Childhood Tastes
We all eat every day. Different foods, different flavors, and different ways of cooking become part of our daily lives. From childhood to adulthood, we taste countless kinds of food. Yet sometimes, certain flavors stay with us. not because they were extraordinary, but because they become tied to a specific memory. For me, there is one particular combination that reminds me of loneliness a small carton of milk and black pepper cassava chips . There was a period during my junior high school years when I lived alone. Like many teenagers, I spent a lot of money on snacks. I can't remember exactly how or why I ended up choosing that particular combination, but somehow it became my go to food. Even now, the taste brings me back to those quiet evenings. I picture myself sitting alone in the living room, eating cassava chips and drinking milk while the house sat silent around me. Even as a 27 year old adult, I still can't completely separate that feeling from those foods. Whenever I t...