B: YES AND YOU KNOW THAT FOOD IN GHANA WAS UM VERY EXPENSIVE SO WHENEVER WE KNOW WE WE LIVE WE LIVED UM OUTSIDE THE CITY SO WHENEVER MY MY GRANDMA COMES TO TO WORK IN ACCRA SHE HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE PASSED THROUGH THE RESTAURANT AND GET ME THAT FOOD YOU KNOW WE MY GRANDMA CHERISHED THAT FOOD SO MUCH BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY FOOD I WILL EAT IF I DON'T EAT THAT FOOD IT MEANS I HAVE TO EAT FRUITS SO MY SISTER YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT I HA I REALLY HAD A TOUGH TIME EATING WHEN I WAS WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND UP UNTIL NOW IF I DON'T TAKE MY VITAMINS AND ALL THOSE THINGS I DON'T I DON'T REALLY EAT BUT YOU KNOW BECAUSE UM NOW I'M A MOTHER AND I ENCOURAGE MY KIDS TO ALSO EAT MY FIRST SON ANYWAY TOOK AFTER ME SHE HE ALSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH EATING BUT HE IS BETTER BECAUSE WHEN I'M ABLE TO YOU KNOW TALK HIM THROUGH HE WOULD EAT IT BUT THE ONLY FOOD I WAS EATING AT THAT TIME WAS LASAGNA AND IT'S IT'S IT IT'S AT THAT ERA IT WAS REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY EXPENSIVE SO FOOD I NEVER FOUND INTERESTING FOOD

A: SO

B: SO MINE MINE MINE REALLY IS FRUITS AND DRINKS

A: OKAY

B: YEAH YEAH

A: SO UH WHAT WHAT DO YOU DO FOR HOBBIES I MEAN UM YOU KNOW I ENJOY COOKING BECAUSE UM GIVEN THE FACT THAT UH YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO COOK EVERY SINGLE DAY AND UM

B: HMM

A: FOOD CAN GET VERY BORING IF IT'S VERY REPETITIVE YOU KNOW YOU MAKE THINGS

B: I I KNOW I KNOW

A: SO EXPERIMENTING EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU KNOW UM YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND EAT EVERY DAY OF COURSE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT PRACTICAL

B: YES

A: AND I DON'T ENCOURAGE IT EITHER YOU KNOW WITH THE

B: NOT HEALTHY AND IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE

A: YES UH AND WE AND WE UH MORE THAN THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW IT'S PREPARED YOU KNOW

B: I KNOW OH I KNOW

A: AS NICE AS A RESTAURANT MAY LOOK WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THE HYGIENE STANDARDS THAT PEOPLE PEOPLE PRACTICE SO I THINK

B: YEAH

A: OVER A PERIOD BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH OF A DEMAND WHERE YOU KNOW EVERYBODY LIKES TO EAT A DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOD

B: MM

A: I ACTUALLY TOOK TO COOKING YOU KNOW UM

B: OKAY

A: PARTICULARLY DURING COVID WHERE ALL THE RE RESTAURANTS WERE SHUT

B: MM

A: AND UH THE KIDS WERE HOME EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOU KNOW LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT SITTING AT HOME AND EATING OR WATCHING TV AND DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE WE TOOK ON

B: YEAH

A: I TOOK I HAD TO START LEARNING HOW TO COOK YOU KNOW UM DIFFERENT KIND OF FOODS

B: WOW WOW WOW YEAH

A: YES SO I'VE I'VE TRIED MY HAND AT CHINESE I I DO KNOW HOW TO MAKE SOME UH PASTA AS WELL WHITE SAUCE PASTA

B: OH MY GOD I REALLY NEED TO TO COME AND VISIT YOU KNOW I REALLY NEED TO COME PLEASE I REALLY NEED TO COME I NEED TO COME AND TASTE THEM

A: YES WELL YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME ANYTIME YOU'RE

B: THANK YOU

A: YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NICE HOME COOKED MEAL WHETHER IT'S INDIAN OR CONTINENTAL I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO UM

