If I were to save humanity with food in the case of an alien invasion, I would prepare jollof rice. Offering the aliens jollof rice would be the best gesture ever.
I have loved jollof rice ever since I can remember. If I'm good at anything, it is preparing jollof rice. I do it with so much passion and carefulness. I try to make it as perfect as possible. I can say I learned from the best, my mum.
My jollof rice is really amazing, but I'm nowhere close to her when it comes to preparing jollof rice. To most people, their mother's cooking is the best. In this case, my mother's dish, especially jollof rice, is one I can never get tired of. Perhaps it's because of her that I developed so much love for jollof rice.
In my opinion, Jollof rice is a universal food. It is an integral delicacy in several African countries. Anyone can eat jollof rice, and be glad they did.
Jollof rice is one of the dishes people can eat every day without getting tired. In Nigeria, it is one of the most popular foods, if not the most popular. It is served on virtually every occasion, no matter the kind of occasion it is. As a matter of fact, an occasion is not complete if jollof rice is not served.
I don't think I have met anyone who confessed to not liking jollof rice. It would be the weirdest thing ever.
I have no doubt in my mind that aliens would love it. It is a universal food after all. Jollof rice is simple to prepare. Perhaps that's an extra advantage. Preparing jollof rice involves cooking tomato sauce together with rice. You can add spices to your taste.
Making Jollof rice for the aliens would even earn me favour in the eyes. This is because the jollof rice combination I would serve them would be mind-blowing.
Jollof rice is one of the few dishes that can be served with a wide variety of things. Jollof rice can go with any kind of meat, ranging from chicken to turkey and even beef. It can even go with fish, whether fried, roasted or any other type. When it comes to vegetables, it is common knowledge that jollof rice is perfect with vegetables. It just adds to the fact that jollof rice is a very healthy food.
Jollof rice can be taken with bananas. It can be eaten with proteins like beans. It can also be taken fried plantains. In fact, when it comes to jollof rice, the possibilities are so many.
I believe that food is indeed the way to anybody's heart. Prepare a well cooked meal for anyone in a bad mood, and that person's mood will improve. In the unlikely event of an alien invasion, I am confident that serving them an amazing dish like jollof rice would get them to spare us.
In fact, I think they would even become friends with us, and they would try to learn how such a wonderful meal is prepared.