Not eating some foods doesn’t make them unclean
Jul 16, 2007
EDITOR—I once went for a meeting during lunch time. There was food served during this time. However, some people had brought their own food. One (white) staff member was so friendly that she offered me some of her delicacy.
EDITOR—I once went for a meeting during lunch time. There was food served during this time. However, some people had brought their own food. One (white) staff member was so friendly that she offered me some of her delicacy.
I was just about to accept it when I saw that it was an octopus in the dish, whereby I shrieked.
The lady asked what the matter was and soon discovered that I could not stand the sight of her food. She then asked me if we Africans do not eat seafood. I told her that we eat fish. But she insisted and asked me if Africans living at the coast do not eat the octopus.
I told her that I have never heard of such a thing. She then advised me to respect other people’s food and refrain from discriminating against other cultures by calling their food unclean. During that incident, I felt more civilised than the Western civilisation. This should be instructive in the matter of pork in the parliament canteen in Uganda.
Name withheld
EDITOR — It was not right to ban pork from the MPs’ menu. People are free to eat what they enjoy. The MPs’ canteen should have separate dining sections and kitchens if need be.
John Ahebwa
Kampala
I was just about to accept it when I saw that it was an octopus in the dish, whereby I shrieked.
The lady asked what the matter was and soon discovered that I could not stand the sight of her food. She then asked me if we Africans do not eat seafood. I told her that we eat fish. But she insisted and asked me if Africans living at the coast do not eat the octopus.
I told her that I have never heard of such a thing. She then advised me to respect other people’s food and refrain from discriminating against other cultures by calling their food unclean. During that incident, I felt more civilised than the Western civilisation. This should be instructive in the matter of pork in the parliament canteen in Uganda.
Name withheld
EDITOR — It was not right to ban pork from the MPs’ menu. People are free to eat what they enjoy. The MPs’ canteen should have separate dining sections and kitchens if need be.
John Ahebwa
Kampala