I know some people can confidently tell you their favorite food immediately, some will say rice, some will say pasta, others will say swallow, but me... I don't think I have that one particular food that stands above every other thing.
However, there is one food I know I will hardly ever reject if it is placed in front of me, and that food is yam, and funny enough, there is not any deep emotional story attached to it, no childhood memory of my grandmother making it for me every weekend, no special event that made me fall in love with it.
I just like yam, Simple.
Whether it is boiled yam and egg sauce, fried yam, yam porridge, or even roasted yam, I will most likely eat it happily, In fact, if you ask me what I want to eat and yam is one of the options available, there is a very good chance that I will choose it.
The funny thing is that we don't even get to eat yam that often these days, anybody living in Nigeria right now understands exactly what I mean.
Yam is not smiling at all, the price alone can make you rethink your life choices, sometimes you get to the market and see the price of a tuber of yam and immediately start calculating whether you really need it that badly.
So because of that, it has become one of those foods that we don't eat as regularly as before, maybe that is one of the reasons I appreciate it more now.
You know how something becomes more attractive when it isn't always available? I think that's part of what happened with yam.
Whenever we have it at home, I already know I'm going to enjoy the meal, not because it is rare exactly, but because it feels like something special these days, If I am being honest, maybe the special thing attached to yam for me is the fact that it is expensive now, I know that sounds funny, but it is true.
Maybe because we don't get it often anymore, I appreciate it more whenever I have the chance to eat it, and honestly, yam is one of those foods that can be prepared in different ways and still taste good.
Boiled yam with egg sauce?
Perfect.
Fried yam with pepper sauce?
No complaints,
Yam porridge? Even better.
It is just one of those foods that always seem to work, so while I may not have a favorite food in the strict sense of the word, yam is definitely the closest thing to one.
It is the food I will almost never reject, the food I can comfortably eat at any time , the food that somehow manages to make me happy whenever it appears on my plate.
No special memories, no emotional attachment.
Just good old yam doing what yam does best, and honestly, that is enough reason for me.
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