Posted on 02/01/2007 5:37:07 PM PST by planetearthling
ORANGO ISLAND, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- He was 14 when the girl entered his grass-covered hut and placed a plate in front of him containing an ancient recipe.
Like all men on this African isle, Carvadju Jose Nananghe knew exactly what it meant. Refusing was not an option. His heart pounding, he lifted the steaming fish to his lips, agreeing in one bite to marry the girl.
"I had no feelings for her," said Nananghe, now 65. "Then when I ate this meal, it was like lightning. I wanted only her."
In this archipelago of 50 islands of pale blue water off the western rim of Africa, it's women, not men, who choose. They make their proposals public by offering their grooms-to-be a dish of distinctively prepared fish, marinated in red palm oil.
It's the equivalent of a man bending on one knee and offering a woman a diamond ring, except that in one of the world's matriarchal cultures, it's women that do the asking, and once they have, men are powerless to say no.
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It's for mechanical reasons, but please be my guest and tell the people why she is pulling him by the hair and not the feet.
So his butt wont fill up with dirt.
LMAO
Oh that's just mean.....................ewwwwwwww........
I'm allergic to most seafood...if I can't keep the meal down does that get me out of the marriage?
LOL
Hi Honey!
Something smells fishy about the whole deal..........But I'm not carping about it. I just don't want to lose my sole. I just commented for the halibut. So don't be so crabby. At least they don't have the old "cave man" ways of conch-ing people over the head and dragging them away.......................;^)
Most seafood allergies stem from something the seafood ate, not the seafood itself. A tiny plankton like animal that some fish and shellfish ingest contains a toxin that makes humans break out and swell up like they had a severe rash. It happens to me every now and then. I still eat seafood, but try to stay with farm raised fish and shrimp, and crabs.........Less likely to make me look like a GEICO caveman the next day........
Eggs Benedict.
Making a nice dinner is one thing -- letting it be known that you also make a great breakfast, now that's taking it to another level.
"I just landed a second husband."
And your first husband's reaction was...? LOL!
I'm just sayin'.
I snared mine with grilled steak that had marinated overnight in olive oil, a little soy sauce, fresh minced garlic and freshly grated ginger.
We celebrate 37 years TODAY. Yep, we got married on groundhog day!
Congratulations! And Happy Anniversary!
>>>And your first husband's reaction was...? LOL!
Shhh, I've not broken the news yet :))
Happy Anniversary!
:))
That may be, although I've been sick about 60 to 70% of the time I've eaten seafood...at this point the smell of fish reminds me of being sick, so I just pass on it. (no pun intended).
Freshwater fish and shellfish don't seem to have the problems of saltwater seafood.........
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