Trudy, I’m not sure plants will survive without sunlight. Covering them all day with cardboard may not be the best idea. I think you should plant them in small pots /containers 🫙 and shelter them maybe on your patio/ veranda and then when they are more established, you can transplant it into the garden. Also watch some gardening videos on TH-cam for more ideas. All the best.
😊you have flown your dad and bro to Ghana, you did it for granny to mombasa, sis in law to Mombasa....building for dad and aunty....such an amazing soul....and your husband literally flies to kenya to pick baba for Ghana
I'm a Ghanaian and I buy collard greens and kale from shoprite, Achimata mall. Secondly not everybody likes pepper in Ghana. Please tell them to reduce the pepper a bit more so that you and your family can enjoy the food.
Aaaa it’s too much.. my dad who is full fledged Ghanaian Connor tolerate that much pepper. We like pepper doesn’t mean put all the pepper you find at the market in your food
I don't think the pepper is too much I think its because they don't add pepper to their foods so he's not used to it. I believe a Ghanaian will take that soup without any struggle
@@nanaabena1882 if they don’t add pepper to their food why will you cook for them and add pepper, they could have totally take that pepper out so they can enjoy the food, the pepper will not change the soup it only makes it hot in the tongue
I am from Barbados 🇧🇧 and I had fufu at Nzulezo last year; ate it with my hands only, did NOT chew -- only swallowed, and all that. 👍 Surprisingly, it's a lot like coucou in Barbados floating in an ocean of gravy. I felt like I went to my grandmother's home. Ghana 🇬🇭, baby!!!❤
thumbs up for the nice lady from Kumasi who helped you guys so much, may the Lord bless her 🙏I love Foufou and I love food with chilly - greetings from Germany
As a Ghanaian it’s perfectly fine not to like Ghana fufu, Miss Trudy. The texture takes time to get used to. We’re not offended at all. It was interesting watching your dad trying it. Also that bowl of vegetables was so colorful before it got blended. 😍 and it was so interesting listening to your garden dreams. Can’t wait to see you bring it to life. All in all it was a lovely video.
Maximum respect Trudy. I’m Nigerian with a beautiful Kenyan wife, Ghana & Nigerian cuisine has a lot in common. Your dad is a superhero. I like the way he dealt with the pepper soup, especially the chicken. ❤❤
Hi Trudy. I'm from Trinidad 🇹🇹. My two favorite Ghanian dishes are Kinkey (fermented cornmeal) and Peanut soup (cooked without Magi). Be sure to check with your dad's Nephrologist before giving him any food. Generally, I find most African foods are high in potassium, sodiun, protein, and sugars ... which are usually monitored in kidney conditions. Continue to take care of your dad. You are a loving and caring daughter. Sending Trini love 🇹🇹.
@edwardavee, you are referring to West African foods which are completely different from Southern and East African regions. I'm from Southern Africa region and our food is nothing like West African food. Our food is similar to East African food. We cook different, our dishes are simple, less spicy and VERY lean. We hardly cook with lots of oil and we do not use palm oil in our dishes. We eat lots of different fish, chicken and occasionally beef, and when we cook, we do not mix our protein together. We cook each protein separate, chicken by itself and fish by itself. In West Africa they mix their protein together in one dish!!Our meals are always served with vegetables. Infact, Our meal is not complete without a side of vegetables. We eat cornmeal which is similar to ugali or "fufu". And we only eat rice on special occasions. Lastly, we hardly eat fast food or junk food, as these are completely expensive and out of reach for most people. Only people with money consume "Fast Food". Overall, there is a reason why the lifespan of West African are amongst the lowest in Africa. Perhaps, diet and other environmental factors has something to do with it.
@@berthekabwe871 We don't always mix the protein. For example, we can cook chicken stew or chicken light soup, where chicken is solely used. The same thing applies with beef, goat, and fish, where these proteins are solely used for stews and soups.
