Once again, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”! I simply cannot get
enough of the dry harmattan air, the early morning and evening haze, the
bustling energy seemingly at boiling point across the major markets and
shopping malls as buyers and sellers rush to make last minute transactions. Then there is the awesome food. Speaking of
which, would any Christmas/ New Year’s Day menu be complete without the wonderful
staple of jollof rice? Our mum certainly took no prisoners with her Yuletide jollof
rice. Hers was simply the best, no contest! Add her equally delicious teeth
sinking - lip smacking- finger licking fried fresh chicken, and the world to a
young me then could not have been more perfect! So good was her jollof rice
that you would find me happily scrapping away and eating the burnt ‘bottom pot’
portion of the rice even after a couple of days as though my life depended on
it!