B: OH THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS

A: TO COOK FOR YOU BUT I WANNA ASK YOU

B: THANKS <DTMF>

A: UM GENERALLY NOW THAT YOU HAVE TO COOK YOU KNOW <DTMF> WHAT KIND OF FOOD DO YOU COOK

B: OKAY WITH UM BECAUSE UM NOW I CHOOSE MY MENU UM DEPENDING ON WHAT MY KIDS WILL EAT AND YOU KNOW CHILDREN THEY LIKE UM RICE MENUS AND PASTA SO I I INTRODUCED UM THEM TO MACARONI CHEESE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT

A: OH OKAY

B: YES AND UM THEY REALLY THEY REALLY LOVE IT MACARONI CHEESE UM RICE MEALS RICE AND SAUCE RICE AND BEEF SAUCE RICE AND CHICKEN SAUCE UM THAT'S WHAT THEY REALLY ENJOY AND WITH ME WHEN IT COMES TO ME I WOULD UH PREFER LOCAL BECAUSE UM YOU KNOW I LIKE TO BLEND MY VEGETABLES I DON'T LIKE CHEWING THEM SO MUCH SO UM I LIKE TO BLEND THEM AND YOU KNOW GHANAIAN GHANAIAN DIS DISHES WE USUALLY YOU DON'T SEE ANY VEGETABLE IN IT SO UM YEAH

A: THAT'S RIGHT I SEE A LOT OF UM A LOT OF STEW

B: YES

A: AND A LOT OF UH RICE AND UH CHICKEN AND FISH

B: YES YES YES SO

A: SO WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR DISH IN GHANA

B: OH IT'S UM JOLLOF AND FUFU

A: JOLLOF AND FUFU

B: YOU YEAH JOLLOF IS

A: WHAT IS FUFU IS MADE OUT OF

B: OKAY FUFU IS UM CASSAVA DO YOU KNOW CASSAVA

A: UM YES I'VE HEARD OF IT

B: YES IT'S A IT'S A TUBER UM IT GROWS OUT OF THE SOIL SO IT'S CASSAVA AND THEN UH PLANTAIN BECAUSE WE WE NORMALLY USE THE TWO OF THEM BECAUSE CASSAVA IS UM A TOTAL UM CARBOHYDRATE AND THEN THE GREEN PLANTAIN BECAUSE UM THE PLANTAIN CONTAINS IRON

A: YES

B: SO WE YEAH SO WE MIX THE TWO AND THEN WE COOK THEM WE COOK THEM TOGETHER AFTER THAT WE DRAIN THE WATER OUT OF IT AND THEN WE POUND

A: IT SOUNDS LIKE VERY HEALTHY FOOD BECAUSE MY SON ALWAYS MENTIONS THAT HE ENJOYS EATING FUFU

B: YES SO IT IT IS IT IS IT'S IT'S JUST THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE MAKE IT A HABIT TO OF EATING FUFU EVERY DAY AND THE CARBOHYDRATE IN THAT DISH IS REALLY HIGH BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT YOU EAT IT WITH SOUP AND WITH THE SOUP UM THAT IS THAT IS MY FAVORITE DISH ANYWAY SOUP IS MY FAVORITE DISH I CAN EAT SOUP

A: WHAT KIND OF SOUP

B: UM TOMATO SOUP SO EVEN EVEN THOUGH IT'S TOMATO SOUP YOU ALSO NEED UH GARDEN <DTMF> AS AN OPTION SOMETIMES PEOPLE USE UM OKRA WE USE CHILI WE USE UM SPICES LIKE GINGER GARLIC AND THEN UM ONIONS A LOT OF ONIONS

A: YOU KNOW THE ONE THING I'VE HEARD UM AND I'VE BEEN READING UP A LOT ON IT UM UH WHEN I SEE LIFESTYLE CHOICES UM

B: YES

A: I THINK OF FOOD UH GHANIAN FOOD IS VERY HEALTHY IN TERMS OF UM IT GIVES THEM A LOT OF STAMINA

B: YES YES

A: BECAUSE I DO NOTICE THAT MY SON GIVEN AN OPTION TO PICK BETWEEN INDIAN AND GHANAIAN FOOD HE'D PROBABLY PICK GHANAIAN FOOD SIX DAYS A WEEK