Mixing of different proteins is fairly new. I didn't see this growing up. Only thing is that for certain dishes especially those made with red meat we must add Smoked fish, which is one of our major ingredients in many of our sources. West African food when prepared the way our ancestors did, without the jumbo, seasonings, over Mixing of different proteins is very healthy. I think we in the diaspora tend to cook it the unhealthy way. Vacation back home I have healthy and consistent bowel movements, lose of excess weight and healthy complexion. You won't find obesity as a problem in West Africa. Minor diseases including communicable diseases and lack of health care services is the reason low Life expectancy in West Africa. We do eat a lot of vegetables just not in the way others include them in their meals. Covid-19 came and found West Africans too strong to mess with and ran away. My people are strong, healthy and our food when cooked the way it is cooked by non diasporans is world class❤❤❤❤
Hi Trudy the mortar and pestle are availble in east africa, i can speak for Uganda, and is used for pounding ground nuts, dry cassava, millet, grains etc. Though with modernity the automated machines are taking over.
My advice pls dont completely cover thé sukuma, they need constant supply of sunlight. For them not to dry up just surround thé ground around with leaves or grass for thé ground to maintain moisture. As a seed bed just raise thé Shelter much higher to allow Proper circulation of air around thé plant leaves. You can use some wood poles to raise thé Shelter.
Give the plants more water and cover the plants with dry grass under the plants inorder to provide the sun from reaching the soil. Give those plants egg water or banana peeling water or rice water
Hello Miss Trudy , I appreciate seeing your garden. I also like gardening. Infact , food or vegetables from your own garden can be very tasty . I want to chip a little advice concerning your garden, You don't cover your crops up the way you did, because heat will kill must of your crops . It's better for the sun to be there than the heat . You just get to water your crops very well early in the morning, and late in the evening. The water will cool down your crops and it will do well.
Pllant the scuma in pots ,also add some manure and work it into the soil ,don't add too much at one time it will burn the plants. The blue net is good you just need to raise it off the plants and allow the air to flow
8:11 - That’s same as how I feel as a Jamaican🇯🇲 in Tanzania 🇹🇿, there is no ackee here and you have to travel far to get breadfruit. I hear that there is nuff ackee ina Ghana 🇬🇭
For the sukumas to thrive they need sunlight,so don't cover them. Do mulching use grass and manure to make the ground moist. You can also do drip irrigation to ensure sufficient flow of water to the plants.
FYI: Miss Trudy, Light soup isn’t the same as pepper soup from Nigeria. Even though the woman told you in the beginning that they aren’t the same, you kept calling it pepper soup. Light soup is vegetable based soup while Nigerian pepper is dry spice based soup. Ghana doesn’t call light soup pepper soup.
@@carolines6195 give her a break for what exactly? Correcting Trudy’s confusion on the differences of the two soups is a problem for you then go and burn the sea 🌊. Because I don’t see why she should continue being ignorant about the food of the country she resides when the people who know can correct her. Moreover she has no problem with being corrected and that’s what is important. Really.
Trudy you've also done amazing things in the past for example, do you remember there was a Mother's Day that you went to surprise a woman and her children with lots of shopping. You literally took her to a supermarket and asked her to pick whatever she wanted, again you went to another less privileged estate and knocked at strangers houses with shopping, and there are many other such things that you did. I thank the lady from Kumasi for her kindness.
Trudy, sending you love from Nigeria. You're doing amazing things. You're such a blessing . Your dad makes me remember my late dad who was a gentleman to the core. As for Nigerians and their meals preparations, you know Nigeria has more than 200 tribes/ethnic nationalities that have different cuisines they're known for. Trudy I suggest that you prepare dad's meals without pepper,pls.
Ms Trudy food looks delicious!!! Dad is not used to hot pepper😅 you are doing so well creating good memories with Dad. Much love from Botswana ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Trudy get the branches of a palm tree, as many as possible, then get some sticks of 1.5m - 2m each, plant the sticks in the soil to be very firm and strong. Mount the palm branches unto it to create a shade over your plants. And with that you'll have to water morning and evening, then you get happy plants.
Pepper soup and light soup are similar but not the same. Pepper soup is from Nigeria and they don't add garden eggs to it. Ghana light soup uses more vegetables... Tomatoes, garden eggs, carrots, turkey berries, etc. based on preferences
😂the pepper err Trudy said welcome to West Africa yes oo.God bless the lady who gifted you the kitchen stuff and good job to the ladies who did the cooking. It looked appetising .
