WHAT IF THERE IS NO FOOD?

It is very painful to go hungry; at least I am speaking from experience.  Sometimes when I get  hungry I begin to curse the skies. It is amazing how I become happy all of a sudden once I get satisfied.

No wonder there is a saying that a hungry man is an angry man, at least I can testify to that fact. I define food as anything that we eat or drink to derive a maximum satisfaction. The third edition of the Oxford dictionary of current English however defines food as any substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb to maintain life and growth.

Some people think that it is only when you eat that the particular substance that is eaten is considered as food. This is rather unfortunate because once the substance, be it liquid or solid gets into the persons mouth and maintains his or her life and growth, it is considered as food.

In this case, the question that a lot of people may ask is, Is water food? There are so many varieties of food, in Ghana for instance some foods are identified with some particular ethnic groups. Fufu and ampesi with palaver sauce for instance is identified with the Akan community. Tuozaafi popularly called T.Z with ayoyo soup is tagged with the Dagombas and other tribes in the Northern Region. Akple is recognized with the Ewes and other people in the Volta Region.

Kenkey with hot pepper and hot fish which is my favourite meal is identified with both the Gas in Greater Accra and the Fantes in the Western and Central Regions. Whilst the Gas boost of having the original kenkey, the Fantes also boost of having the original kenkey. 

Many people in diverse cultures however eat for many reasons. Whilst some people eat food because they are hungry, others eat because they  just feel like eating or just for the fun of it. Below are two examples of food;

Indomie and Fish

Fufu and light soup with Fish

In school for instance, I have realized that some people eat because their friends are eating. Funny isnt’t it? Some people just follow their friends to the cafeteria and with the initial thoughts of not eating, they end up eating when they did not even plan to eat. Most of these people end up wasting their food because they are not able to consume a lot. 

This brings to mind the issue of left overs. Left overs in my own words are foods  that are left in plates and bowls after eating. Some people may choose to refer to them as ‘surpluses’.

Sometimes I wonder why people are not able to eat all their food and have to leave some left overs. A friend said “ I am just used to leaving some food in my plate after eating. Whether  I am satisfied or not, I just choose to leave some left over because I am used to it. Amazing right? Below is a photograph of a left over meal:

A left over of Jollof rice and fish

 As an individual, I sometimes wonder what will happen if we all woke up someday and realized there is no food. I ask myself how will humans live? Will there be another alternative? Or maybe God will be our provider. I find no answers to these questions myself. There is this adage  that “ water is life”.

How about food? Shouldn’t it be considered as life as well? I for once sometimes can sometimes wake up and not drink water the whole day but can never wake up and not eat food the whole day.

 I consider water as very significant too though but with water, it sustains humans but does not necessarily make one satisfied.

This is a whole debate on its own I guess. Selorm suggested that if there is no food, she just doesn’t know what she will do. Below is the video ;

 Esther also says she will look up to God if there is no food in the audio below;

 All’s well that that ends well and I know very well a whole lot of people have never thought about what will happen if there was no food. Anyway this is just a  food for thought and the question still remains “ what if there is no food?’’Am out………..