Importance Of My Favorite Cuisine

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My favorite cuisine Cathy S. Truett once said, “Food is essential to life, therefore make it good.” Eating is one of our daily activities, we don’t think about it but when you are eating good life is good. There are hundreds of different cuisines in the world today. I have tried some, like Mexican, Italian, and Chinese. However, my favorite is hands down African cuisine, especially Congolese cuisine that my mom majored in cooking. I love Congolese cuisines because I grew up eating it, it doesn’t require too many ingredients, and it has a true naturally delicious test.
I grew up eating rice and beans, and potatoes cooked with tomatoes. These meals might sound simple and similar to meals served by some restaurants, however the way my mom cook …show more content…

In Africa they are not technologically advanced like they are in most countries. Therefore, most of the African meals are slow foods which is my favorite type of food. According to African Farming, around 60% of Africans have or had some type of farm. This mean most Africans cook straight from their farms. I remember back in the day when we lived in Africa we had a farm. Almost 85% of what my mom cooked came straight from the farm. And like I said before, I didn’t acknowledge the test and freshness of the food we had until we came to the united states. For instance, my most favorite meal is ugali and sombe. Ugali is made of corn flour and I remember we would harvest the corn from our farm and take them to the machines where they were turned into flour. We used this flour to make ugali. And sombe is a vegetable that we grew on our farm. My mom would cook it with oil, salt, peanut butter, and linza. Every time I ate this meal I felt content with life. This meal is served in different plats, and separate it is just typical, but when brought together it is the greatest invention in my opinion. Therefore, due to the fact that I grew up eating it, it doesn’t require too many ingredients, and that it has a true naturally delicious test, Congolese cuisine especially my mom’s cooking is the best ever. I one hundred percent agree with SJ’s comment in the article Women’s Place? in the book Food that, when woman cook it is more from the heart and more from the soul. Because, every time my mom cooks every one usually have a smile in their

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