Greetings, queen I just love to see the relationship you have with your daddy Continue to show him love and appreciation coming from a queen who recently loss her daddy Blessings queen
Trudy, a suggestion to grow your kayle in pots planters first to get Veg's stronger then move pots out of sun when too hot. Then plant them in your garden. Hope this helps❤
In the Caribbean we don’t make fufu. We make cocoo from corn meal that we boil in water and add coconut water. Some people add ochro and stir it off and on until it’s done. It’s usually soft when it’s finished and hardens when cold.
First time watching your vlog. Beautiful. Please tell your people to reduce the pepper because it’s too much. I’m Ghanaian and so proud of people who adapt and respect other cultures ❤️❤️❤️. You earned a new follower. Also to take your fufu the scissors ✂️ way. Using your index finger and middle finger to cut through the fufu neatly. Also to swallow and not chew
@@bismarkadu-num5834 This is how our mums used to advise or scold us when we needed talking to. Sometimes they used it as an opportunity to connect and know what was happening in our lives. The fufu pounding process is a whole social event😊
Here in California, I cut small tree branches with green leaves and stick them on the sides due to hot weather. To cover them with cartons might make them die.
Miss Trudy i remember a video of Caroline Mutuko saying you will go far now look at you..congrats yaani first video i watch of you is you acting as a matatu tout in Nairobi now we are flying to jamaica, Ghana, NY and many more.. congrats 🎉🎉❤
Am I the only one who thinks blocking sunlight from a plant is a bad idea? Miss Trudy, you might want to water them more often to keep them cool instead of cutting their food supply, which is the sun. Plants need sunlight.
That is very true she should rather water them late evenings and early mornings, and they will do well. However, the watering should be done in moderation.
A small inexpensive green house structure would be great idea for that particular space for kale, that way it still receive sunlight and if its too hot, provide fan with drizling water.
You've done well by bringing your dad to Ghana to taste our Ghanaian dishes, i am really proud of you 😘😃 and we Ghanaian's love you and your family sooooo much 😘😘😘😍❤️😍❤️🙏👌😃
Trudy you should have prepared him b4 trying any West Africa dish. Our food is spicy. But I admire your relationship with your dad. Thank you and congratulations.
Hello Trudy, the best way to grow sukuma during hot or dry weather is planting it in perforated plastic tins or bottles. It becomes easier to irrigate and manage them. You can as well decide to shift the tins to a shady place when it becomes so hot.
Hi Ms. Trudy!! People react differently to foods. It's only normal. A lot of African dishes are very tasty my goodness. Yet there are african foods that aren't appetising depending on the person. And that's perfectly normal. For me I don't like eggs no way and anything with an egg texture, no way. The Fufu looks very tender. For me it'll have to be chewy, stiff. It's ok if its flavor is bland because the stew and chicken would compensate for that nicely I'd imagine. I'll try it definitely and if it's ok, I'll keep you posted🤗🤗😀😀. Very very nice. Please keep coming out with more vlogs
But in the event that we did which some do, she does not need to be so negative about it considering her husband is from Ghana. Even if she does not like it, she does not need to say it’s disgusting
Miss Trudy..get seedlings and start your sukuma business. Once they start to eat, they will be your huge market. Also, introduce Chapati and mandazi, and I guarantee you a huge markets as well. Don't forget to give me my commission after.
Please note that every tribe cooks differently in Ghana. Not all Ghanaian tribes put all sorts of beef or chicken together into one pot to prepare soup or gravy.
@@kilimanjaroflavour Note that we also cook various stews and soups without mixing the proteins in one pot. For example, we cook chicken stew or soup, where chicken is solely used. The same thing applies to beef, goat, and fish. We also find it wierd that you guys cook without much spice and pepper. Your food is bland.
@@MissTrudyyMiss Trudy, try not to refer to any cultural food as "disgusting" like I think I heard you say in the video. It's different from how you cook, but as a public figure, your words are scrutinize. Keep up the good content and all the best to you and Maya.
Trudy my dear the more u cover them the more heat, just water them early in the morning before the sun comes out, don't water them in the evening because the soil is very hot so all the roots are cooked off
Daddy said Poo Poo😂😂😂😂, he is not use to it, his face is very funny😂😂😂. Enjoyed the cooking process and your dad said Byeeeee with tears😂😂😂. Sorry papa❤❤❤
As a Kenyan married in DRC, Kinshasa, I normally get my kale seeds from Kenya. Next time someone visits you tell them to get you the kale seeds. Dad tried though coming all the way with the sukuma wiki. Water your kales in the morning and in the evening everyday.
