Update #116: Writing Expedition ✍️||Health/Natural:Eating The Food I Grow

Eating The Food I Grow

INTRODUCTION

Welcome everyone to another week of writing expedition that cuts across various interesting topics for discussion. For my first article this week, I would be discussing about an aspect of nature which has to do with the food crop that I grow.

When you look around, even the blind person walking in the street would notice that the season is all about the harvest of corn. Corn is one of the food commodities that its economic value can not be underestimated.

As the planting season for corn started, I didn't fold my hands as I joined numerous people to go to farm and plant my corn. I know fully well how corn serves well for food if not wanting to sell it to the market. I see it as a potential opportunity to bring food to my table when taking steps plant corn.

Currently, I would really be surprised if anyone tells me he has not eaten corn even the person doesn't have a space to plant it. At least, it is now a available in the market and along the street for one to have it, unless if the person doesn't it corn at all.

Corn is now one of the staple food on the tables of many families. This is because it is available and affordable at the same time.

Just as other people are buying corn from the market, I am harvesting from my farm to sell to the market and retain some to eat as food.

Infact, if you observe carefully, you would notice that whenever the season of corn harvesting is around the corner, the prices of other food commodities like garri tend to come down. People would prefer to eat corn as dinner than spending more money to prepare other food.

For me, I prefer to boil and take it as lunch or dinner. If there is any time I would like to have as breakfast, then it would be on weekends like Saturdays or Sundays.

Corn is a very nutritious food that everyone should crave to eat. It is good and healthy for both adults and kids.

Ways Corn Could Be Eaten As Food
Corn could be prepared as as food in the following ways:

• By boiling
• By roasting
• Prepared as cornmeal

These are just few ways we can prepare corn as to make it as food.

Corn would be one of the many food crops that I would not fail to be growing. This is because of its double-sided advantage. When I grow corn, I sell some and then, have some to keep or eat as food.

I can't just imagine going to the market to buy every food item even the ones that I have little space to produce. So here comes the season for corn. I would eat it like I never had it before. Of course have I have to eat that way because growing food crops is never an easy task to do. So it's my time to enjoy the fruits of what I have labored for, in the past few months.

There are other food crops that I grow which would be harvested as the year progresses. There is no need for me to be rushing to the market for every bit of food item that I need when I have as space where such could planted.