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Curry
Contestants |
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Zereena, age 62,
opened a little restaurant and butcher shop back home in Guyana,
after her husband died and she fell on hard times.I've been cooking since I was 17 years old; younger, too, but I can put together a really good curry since I was 17. My mom learned me to cook, and I can cook everything very good: roti, curry, rice; everything. I had my own slaughterhouse in my yard in Guyana; I'd buy my own cow, my own sheep, my own goat. And from there I start to make pepperpot and souse, and I used to sell it. My husband died in '83, and so I had a rough time, so I sell the beef, and I cook, too, and sell. Back home, we had plenty space, the house was out back, and in front was a little store, with a couple of chairs and tables, and people could sit and eat and some people would come and buy take out. In my village, I was well known for my cooking. There are a lot of secrets to making curry. The real one is that while you cook, you always taste it and add the spices as you go. I didn't win a prize in this contest, though I got a certificate. Everybody was so upset that I did not even get a prize. A lot of people come and say, "Auntie, your duck tastes so nice, how come you don't win a prize?" |