I think adding plenty mulch (like dry hay or the like) between the skumawiki should help keep moisture in the ground. Also planting other taller crops between (maybe okra and/or mahindi/corn/maize) may help provide more shade and maybe a fruit tree
Your Dad is enjoying his stay in Ghana. You can try planting your vegetables in a mobile vertical garden planter aka stackable pots. They are easily transferable and can be moved away from sunlight. They are useful for homes with limited garden spaces.
Trudy, it's referred to as light soup more than pepper soup. In point of fact, it's hardly called pepper soup in Ghana. Nigerians are the ones who normally call it pepper soup.
Great video! However, there was no need to boil the vegetables, you could of blended them directly. Personally, I feel it loses the freshness and the nutrients when you boil it. Love the video ❤🙏🏾
Grow them in doors in a flower pot. Once they are fully grown, then ?wtransfer them outside. You might need to spray them with insect spray to prevent the insect from eating the leaves.
Mrs. Tudy, Suggustion: Please try planting your Sukuma (Collard Green) in containers. Therefore, you can move the Sukumu containers when needed. "Sukuma is an East African dish made with collard greens, known as sukuma, cooked with onions and spices. It is often served and eaten with ugali (made from maize flour)."
@@MissTrudyy You are welcome. I use potting soil in my Sukuma containers. Also, I have placed the Sukuma containers on the side of my house. My Sukuma plant is growing in large quantities.🥬🥬. I live in a HOT climate. The temperature is 90 degrees now. FYI: ▪︎"Like all vegetables, collards like full sun, but they will tolerate partial shade as long as they get the equivalent of 4 to 5 hours of sun to bring out their full flavor. Plant in fertile soil because collards should grow fast to produce tender leaves."
Nigerians can be creative with various ingredients for soups but Light Soup is a Ghana Tingo. Pounding Fufu is done with Rhythm, you pound to the beat. God bless your friend who gifted many great cooking appliances💞
Jamaicans in the country side grew up using mortar back in the older days,and we use more than one meat in our soup,but we don't mix fish with the meat when we make soup,and we don't eat snails
How is the baby, give us update on her growing. Pray we made it to Ghana for October 2024, God will be done. Looking forward to this. Thanks for sharing with us all
I think West African countries has a much bigger variety of food selection than any other African countries, I have eaten South African food and it was delicious, when someone is going to the store and pick up meat, and can come back and cook it, and it comes out with so much flavor, like they marinated that meat, that person is good, and I enjoyed all the food I have eaten while visiting South Africa...Now with Ethiopian cuisine the sides and meat are so nicely season and DELICIOUS, I love it but that injera I hate that with a passion and they give more of that injera that the sides and meat...I have eaten Nigeria and Ghana jollof rice both are good, I have eaten the fufu also and I like it, everyone do things differently, I just feel that pounding is to much work for me, but to eat it's own, I don't care how much people pound that fufu, I just can't get myself to just swallow it, without chewing, but that their culture, my teeth is my grinders, I have eaten cassava in many ways even cassava bread, I'm not a big fan of cassava bread, but it is unique to me and I enjoyed it very much, I have also eaten plantain in all kind of different ways...one of the best ways I have eaten the plantain is the way my mom cook this plantain lasagna SO DELICIOUS...It is called Pastelón, but she cook the whole thing on the stovetop very unique, I can't do it that way at all...I put mind in the oven and hers take better than mind...so I understand Maya when he say pounding the fufu is more delicious than using tech...But I'm so happy that lady gave you all those appliances to make your life easier...You and your dad does not like the fufu, and it's ok everyone has different taste buds...It's like how you went crazy over Jamaican beef patties, I have eaten Jamaican patties so many times, but I prefer eating patties that I can see the ground beef instead of that beef patties that look like a hot mess inside, I can't tell if it is beef or not, it like mash peas or beans...I prefer their veggie patties or even the chicken ones...But again to eat it's own...Kenya has little variety of food especially sides, but some area cook much better than others...And that is every where you go, as you travel the Caribbean you see and taste some of the different cuisines...Like T&T has a more of an Indian influence like Kenya in their cuisine, and Jamaican has a more West Africa influences but every where is still so different and unique...so cook with seasonings, others a bland, while other are so overload with one thing, whether it be too much pepper, salt, or grease...while others cooking is so well put together and everything is deliciously done.
