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Haibun
It's the second
weekend in December; The annual high school reunion is flagged
on my calander; this year i can choose whatever i want to bring;
the women usually will prepare food and the men will carry
drinks.
I'll make a chow. In
Trinidad and Tobago chow is one of the first eatables you make
as a child, the classic is made with green mangoes, hot peppers,
and salt. The more creative you are as a child, or the more
access you have to your mother's kitchen; the more herbs are
added; so it no unusual to eat a chow from a friend with a
garlic onion flavour.
As an adult,
however, chow is still a favourite at any lime; the essence now,
is in choosing your combination of green herbs, and your fruit,
be it green or ripe; local or foreign.
he smiled
and then i smiled
intimating to him
the ingredients of my chow
apples?
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