tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644362137799701242.post7303433111149923078..comments2023-06-15T15:03:27.959+03:00Comments on Jill of All Trades: Swallowing a Chicken and Choking on a few Bones: The highs and Lows of this Weekend (2)Jill of All Tradeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13287695325046850943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644362137799701242.post-75865509642741679342012-02-18T00:31:12.645+03:002012-02-18T00:31:12.645+03:00Sorry for the delayed response Z. "Portion&qu...Sorry for the delayed response Z. "Portion" is a very interesting concept in Africa-I actually hadn't thought of such a basic idea until you brought it up. In Uganda, we call starches and carbs "food", because traditionally you stuff yourself silly with them so as not to be hungry for anything else; greens are a delicacy because they are "poor mans" food; meats are a delicacy because they are "rich mans" food and when you do get a chance to eat meat or chicken-you gorge a la American thanksgiving. Of course in Uganda, many people, at least in the cities, no longer go digging all day so such a diet, that has become habituated, is bringing about previously unheard of diseases such as diabetes, gout, and high blood pressure with devastating effects. But so far it is still thought of as socially normal to go out with a couple of gals and consume a KILO or more of roasted pork-sorta like cosmopolitans at a trendy nightclub. Thus, I am taking your advise and the "chicken belly" is no longer, but with such eclectic backgrounds in our home, I believe food will continue to test our different and often mutually inorganic conditioning...time will tell.Jill of All Tradeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13287695325046850943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644362137799701242.post-82115010340410800552012-02-07T14:09:39.209+03:002012-02-07T14:09:39.209+03:00Seems to me that it's time to order a regular ...Seems to me that it's time to order a regular portion and that's all she is allowed to eat. Which I guess is what you discussed with your mother. Gorging like that is terribly bad for V's health.<br /><br />When my children were small, my mother used to buy them sweets almost every day. I protested, she said it was a grandmother's treat, I pointed out I hadn't been allowed sweets as a child because she didn't approve, and once a week or month would be one thing, but it was too much, too often. She was totally unreasonable, wouldn't stop, I was the meanie if I took them away. So I really sympathise, I know what it's like.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.com