B: HMM HMM UH

A: YEAH IT'S JUST AS FUNNY AS IT MAY SOUND BUT IT'S TRUE

B: YEAH YEAH

A: BECAUSE I I SEE THAT YOU KNOW UH HE DOES AND I DO NOTICE THAT HE'S A LOT STRONGER

B: MM HMM

A: AND I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FOOD

B: MM HMM

A: BECAUSE EVEN AS I AS I LIVE HERE AND I SEE PEOPLE EATING

B: MM HMM

A: I SEE THEY HAVE A LOT OF PHYSICAL STRENGTH TO PERFORM

B: YES

A: ANY YOU KNOW ANY TASK WHETHER IT'S TO LIFT A HEAVY OBJECT OR YOU KNOW MOVING <DTMF>

B: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT WITH THE WITH THIS FUFU WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT IT'S IT'S IT CONTAINS ENERGY SO ONE THING ABOUT FUFU IS WHEN YOU EAT IT AND YOU ARE DOING UM UM AND YOU ARE WORKING WHICH YOU NEED UM ENERGY A LOT OF ENERGY FUFU IS GOOD FOR YOU THE BAD SIDE OF FUFU IS IF YOU ARE HOME MY SISTER YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME WHEN UH UH UH THE GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTED THE LOCKDOWN YOU KNOW I WAS I WAS STUCK IN THE HOUSE WITH MY BROTHER AND MY SISTER AND WE HAD NOT SEEN EACH OTHER IN A LONG TIME AND YOU KNOW THE GO UH THE GOVERNMENT GAVE US UM THREE DAYS TO PREPARE FOR THE LOCKDOWN SO THEY ALL CAME IN TO MY TO MY HOUSE AND EVERY SINGLE DAY WE WERE EATING FUFU AND THE BAD THING ABOUT FUFU IS YOU DON'T EAT FUFU AND STAY HOME AND SLEEP WHEN YOU EAT FUFU YOU MUST GO OUT THERE AND EXERT THAT ENERGY ON SOMETHING

A: YES YES YES I THINK UH UH FOR CHILDREN IT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEY RUN AND PLAY SO THEY THEY IN INVARIABLY ALL THE CALORIES THEY CONSUME THEY UM

B: YES

A: THEY THEY <DTMF> BUT I GUESS EVEN ABOUT FOODS IT'S HOW YOU PREPARE THEM AND WHAT YOU DO

B: NO FUFU UM FUFU IS STANDARD FUFU IS STANDARD IT'S EITHER YOU YOU YOU HAVE THE CASAVA AND THE PLANTAIN OR YAM AND THESE TWO THREE THINGS CONTAINS CARBOHYDRATE SO

A: BUT I THINK YAM DOES HAVE A LOT OF HEALTH BENEFITS FROM WHAT I KNOW

B: YES YES IT DOES

A: YOU KNOW UH IT'S IT'S GREAT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING UM TRYING TO HAVE A BABY BECAUSE I I READ I TEND TO READ A LOT

B: OH I SEE

A: BUT I I HEAR THAT UH YAM ACTUALLY CONTAINS UM UM SOMETHING THAT ONCE IT'S CONSUMED BY WOMEN YOU KNOW

B: MM HMM

A: UM IT HAS SOMETHING CALLED PROGESTERONE

B: OKAY

A: AND THAT IS SOMETHING LIKE A HORMONE THAT HELPS WOMEN GET PREGNANT A LOT FASTER

B: OH I SEE

A: YES UH WHICH IS WHY UM GHA GHANAIAN WOMEN FROM UM IF YOU READ THE STATISTICS YOU KNOW UH THEY DON'T HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING PREGNANT

B: OH YES WE DON'T

A: UM YES UH AFRICAN WOMEN DON'T HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING PREGNANT

B: NO NO WE DON'T

A: AND AND HONESTLY FROM MY EXPERIENCE I SEE THE FOOD IS VERY ORGANIC IT'S NOT ADULTERATED

B: MM

A: THERE IS NO MIXTURE SO

B: YES