On Eating Swallow

So, people who know me well enough know that I have gone more than 5 years without eating any form of swallow (p.s — this is mostly aimed at my Nigerian readers). Actually only ever liked Eba. Ate semovita back in secondary school, but it was usually because I didn’t have any choice. The others? Meh

Anyways, I wanted to see how long I could go without eating it, and eventually set a target of 9 years. My first trial didn’t go so well, and it didn’t take up to a year before I ate it. Things got real on the second try. The first year was probably the hardest, since it coincided with my first year in school, and there were quite a number of times when I would get really hungry, and swallow would be the only food I could find that I could afford. Helped that I knew how to go long periods of time without cooked food though. Who knows what would have happened.

After that, it got easier. Wasn’t easily swayed by it, and I came to dislike it. To make it more fun, I’d usually tell people people about how I hadn’t taken it in X years, watch them say how they’d make me eat it, and watch how long it took before they gave up. Good times.

My best friend came close to making me eat last year. Actually, she did make me eat it. Only took a bite with little soup (more like a drop). She wasn’t happy, since she had to bring it to my office. Really really sorry dear.

Eventually ate it last Saturday, with a soup I hadn’t taken before — Edikaikong. Didn’t feel bad, the universe didn’t collapse or anything, and I didn’t throw up or feel nauseous. A lot of people would be shocked, and want to know how it happened, but, nah. The party involved knows how much I care about her. No further details at this point.

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