Hi Trudy, I think the cartoon is adding more heat, if you can get strong poles and put in then lay dried grass kind of a raised bed usually a nursery bed to help cool them down
Trudy, you are doing great. Keep on keeping on. Don't give up on your gardening. Please mulch all your crops. When you cover the soil,you allow the ground to cool down and retain moisture.😊
Jjambo trudy🖐️, just fill water in a bottle, pop a small hole on the bottle top and burry it upside down near the sukuma roots, it will be driping water drops slowly throughout and your kales will never lack water. Then make sure yo do mulching using light dry leaves like dry grass around the plant to retain the water.and instead of covering the plant using those heavy materials, use some bigger leaves covering around the sukuma. Thank me later!
Your skuma lacks manure and water. We call that "Covo'' in Zimbabwe🇿🇼. We also can't live without this vegetable, it is very special😅. Though we have so many vegetables
@@narratormago2113 True that. On every Zimbabwean household in the diaspora there is a garden of covo, actually all types of vegetables. We love organic things
Light soup is Ghanaian.pepersoup is Nigerian they don’t include garden eggs in theirs. Trudy I suggest you get one of the large flower pots and plant about 4 kale seedlings per pot and place the pot in a shade and cover with mesh supported by sticks forming a canopy. I have planted Kale and many foreign greens in the past and that is what I did. You can plant strawberries too . If they in beds on the ground they succumb to pests easily like tinny snails and bugs. I am talking way back in the 80s
helolooo Darling sis. Great plan for making backyard garden. Please try raising the plants in a separate container in a shade. After you see that it's settled in the pot or container, that's when I take them to the ground in the soil. Please do this only in the late afternoons. N water them. Applied to all plants. Good luck darling
@@MissTrudyy yes, breadfruit is very common across the Caribbean but this practice was done by the older folks growing up. The young folks don't do it.
Trudy I am proud that you are introducing your dad to Ghanaian food especially fufu. It’s good that you wanted him to eat it the traditional way but I am glad he chose to eat it with spoon. I grew up seeing some of my uncles eating fufu with spoon. Don’t apologize because not all Ghanaians eat fufu. I have never eaten fufu in my 50+ years. I admire your dad’s honesty about the food. He likes the soup abut not too fun of the fufu itself. Kudos
@@lily.9802 In my own family my mum and siblings enjoyed eating fufu well but my dad and I have not eaten fufu in our lives. Even though I can pound it with the woma (pestle) and navigate the cassava and the plantain is the woduro (mortar).
I just love dad. He is such a calm, loving, caring human
Trudy, I’m not sure plants will survive without sunlight. Covering them all day with cardboard may not be the best idea. I think you should plant them in small pots /containers 🫙 and shelter them maybe on your patio/ veranda and then when they are more established, you can transplant it into the garden. Also watch some gardening videos on TH-cam for more ideas. All the best.
Cartons was laughing hard
😊you have flown your dad and bro to Ghana, you did it for granny to mombasa, sis in law to Mombasa....building for dad and aunty....such an amazing soul....and your husband literally flies to kenya to pick baba for Ghana
Awwwwwww, thanks. We thank God
MISS TRUDY PLEASE DON'T LET YOUR DAD EAT PAPER BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTH CONDITION 🙏
Once you catch one plant its ok you will not loose the plant. You judt keep breaking ans plant.😊
@@MissTrudyy
Mzee anasema gaki gaki eh banto nyariraa buana
She also bought his cuzo Becky a ticket to Ghana, and bought his brother a car❤
I'm a Ghanaian and I buy collard greens and kale from shoprite, Achimata mall.
Secondly not everybody likes pepper in Ghana. Please tell them to reduce the pepper a bit more so that you and your family can enjoy the food.
Aaaa it’s too much.. my dad who is full fledged Ghanaian Connor tolerate that much pepper. We like pepper doesn’t mean put all the pepper you find at the market in your food
Very true
I don't think the pepper is too much I think its because they don't add pepper to their foods so he's not used to it. I believe a Ghanaian will take that soup without any struggle
@@nanaabena1882 if they don’t add pepper to their food why will you cook for them and add pepper, they could have totally take that pepper out so they can enjoy the food, the pepper will not change the soup it only makes it hot in the tongue
Trudy, garden eggs is what other people call eggplant.
