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The Way to a Man's Heart

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My favorite dish: grilled croaker fish and chips "You who buy imported western food; don’t you know how important food is to a culture and that by avoiding it you are avoiding connecting with your host culture?" "You who buy food from the local market and street vendors, don’t complain when you get typhoid or amoebic dysentery. It’s your own fault. You know how unsanitary all that is." (https://www.alifeoverseas.com/youre-doing-it-wrong/) My attempt at making eba and ogbono soup I have been on a mission for the last nine months to find original cream cheese, but I have had little success.  The only thing I found was light cream cheese (which just isn't the same) and it cost almost $6.00 for a small packet.  It's just not worth it.  When I go to Shoprite (the supermarket that is not far from my house) I pass by the cheese aisle, checking the prices, just hoping that it might go down.  I still haven't made the dive into the dark-side of buying