There is this famous story about Gree, the greedy hyena who was invited to a party. On his way, he reached a junction. On the right side, there was an aroma of good food from the venue of the party where he was invited. On the left, there was also good food aroma from a neighbouring homestead. The hyena wanted to go to both places at the same time so he stretched his one foot on the left and the other foot on the right until he split himself into two.
As the Swahili saying goes, ‘mtaka vyote, hukosa vyote’, translated, ‘if you want it all you will loose it all’. Similarly, my Dad narrated a true incident of greedy hyenas that happened when he was growing up in the village. The hyenas terrorized the neighbours and laughed out loud at night. One day, the villagers decided to place some rocks covered with meat at the point where hyenas met that night. The hyenas greedily ate the stones covered with meat. The next morning, the villagers found dead hyenas in the farm. These two stories teach us to be grateful for what we have, not to keep wanting more and more.
Potluck (Bring Your Own Food) Travel tips
Potluck is an event to which each guest contributes a dish. It can be an out
of town get together or a social gathering of family and friends. It has also
been referred to as a Bring Your Own Food (BYOF) or Bring Your Own Dish (BYOD) event. The following are tips when travelling with potluck dishes:-
- If travelling with food bought from the store, leave it sealed until arrival to the potluck event.
- Use double wrapping of food containers to avoid spillage.
- Cushion fragile cutlery to avoid breakage.
- The use of containers which keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold is recommended.
- When serving food you are sampling for the first time, serve in small portions to avoid wastage incase you do not like the taste of the food and will not be able to finish eating the meal.