Saturday, January 23, 2010
A Meal With Haiti in Mind
Often people from less wealthy countries are in a situation where the only meal they get is based on beans and rice. Looking into the nutritional value of those economic meals, we find that they are very well balanced and, as I said before: Balance is everything!
Last night, while thinking about the famine that the people of Haiti must be going through, I cooked a meal that was super economical, easy to prepare and rendidor, a source of bounty. I cooked one bag of black beans, boiled 2 cups of long grain brown rice, fried 2 sweet potatoes cut in the shape of long french fries in an inexpensive blend of soy and olive oil, and fried two thin-sliced plantains. I topped the black beans and brown rice with queso fresco and wedges of avocado and had an island dinner for 4 while Mafusser read to us "Please, Malese", a Haitian trickster folk tale. The leftover beans were used for breakfast the next day.
It is unfortunate that, as I'm typing, thousands of Haitians do not have this economic meal in their stomachs, but we can manage our personal economy by preparing meals like this. Instead of splurging on a fancy dinner, we can help by sending financial support to Haitian relief funds and by praying for their spiritual and material rebuilding. Remain curious my friends!
I think I would prepare lemon chicken, broccoli, and squash. This meal would provide proteins and nutrients necessary for living. If more than four people were eating this meal, I would cube the chicken and stir fry all the ingredients. This way people can put as little or as much as they will eat on their plate. With the correct spices and seasonings, any dish can look appealing. The Preppers we watched were very dedicated. They have put their lives on hold and devoted most of their time prepping for something they might not live to see. Personally I believe, "Not one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Matthew 24:36). Prepping for the end of the world is pointless because no one knows when the end will happen except God. Some preppers didn't prep for the end of the world but for the "financial end." A world wide financial depression could very well happen. Those preppers will be sitting pretty if that ever happens. I don't think I could live my life always waiting and preparing for something. I rather live each day to the fullest and not worry about something that I might never happen in my life time.
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The meal I am planning to prepare is fried rice and chicken, because it doesn't take much time. I would parboiled the rice and fry the chicken, I would use 5 cups of rice and a whole chicken, because the food can go round for enough people to fill up their stomach. This fried rice and chicken is modtly prepare during important event in Nigeria (e.g Wedding, Birthday party). Preparing this meal is also a good idea, because the ingredients are scare and expensive for the less weathly family, but the food is loved by everyone and they feel as an important being in the society having this meal. I strongly agree with Nicole, because no one knows when the trumpet shall sound and I think it is very helpful for others to do the samething. My opinion is that everyone should live like there is no tomorrow and the world shall end the next day, though the preppers are very determined for the doomsday, but if worse come to worse God should be in control.
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DeleteThe meal i am planning to prepare for the Haitian people would be hot dogs. "lol" i would make this meal by being a hunter in Haiti so i can then capture an animal, sadly would have to slaughter it to fulfill starvation. Then i would find a refrigerator and a microwave in one of the house. i would freeze the meat in a hotdog shape and then microwave it. I am assuming bread would be easy to locate in the broke down convenient store, and if i get lucky i might find bread, ketchup, and mustard. then what i would do is put the self-made hotdog in the bread, put ketchup on it and then mustard. "PLOWW" we have all American hotdogs! If there isn't electricity for the microwaves, i would find multiple broken vehicles to steal the batteries and fuses to able to create just enough electricity for the microwave and the refrigerator. "lol" but if worst comes worst God should be in control.
ReplyDeleteThe meal I would make for the people of Haiti would be a big pot of beans. A pot of beans can feed around 10 people. If you take three pounds of beans and place them in a large pot with around 15 cups of clean water. I would use two onions chopped up, a few peppers of any kind, and some ham hocks from a wild pig if one was available to hunt and kill. If there is no meat available then that is ok too. I would slow cook these beans for about 10 hours. So if you woke up and started the pot of beans , then by dinner a family of about 10 should be eating a meal that is not only hearty, but filling as well. An hour before the beans would be done, I would also take some corn meal and water and make some sort of corn bread. The beans can be cooked for about two total days as long as you cook at a low heat after the first time you eat on them. So it could be a meal that feeds your family for a few days, because in the situation that Haiti went through you might only get to eat every third day. It is a cheap meal, that feeds many, and in a time of crisis, like in Haiti I only think it would be fitting to make sure that people not only were fed healthy food, but get that full feeling as well.
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