I am from Barbados 🇧🇧 and I had fufu at Nzulezo last year; ate it with my hands only, did NOT chew -- only swallowed, and all that. 👍 Surprisingly, it's a lot like coucou in Barbados floating in an ocean of gravy. I felt like I went to my grandmother's home. Ghana 🇬🇭, baby!!!❤
Thank you@ look at how what other Africans natives are behaving
We actually make coucou also in Ghana. We call it banku. The first time I had it I felt like I was back home ❤️
Sukuma is definitely not kale!
Wow that’s good
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The lady that surprised you, is God-sent, pass my regards and God bless her more! Good job Trudy
thumbs up for the nice lady from Kumasi who helped you guys so much, may the Lord bless her 🙏I love Foufou and I love food with chilly - greetings from Germany
As a Ghanaian it’s perfectly fine not to like Ghana fufu, Miss Trudy. The texture takes time to get used to. We’re not offended at all. It was interesting watching your dad trying it. Also that bowl of vegetables was so colorful before it got blended. 😍 and it was so interesting listening to your garden dreams. Can’t wait to see you bring it to life. All in all it was a lovely video.
Maximum respect Trudy. I’m Nigerian with a beautiful Kenyan wife, Ghana & Nigerian cuisine has a lot in common. Your dad is a superhero. I like the way he dealt with the pepper soup, especially the chicken. ❤❤
Hi Trudy. I'm from Trinidad 🇹🇹. My two favorite Ghanian dishes are Kinkey (fermented cornmeal) and Peanut soup (cooked without Magi). Be sure to check with your dad's Nephrologist before giving him any food. Generally, I find most African foods are high in potassium, sodiun, protein, and sugars ... which are usually monitored in kidney conditions. Continue to take care of your dad. You are a loving and caring daughter. Sending Trini love 🇹🇹.
@edwardavee, you are referring to West African foods which are completely different from Southern and East African regions. I'm from Southern Africa region and our food is nothing like West African food. Our food is similar to East African food. We cook different, our dishes are simple, less spicy and VERY lean. We hardly cook with lots of oil and we do not use palm oil in our dishes. We eat lots of different fish, chicken and occasionally beef, and when we cook, we do not mix our protein together. We cook each protein separate, chicken by itself and fish by itself. In West Africa they mix their protein together in one dish!!Our meals are always served with vegetables. Infact, Our meal is not complete without a side of vegetables. We eat cornmeal which is similar to ugali or "fufu". And we only eat rice on special occasions. Lastly, we hardly eat fast food or junk food, as these are completely expensive and out of reach for most people. Only people with money consume "Fast Food". Overall, there is a reason why the lifespan of West African are amongst the lowest in Africa. Perhaps, diet and other environmental factors has something to do with it.
You are so kind… Thanks for sharing!!
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@@berthekabwe871 We don't always mix the protein. For example, we can cook chicken stew or chicken light soup, where chicken is solely used. The same thing applies with beef, goat, and fish, where these proteins are solely used for stews and soups.
Mixing of different proteins is fairly new. I didn't see this growing up. Only thing is that for certain dishes especially those made with red meat we must add Smoked fish, which is one of our major ingredients in many of our sources. West African food when prepared the way our ancestors did, without the jumbo, seasonings, over Mixing of different proteins is very healthy. I think we in the diaspora tend to cook it the unhealthy way. Vacation back home I have healthy and consistent bowel movements, lose of excess weight and healthy complexion. You won't find obesity as a problem in West Africa. Minor diseases including communicable diseases and lack of health care services is the reason low Life expectancy in West Africa. We do eat a lot of vegetables just not in the way others include them in their meals. Covid-19 came and found West Africans too strong to mess with and ran away. My people are strong, healthy and our food when cooked the way it is cooked by non diasporans is world class❤❤❤❤
My darling Trudy I waited patiently for more content with your dad please keep them coming give my love to your dad …nuff love❤❤❤❤❤❤ from 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
More to come!
Hi Trudy the mortar and pestle are availble in east africa, i can speak for Uganda, and is used for pounding ground nuts, dry cassava, millet, grains etc. Though with modernity the automated machines are taking over.
