Nigerian Food Vs. Southern Food

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owner of restaurant). According to a customer at the restaurant in the short film, “Nigerian food is a lot more like the southern food because of the way it is cooked, the way it is prepared, the way that it is mixed and the flavor you get when you taste the food, it is all natural ingredient”. There is a Nigerian/ Soul Food restaurant located at Metro Center mall in Jackson, MS called Rehoboth and there in the kitchen while they were preparing some of the foods, it was similar to the way they made the Nigerian version of those things, they only did not add a few thing that they added to Nigerian foods to that of the American. The point trying to be given is that Faderine Was right when he says that the food he cooks is similar to that of the southerners. The fried foods part of soul …show more content…

Basically if you try and understand how a cuisine works you have to understand the importance of the cultural influences”( Kasper) This quote is saying that sometimes as Americans, the food that is being prepared was originated by other countries but just mixed up into away that can be differentiated . Brock is saying that if you want to be good at what you do , you have to find out the roots , and how it is prepared, like he said in this quote , “ The major influence is West Africa, so I went there to do a little of research with some plants, some specific peas and rice. But I really wanted to see the original, truest and most honest form of all this classic that we call “Southern dishes” and that we consider Southern food. Foods like gumbo, jambalaya, etc. I really wanted to see where they came from and see them in their most original form, and then take a look at where they are toadying try and explain. It is amazing how a dish can

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