A warm greeting to all steemian of this great community. Hope your day is going well. I am @mbetobongluke and I'm super excited to participate in this contest hosted @steem-cameroon
Let me share with you my best week.

My best day was on Thursday. I have been asking my parents to also send me to the market so I can as well prepare soup for them. My parents told me that this month is my turn that I should wait when the government pays them their monthly salary and that I will get the job done. I waited untill Thursday. On Wednesday evening, my mother received an alert and told me to write list of what I want to cook against tomorrow. Me being my first time cooking for the family, I was wondering what to write. I love water leaf and melon soup so dearly but I don't know what can make up the soup. I then go for water leaf and melon soup because that's my favorite soup. That night, I had to browse on phone 🤳 the ingredients needed for such soup. But goggles did not give me what I needed. I had to call one of my female friends to text me those ingredients for the soup. She texted me 15 minutes later, and I recopy it on paper to my mom.
My mum was so amazed by the list and wondered who wrote the list for me.

The following day, she gave me N14,000 in case of contingency.
She told me to first of all, cut water leaf from our backyard garden and buy the one in the market as well so it can be much. In which I did same.

Before going to the market, I first of all prepare breakfast for the family because today was my turn to cook. I prepared ripe plantain with noodles and fry egg as sauce for the family.
This one was an easy task because I do this often.

At around 10;15 in the morning, I went to the market to buy the food stuff. In reaching there, I realized prices of food stuff has gone up skyrockely. I had to call my mom that am in short of money that the money she gave me has finished. She laughed me over the phone and said I should managed the money. I was confused, if she's laughing over my ignorance. I knew very well if I don't buy the necessary items for the soup, the soup will not go well. I had to withdraw my money and add up to buy the remaining ingredients. Coming back, I was somehow upset and somehow happy because this was my first time cooking for the family.
These are the items I bought.

Before starting to prepare the food, I told my mom to excuse me from the kitchen that I will do it myself. When my mom left and sat at the parlour, I brought out my phone and did a video call with my female friend to tell me the necessary things to do.
Why in it, she told me to start by steaming the meat with ingredients like seasonings, In which I deed.

A Tough task for me.

After that, she then told me to cut the water leaf. This was the toughest thing in the journey of soup. I couldn't cut it myself. I had to call my mom to come assist me and cut the water leaf. But my mom refuses. Instead, she told me to cut it myself that if the knife 🔪 cut my hand, it's part of the learning process. Since I didn't have an option, I had to summon courage and cut it myself. It took me over an hour before I could finish cutting the water leaf.

Since any other cutting stuff wasn't available, I kickstart the cooking. Why in video call with the girl, she told me the step in cooking the soup.
I spent almost 5 hours preparing the soup.

My mom told me to use firewood and cook the soup that, that's the best. & the food will have a different taste compared to an electric stove or gas cylinder.
I set the firewood myself and get the food done in less than 5 hours.

It was a tough but happy moment in my life.
My mom applauded me for the soup, and said the soup tasted nice. But the salt was a little bit much.
This happens to be my best week.

I would love the following friends to participate in this contest

@joymm
@kere-blessing
@abi24