I can speak for Kenyan coast and ukambani used for Muthokoi
These are the memories that last forever. Enjoy the time with your dad miss trudy ❤
Awwwwww! So true! ❤️
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@MissTrudyy there's a filtration idea you could use to grow your vegetables
My advice pls dont completely cover thé sukuma, they need constant supply of sunlight. For them not to dry up just surround thé ground around with leaves or grass for thé ground to maintain moisture. As a seed bed just raise thé Shelter much higher to allow Proper circulation of air around thé plant leaves. You can use some wood poles to raise thé Shelter.
Creating memories 😂❤. He'll have so much to tell the family back in Kenya 😂❤
I know! Right? 😄
😂😂😂
Give the plants more water and cover the plants with dry grass under the plants inorder to provide the sun from reaching the soil.
Give those plants egg water or banana peeling water or rice water
Hello Miss Trudy , I appreciate seeing your garden.
I also like gardening. Infact , food or vegetables from your own garden can be very tasty .
I want to chip a little advice concerning your garden,
You don't cover your crops up the way you did, because heat will kill must of your crops . It's better for the sun to be there than the heat . You just get to water your crops very well early in the morning, and late in the evening.
The water will cool down your crops and it will do well.
OMg! Great advice! Thank you! I will totally work on that
Hi ! In St Lucia we use it as well .. We make cocoa sticks and my grandmother used it to pound breadfruit and other vegetables.
The lady who flooded Miss Trudy's kichen with kitchen utensils etc, God richly bless you
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Pllant the scuma in pots ,also add some manure and work it into the soil ,don't add too much at one time it will burn the plants. The blue net is good you just need to raise it off the plants and allow the air to flow
Ghanaians are very kind people.....i have friends from there, some of the most kindest hearts i have ever met...
Of course we’re Ghana 🇬🇭 is one of the best place to visit in Africa
8:11 - That’s same as how I feel as a Jamaican🇯🇲 in Tanzania 🇹🇿, there is no ackee here and you have to travel far to get breadfruit. I hear that there is nuff ackee ina Ghana 🇬🇭
So much work for a meal, southern Africans dont relate. But it’s however interesting to see what other cultures do. Great vlog
That's why it taste so much better
26:00 : Aaaaauw @Miss Trudy. It is so good to see your Dad doing well. May our Good LORD Grant him long healthy life. 😊
Thank you so much for the kitchen appliances you gave to Trudy and Maya
For the sukumas to thrive they need sunlight,so don't cover them. Do mulching use grass and manure to make the ground moist. You can also do drip irrigation to ensure sufficient flow of water to the plants.
You need a green house for your vegetables to grow properly. Your soil does not look rich enough for vegetables. Add more organic soil to your soil.
FYI: Miss Trudy, Light soup isn’t the same as pepper soup from Nigeria. Even though the woman told you in the beginning that they aren’t the same, you kept calling it pepper soup. Light soup is vegetable based soup while Nigerian pepper is dry spice based soup. Ghana doesn’t call light soup pepper soup.
Oh! Really? My bad
@@MissTrudyy yes dear
Give the girl a break, OMG. She is trying my goodness !
@@carolines6195 give her a break for what exactly? Correcting Trudy’s confusion on the differences of the two soups is a problem for you then go and burn the sea 🌊. Because I don’t see why she should continue being ignorant about the food of the country she resides when the people who know can correct her. Moreover she has no problem with being corrected and that’s what is important. Really.
@@missbabyloved7531 The bible says be a gentle teacher. Your tone is hostile and unnecessary.
Trudy you've also done amazing things in the past for example, do you remember there was a Mother's Day that you went to surprise a woman and her children with lots of shopping. You literally took her to a supermarket and asked her to pick whatever she wanted, again you went to another less privileged estate and knocked at strangers houses with shopping, and there are many other such things that you did. I thank the lady from Kumasi for her kindness.
Omg! You remember all that?! Wow!
Heeeeeeh! This is true oooooo. Blessings in abundance following this couple. We give God the Glory for them..
Yes we do remember your kindness towards strangers ,friends and family
Trudy, sending you love from Nigeria. You're doing amazing things. You're such a blessing . Your dad makes me remember my late dad who was a gentleman to the core.
As for Nigerians and their meals preparations, you know Nigeria has more than 200 tribes/ethnic nationalities that have different cuisines they're known for.
Trudy I suggest that you prepare dad's meals without pepper,pls.
