Steemit Big Chef07; Afang soup preparation dated 22-05-2024

Greetings friends and members of this community

This time around I wasn't burnt by hot oil splashes from the frying pan, neither did I let my fragile pinky finger slide through the knife edge, the worst of it all would be if the pot slip off my hand to a pail full of water, I don't think I added too much salt this time but that could definitely be the case because I was cooking at night.

Share a delicacy you prepared

I didn't plan to do this today but the leaves will get spoilt if they are not used soon, the only time I had to cook was in the night since I was called out by a friend in the middle of my food preparation and I wasn't prepared for this. So this very day I prepared Afang soup, since this is a Cameroon community most members may be well acquainted with the leaves if the method of preparation is known, if you are not I will try to get the popular name or botanical name and drop it in the comment section. Afang leaves will require you to grind or pound it before cooking as it has good fibre, there are hard to cut, so after cutting you are to pound it like if you are about to make a herbal concoction.

What were your greatest challenges being a chef on that particular day.

	Water leaf
	Afang leaf

I was called out by a friend on returning it turned out that the preparation is eventually going to take place at night and this was one of the challenges, I would have taken this to the market to get it sliced and grinded but the truth here is that at half past 7 in the evening the traders will be gone and this is already 9pm that is 21:00 UTC. Instead of grinding I had to pound the leaves and you know what that means, as a student with neighbours around who at this time are expecting a quite environment, but nah I broke the silence, anyways we are student and we understand each other

How did you overcome the challenges.

The mortar and pistol was an alternative simple machine that still requires my effort in pounding, it was helpful in pounding, if not I will be chewing this leaves as a goat after cooking and this will make this food not to possess the enjoyment it is supposed to.

Will you quit being a chef and depend on a restaurant?

With the cost of things here in Nigeria, money used to feed in a restaurant will be just enough to prepare you are meal even though it may not be too rich. I am not saying you shouldn't go to the restaurant if you don't have the time to prepare food or if you can afford the bills, I do that most times when I am too busy to prepared a meal. A restaurant is even more preferable than an eatery, but for me I won't stop cooking because it will save me from some expenses.

I would love to see entries from chef @roselove @alli001 and @vickmoon soon

All images are rightfully mine, I couldn't include the date tag any longer because I took this picture before checking on the post, it is certain that they were all taken on the date on the title of this publication with my TECNO POP 7 pro camera