CLUB75||THEDIARYGAME SEASON 3||LOOKING GOOD IS A NICE BUSINESS, CHALLENGED MYSELF WITH UNUSUALLY LOCAL DELICACY, PREPARED ZOBO FOR THE FAMILY||10% TO @STEEMWOMENSCLUB

in hive-188403 •  3 years ago 

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Hello dear ladies, welcome back to my diary. Narrating how my day went is an exciting thing for me because I try to add something to learn by all.

This time around, I challenged myself to prepare a local delicacy that I have been dreaming to prepare but had not got the chance. Yes, the delicacy requires time and attention but it is not something I had prepared before. It is somehow foreign to me but I challenged myself and got it prepared. The result was great.

How about ladies looking good? What do you think? Well, I think it is a nice business. It goes with happiness and feelings of fulfilment. I do t know about others but I feel great when I am able to take out time out of my busy schedule to look good. See how it went

I had to maintain my club75 status by powering up weekly. Yes,I did powerup my earnings. Let's see how it goes.

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LOOKING GOOD?

Yes, I have been wearing wig since last year. It is much easier for me to just weave my hair and wear wig whenever am going out. I have won that for close to 2 months and I needed a new look.

As an African lady, my hair was due to be relaxed. I already had the relaxer at home so I set out to the saloon to get it retouched. They are my usual hair dressers and as such I don't think of visiting any other saloon. They take proper care of my hair and my broken hair is not strong.

Getting to the saloon, they came around and applied the relaxer as you can see in the pictures below 👇👇

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After having some good time with them, the hair was washed. The relaxer was really good on the hair as it relaxed normal as you can see in the pictures below

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Can you notice the new look? It really makes sense to look good 👍👍👍👍.

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PREPARING A LOCAL DELICACY, I HAD TO CHALLENGE MYSELF TO PREPARE IT

It is called Ikpang. A local delicacy of the Akwaibom and Calabar special. I have been eating it when I am given but have not tried it. Trust me, I had asked how it is prepared and it was narrated to me. I asked severally to learn about different ways to prepare it and the major ingredients to be added. But the day to prepare it wasn't certain anyway.

I decided to give it a trial. I had bought the ingredients beforehand. See what I used

INGREDIENTSQUANTITYAMOUNT IN STEEM
Cocoyam2 portions (20 PCs)1.4 steem
Water yam1 small tuber1 steem
Shell periwinkle2 cups1 steem
Bonga fish4 pics2.1 steem
Potato leaf1 bunch0.7 steem
Roasted ice fish1 medium size3.6 steem
Fresh pepperto taste0.7 steem
Palm oil2 cooking spoonhad it at home (2 Steem)

Salt
Seasoning cube
Crayfish

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PRE-PREPARATION STAGE

  • I peeled the water yam and cocoyam, washed and grated
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  • I washed the fished, for the bonga fish, I removed the flesh and pounded the head and every other part, washed with water and sieved out the unwanted part. Then used the water to start the cooking. So I turned it to the cooking pork
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  • I then washed the shell periwinkle and laid then as foundations in the cooking post

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  • I then wrapped the grated yam and cocoyam with the potato leaf in little portions and laid then inside the pot. Note that I already mixed salt and a little seasoning cube in the grated water yam and cocoyam to give it taste
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  • i placed the pot on fire and it cooked. When it properly cooked, I then added other ingredients including palm oil and before long it was ready.
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Yummy 😋😋😋, I am not an expert but trust me, this one was really yummy. Infact, we emptied the pot that same night

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I PREPARED ZOBO DRINK

My husband bought pineapple which we used for fruit salad. But it was remaining, I thought of preparing zobo drink for my kids. They like it a lot. So, I sent for the zobo leaf and the fruit they call vitamin C. Along with the pineapple, I prepared the zobo. I just washed the leaf into the cooking pot, added the pineapple, the vitamin C and brought to a boil . Then added a little sweetener to it and placed on refrigerator after sieving it.

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CONCLUSION

Tell me how interesting this my diary is? 😃😃😋😋🤗🤗💃. Interesting! Not so? Yes, I will always try to make my diaries as interesting as anything. Hope you enjoyed reading it? Thank you for sharing in my joy of trying something new, looking good and enjoying the zobo drink. Catch you all in my next diary. Hope you won't miss it?🤔🤔🤔. Love 💕💕💕😘😘😘 you all dearly

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Best regards from me
@ngoenyi, African representative.

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Lovely my dear sister, you try very very well, really you are a capable woman, Looking good, cooking Ekpang nkukwo and sobo for the family, you are doing well, but remember to keep my sobo oo @rosenanga

Thank you so much ma'am for reading my diary. I will keep your zobo for you

Hi my dear absolutely brilliant work from you

Thank you dear

It's a wonderful challenge Makin new delicacies,and even more wonderful eating them x😂
@ngoenyi I'll hopefully try making that ikpang when I muster enough courage

It is the courage that matters dear. It took me time to do so. But the efforts are worth it. Just try. Thank you for stopping by

Amazing diary from you ma'am, the best part is that local dish and the zobo drink. I enjoyed it so much. Thank you for providing but and for sharing your diary

Hello please please please please @ngoenyi
help me please i am very worried please approve my 3rd one post please madam.

https://steemit.com/hive-172186/@shahzadrajpoot8/achievement-3-etiquette-content-plagiarism-by-shahzadrajpoot8

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Good day ma, please ma, my Achievement1 is not verified. Please, help for the verification.

introduce myself, achievement1: @innuella

Thanks.

Your new look is really making sense, it makes you look more Younger, you really try to cook the ekpangnkukwo, the food looks so delicious 😋 it's good because variety is the spices of life. Thanks for sharing your day with us.

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Thank you so much dear Sis for reading through. I just gave the food a trial and the result was awesome. Everyone liked it so much.

Wow! I didn't know you haven't try it all this while, it's good that everyone like it.

Wawuu....! This is good...as good as it will taste I know. Looking good is good business really. Well done ma.

Thank you dear sister

You really had an awesome day ma.

Please my achievement 5 task 2 post is not yet verified 🙁.
Achievement 5 Task 2 by @chiomavia : Review Steemscan.com

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This is good indeed, i know it will be very testy, Well done.

Someone is just trying to draw my longer throat here @ngoenyi it's not fair ooo... Anyways, i really love the meal, irrespective of the fact that I'm not there, i know it'll taste nice from the look of the dish. You've got an interesting post here. Please make a post on how to process zobo so that we'll all learn..i really love cooking tho

Alright dear. Thank you so much for reading through. I wished you were close too. I will make out time to treach how to make zobo

Alright ma'am.. and also, in the newcomers community, i made my Achievement 5 task 1 post but it's yet to be verified.. please check it out
https://steemit.com/hive-172186/@delightharris/achievement-5-task-1-by-delightharris-review-steemworld-org

Hello please please please please @ngoenyi
help me please i am very worried please approve my 3rd one post please madam.

https://steemit.com/hive-172186/@shahzadrajpoot8/achievement-3-etiquette-content-plagiarism-by-shahzadrajpoot8

Wow! Your day was very busy. Thanks so much for your good work. My pleasure 😃.

Thank you boss. I appreciate your visit

Hello please please please please @ngoenyi
help me please i am very worried please approve my 3rd one post please madam.

https://steemit.com/hive-172186/@shahzadrajpoot8/achievement-3-etiquette-content-plagiarism-by-shahzadrajpoot8