Ben Okri's Approach To Writing
"...it is what the story does to you in the taking you somewhere, that the story is about..." Just one of the many wonderful statements his makes.
Essential Utensils
Thanksgiving is right around the corner. This year I’m tweaking our traditional menu. I’m thinking about cooking roasted Turducken, a partially de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. That sounds like GOODNESS to me!
I am going to roll up my sleeves and learn how to de-bone and stuff poultry because I love the decadent, excessive act of slicing into a layered multi-bird roast and devouring it. Mmpphh! Oh, and my side dishes will include jollof rice, chapatis and dengu - African dishes that I can prepare with eyes wide shut.
You see, as is customary in many African cultures my Shangazi (paternal Aunt), taught me how to cook when I was a pubescent teen. For that I am truly thankful. I do feel a little cheated though because some of my sisters from Uganda received extra training. In the Baganda and Basoga cultures, the Ssenga (paternal Aunt), delivered skills for the kitchen as well as the bedroom.
Using utensils such as the pestl…
I am going to roll up my sleeves and learn how to de-bone and stuff poultry because I love the decadent, excessive act of slicing into a layered multi-bird roast and devouring it. Mmpphh! Oh, and my side dishes will include jollof rice, chapatis and dengu - African dishes that I can prepare with eyes wide shut.
You see, as is customary in many African cultures my Shangazi (paternal Aunt), taught me how to cook when I was a pubescent teen. For that I am truly thankful. I do feel a little cheated though because some of my sisters from Uganda received extra training. In the Baganda and Basoga cultures, the Ssenga (paternal Aunt), delivered skills for the kitchen as well as the bedroom.
Using utensils such as the pestl…
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Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteSolomonsydelle and Starsew: Thanks for your comments; a clip to watch over and over.
ReplyDeleteI must admit when I saw this last week I did not listen because the picture was intense and reminded me of something- someone perhaps. Well I braced myself this week and I am glad I listend to Bens words....I like the way he sums it all up.
ReplyDeletejml: glad you came back :-)
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ReplyDeleteHow did I miss this writing post last week? It was a time. I loved what Okri says about a story not being a beginning, a middle and an end but, “an interval in the enchantment of living.” Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat does he say in the end. I could not follow somehow.
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