I hope you all are having a great day,
I will never forget the memories when I was still very small and I fight all day with my siblings on who have the highest share of meal, especially the meat 🍖 😂,
You are free to call me a foodie then, I love to eat and my favourite food then was Rice and bean with plantain and Turkey lol.
I can remember how I move closer to my mum, whenever my food is about to finish, so that she can add to my food either from Her own food or just get me from the kitchen.
I remember how issues of upmost priority is being discussed in our family meal time. My mum will always raise up a topic that will get everyone active during meals, I know you all would be wondering, how about table manners of not speaking during meals😂? Unfortunately that doesn't work for us, meal time is sometimes when we connect and communicate more.
One of the biggest things that keeps a family together is meal time, although I don't know about other families but for my own this is just the reality.
There was a day when we were eating together and my mum brought up the issue of my Junior secondary school mock exams, during that period I had one of the worst ever results, I failed up to 4 subjects, this was not even what made the whole situation tensed, it was my teacher's remarks on the result, I think most of them remarked that I was playing too much, and they concluded that I am going to repeat the class if care is not taken.
My Mum was very angry with me when she saw the result and the remarks on them. Although I beg her all through to keep the results a secret from my dad but she didn't have all my tearful excuses.
We were eating together and she brought up the issue to my Dad. During that time my mum was reporting me to my dad, It felt as if the ground is about to swallow me up lol, anyway to cut the long story short, My dad punished me immediately after the meal, it was a very unforgettable one.
We talk about almost everything during the family meal, and also there are etiquette during eating of food, for example in our family, you are not allowed to eat the meat before eating the food. Let's use the instance of Rice and beans with grilled chicken. No Matter how hungry you are, or how much cravings you are having for the meat, you have to start eating the rice first and then later eat the meat.
Another etiquette is to never eat before any of your elders, with My Dad as the first person or Head of the family, is to open the meal first and then my mum can follow suit and then me and my sibling.
Another Etiquette is to wash the dishes immediately after we are done with our meals.
What about now? Are we still maintaining the tradition of family eating together?
We unfortunately are no more having chance to eat together again, this is because everyone has gone to their various places, some have gone to university, others have gotten work in another state, other have relocated to another place.
One thing is very sure though, which is the fact that during the festive period like Christmas and New year, we are sure to continue our tradition of eating together as a family.
I am here really anticipating about when we can meet again as a family for food.
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