Who will save us?

By Francis Ewherido

I used to buy walnuts, especially from hawkers. But I noticed that if I buy a pack of seven walnuts, as many as three could be spoilt. Apparently, the sellers pack freshly cooked walnuts with stale ones. The most frustrating aspect was that I would crack and be chewing two good ones and by the time I crack the third one and throw into my mouth, I would notice it is bad.

Meanwhile, it had mixed up with the two previous good ones. I am then forced to spit out everything. Then I changed strategy and started buying and cooking raw walnuts, but it was too much…