Comments on: Blogger's opinion about “Nsima” angers Malawians http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/28/blogger-angers-malawians-on-food-nsima/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 29 May 2012 10:23:18 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Carter http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/28/blogger-angers-malawians-on-food-nsima/comment-page-1/#comment-1419885 John Carter Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:21:35 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/28/blogger-angers-malawians-on-food-nsima/#comment-1419885 Sort of like being offended by the taste and appearance of bread for no other reason than you never ate it while you were growing up. How many westerners eat dry bread without butter or spreads? I love Nsima with a spicy sauce. I love going into food stores catering to various ethnic groups and trying out random new things. A global adventure in my own backyard! Some I love! Some I don't, but the fact is someone somewhere loves it or they wouldn't have bothered to drag it around the world. Curiously enough a lot of European festive foods are boring staples dressed up in ritual and sanctified by tradition.... ...but in origin had more to do with food preservation and winter starvation than gourmet intent,,,, eg. Pancakes, christmas cake, sauerkraut, potato latkes.... So what, I love sauerkraut anyway! :-) Sort of like being offended by the taste and appearance of bread for no other reason than you never ate it while you were growing up.

How many westerners eat dry bread without butter or spreads?

I love Nsima with a spicy sauce.

I love going into food stores catering to various ethnic groups and trying out random new things. A global adventure in my own backyard!

Some I love! Some I don’t, but the fact is someone somewhere loves it or they wouldn’t have bothered to drag it around the world.

Curiously enough a lot of European festive foods are boring staples dressed up in ritual and sanctified by tradition….

…but in origin had more to do with food preservation and winter starvation than gourmet intent,,,,

eg. Pancakes, christmas cake, sauerkraut, potato latkes….

So what, I love sauerkraut anyway! :-)

]]> By: Sunga http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/28/blogger-angers-malawians-on-food-nsima/comment-page-1/#comment-1417828 Sunga Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:05:56 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/28/blogger-angers-malawians-on-food-nsima/#comment-1417828 The reactions to the blog were quite personal indeed but just like most of the topics in Malawi, they are personalized. You only need to look at the topics in our newspapers or some of the titles on the famed Nyasanet. We have this knack to make things personal even when we do not need to be. Perhaps it's a cultural thing. I don't know but it sure can turn ugly... The reactions to the blog were quite personal indeed but just like most of the topics in Malawi, they are personalized. You only need to look at the topics in our newspapers or some of the titles on the famed Nyasanet. We have this knack to make things personal even when we do not need to be. Perhaps it’s a cultural thing. I don’t know but it sure can turn ugly…

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