH YAM PORRIDGE OH YEAH LET'S GO WHENEVER SHE COOKS BEANS AND CORN TOO I'M ALWAYS VERY EXCITED BECAUSE IT GIVES ME THIS UNIQUE TASTE LIKE I CAN'T GET THAT SATISFACTION I GET WHENEVER

B: YEAH

A: YEAH I REALLY LIKE IT A LOT AND UM WHAT SHE DOES LIKE WHENEVER I'M GOING HOME MAYBE I'VE BEEN AWAY FROM THE HOUSE FOR A LONG TIME AND I'M COMING HOME SHE MAKES SURE SHE COOKS IT FOR ME LIKE I ALWAYS FEEL SO LOVED AND BE LIKE OH MY GOD NO PLACE LIKE HOME YOU KNOW SO BUT I CAN ACTUALLY COOK IT I CAN COOK IT YEAH AND I ALWAYS COOK IT VERY WELL I USUALLY LIKE USING FISH YEAH CATFISH DRIED CATFISH FOR THE FOR THE YAM PORRIDGE

B: MAKING IT

A: AS WELL AS FOR THE BEANS AND UM THE CORN I LIKE USING THAT <OVERLAP>

B: SO DO YOU ADD FISH TO THE BEANS AND CORN

A: YEAH YES I DO

B: OH

A: DRIED CATFISH SPECIFICALLY DRIED CATFISH DON'T USE ANY OTHER FISH IF WANT TO GET THAT DISTINCT TASTE YOU KNOW THERE'S A DISTINCT TASTE

B: I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND UM THE CATFISH

A: YEAH

B: BEING DRIED SOMEHOW I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IS IT THAT THE THOSE PEOPLE PRODUCING IT HAD TO KILL IT AND THEN JUST DRY IT UP FOR THE SUN OR SMOKE IT WITH FIRE I DON'T UNDERSTAND

A: WELL THE THING IS SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW KILL THE FISH SMOKE IT AND DRY IT

B: YEAH OKAY

A: YEAH

B: OH

A: YES YES SO THEY SMOKE AND DRY SOME JUST SMOKE DEFINITELY AFTER SMOKING YOU HAVE TO LET IT COOL DOWN YOU GET YOU HAVE TO LET IT COOL DOWN SOME PEOPLE SUN DRY IT SOME PEOPLE JUST YOU KNOW AIR DRY IT YOU GET SO I USUALLY CALL IT DRY FISH BUT THE RIGHT NAME FOR IT IS SMOKED FISH

B: YEAH SO I I WAS GETTING A BU A LI A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED

A: YEAH

B: BECAUSE NORMALLY I USED TO HEAR IT'S SMOKED FISH SMOKED FISH

A: YES YES I LIKE CALLING IT DRIED FISH YOU KNOW

B: YEAH YEAH DRIED FISH BECAUSE IT'S DRY YOU KNOW YOU CAN EVEN EAT IT THAT WAY UH YEAH YEAH YEAH

A: MEATY YEAH VERY NICE <OVERLAP>

B: SO SWEET YEAH YEAH YEAH SO HAVE YOU HAVE YOU EVER PREPARED THE UM THE SOUP EVERYTHING EVEN KILLED THE DRY FISH AND SMOKE IT YOURSELF BEFORE

A: UM NO I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T USUALLY I BUY IT FROM THE MARKET OR FROM THE SUPERMARKET SO MOST OF THE TIME I JUST GO FOR THE ALREADY PREPARED ONE JUST GET IT YOU KNOW I THINK IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF PROCESS WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT UM FARMERS ARE THE ONE THAT ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY DO ALL THAT ALL THAT WORK

B: ALL THAT STUFF

A: YEAH I CAN'T REALLY YOU KNOW DO THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF TIME YOU KNOW I JUST GO BUY THE ALREADY MADE YOU KNOW ME I LIKE IT SHARP SHARP <LAUGH> SO <OVERLAP>

B: SO IF YOU LIKE IT SHARP SHARP <NO-SPEECH> DO YOU ACTUALLY PREPARE THESE DELICACIES YOURSELF

A: I DO I DO I DO

B: I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU PREPARE THEM YOU KNOW

A: I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE ALWAYS GOING OUT LIKE YOU KNOW

B: I KNOW WE WILL ALWAYS EAT OUT AND STUFF

A: YEAH AND WE'RE ALWAYS EATING OUT THERE

B: BUT YOU KNOW ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU'VE PREPARED A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU KNOW LIKE YOUR DELICACIES YOU'VE NEVER REALLY YOU KNOW PREPARED THAT IN MY PRESENCE ARE YOU SHY OR SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW <LAUGH>

A: JUST LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER YOU KNOW LIKE WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO SIT AT HOME IT'S ALWAYS THAT WE'RE GOING OUT BUT I THINK

B: YEAH

A: I OWE YOU ONE I OWE YOU ONE YEAH

B: ALL RIGHT SO OBVIOUSLY <OVERLAP>

A: I WILL GET TO PREPARE ONE FOR YOU TO EAT SOME DAY

B: UM IT'S GONNA BE BEANS AND CORN OKAY

A: SO YOU PREFER THAT YOU PREFER THAT

B: DON'T PUT SWEET CORN FOR ME PLEASE I LIKE NATURAL CORNS

A: YEAH THERE'S ACTUALLY NATURAL CORN THAT IS SWEET CORN

B: OKAY

A: THE PLANTED ONE THE ONE WITH THE COBS IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN

B: YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH THAT'S THE ONE

A: YEAH BUT DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HELP OUT IN THE COOKING YOU'RE GONNA TAKE OUT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT ALL THE ALL THE CORN FROM THE COBS YOU KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER WORK YOU KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER WORK

B: OKAY

A: THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT RIGHT ARE YOU READY

B: IT SEEMS THAT I'M GONNA IT SEEMS THAT I'M GONNA TAKE A PASS ON THE PREPARING OF THE UM

A: YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY <LAUGH>

B: RIGHT

A: YOU WANT MEAL YOU DO SOMETHING