This year I could not go to my rural home as usual due to the pandemic, the best option was to celebrate the Easter weekend with my other family members based in Gauteng. Normally, we would go to our rural home in KwaZulu-Natal and have a ceremony – a traditional ceremony and cook traditional food (we normally slaughter an animal).
Since the start of the COVID-19 and subsequent lockdowns, my diet has changed since I pay more for food compared to before. I love veggies but it seems as if they cost more than meat now. Unfortunately, since I stay in an apartment on the second floor, I’m unable to start a veggie garden. I am forced to buy from the shop.
Cupboard with dried goods including maize meal, flour and rice
Food cupboard with condiments, tins of tuna, beans and tomato and onion
Food cupboard with vegetable oil, brown onion soup, salad dressings, chutney and mayonnaise
Food cupboard with biscuits, oats, potato chips and fruit juice
Fridge with feta cheese, yogurt, cheese, polony, bacon, coke light and fruit juice
My fridge door with eggs, fruit juice, salad dressing and banana
The food is ready for everyone to dig in
Dishing up breakfast for myself and my cousins
Making a special eastern breakfast (bacon, egg, sausage, beans, mushrooms and brown bread with fruit juice)
Breakfast preparation – me chopping veggies
We had a traditional family picnic since we could not be at the rural home as usual.
Me dishing for myself. I am wearing my traditional clothing.