Yes your father is now registered in 🇬🇭 Ghana officially ,…. when the soup is hot but you can’t stop taking it 😂😂😂 .Welcome to Ghana 🇬🇭 🎉👌❤️
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Ms Trudy food looks delicious!!! Dad is not used to hot pepper😅 you are doing so well creating good memories with Dad. Much love from Botswana ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks so much
Trudy get the branches of a palm tree, as many as possible, then get some sticks of 1.5m - 2m each, plant the sticks in the soil to be very firm and strong. Mount the palm branches unto it to create a shade over your plants. And with that you'll have to water morning and evening, then you get happy plants.
Pepper soup and light soup are similar but not the same. Pepper soup is from Nigeria and they don't add garden eggs to it. Ghana light soup uses more vegetables... Tomatoes, garden eggs, carrots, turkey berries, etc. based on preferences
Thanks for the info
Thanks for the information
😂the pepper err Trudy said welcome to West Africa yes oo.God bless the lady who gifted you the kitchen stuff and good job to the ladies who did the cooking. It looked appetising .
Greetings, queen
I just love to see the relationship you have with your daddy
Continue to show him love and appreciation coming from a queen who recently loss her daddy
Blessings queen
Awwwwww, thank you for your kind words… and am so sorry for your loss…
Trudy, a suggestion to
grow your kayle in pots
planters first to get Veg's
stronger then move pots
out of sun when too hot.
Then plant them in your
garden. Hope this helps❤
In the Caribbean we don’t make fufu. We make cocoo from corn meal that we boil in water and add coconut water. Some people add ochro and stir it off and on until it’s done. It’s usually soft when it’s finished and hardens when cold.
First time watching your vlog. Beautiful. Please tell your people to reduce the pepper because it’s too much. I’m Ghanaian and so proud of people who adapt and respect other cultures ❤️❤️❤️. You earned a new follower. Also to take your fufu the scissors ✂️ way. Using your index finger and middle finger to cut through the fufu neatly. Also to swallow and not chew
OMG I didn’t know fufu is made like that, the poundering is a joint effort it must bring couples together if one wants to eat😅
That's why we say : make fufu not war 😊 fufu making is a way of bonding.. The pistle signifies the male whiles the mortar does the female ..
You no right 👍...As a Ghanaian it looks romantic pounding fufu with your partner.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣 It a must to bring couples together
I know, right?
@@bismarkadu-num5834 This is how our mums used to advise or scold us when we needed talking to. Sometimes they used it as an opportunity to connect and know what was happening in our lives. The fufu pounding process is a whole social event😊
😂😂😂😂😂😂your dad has made my evening hahaha pupu his face expression said it all I loved the video
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I laughed so hard too, pupu meal😅😅😅😅😅
Yes, they do have Mortar for pounding in Jamaica. It’s done in the country areas, especially when making Bammy.
No way! Really?!
Or making chocolate, and castor oil.
It is called Mortar. Not malta
We use mator for pounding cassava for balmy also to pound chocolate beans that give use that tasty real chocolate tea I am Jamaican
Trudy culture shock for dad. Treasure those days. Love from Philadephia Pennsylvania.
Niko new jersey, nipe address.. ama nikupe
Hi Trudy I love your backyard garden try raised garden. It works really well and easy to maintain.
Woww😊😊this is beautiful to watch
Miss Trudy ne doing soouch for her Daddy ❤❤❤
God Richly Bless Her🙏🙏🙏
Here in California, I cut small tree branches with green leaves and stick them on the sides due to hot weather. To cover them with cartons might make them die.
Miss Trudy i remember a video of Caroline Mutuko saying you will go far now look at you..congrats yaani first video i watch of you is you acting as a matatu tout in Nairobi now we are flying to jamaica, Ghana, NY and many more.. congrats 🎉🎉❤
Am I the only one who thinks blocking sunlight from a plant is a bad idea? Miss Trudy, you might want to water them more often to keep them cool instead of cutting their food supply, which is the sun. Plants need sunlight.
Agreed
I think so too, coz they need sunlight for chlorophyll which is crucial for the plant.
That is very true she should rather water them late evenings and early mornings, and they will do well. However, the watering should be done in moderation.
A small inexpensive green house structure would be great idea for that particular space for kale, that way it still receive sunlight and if its too hot, provide fan with drizling water.
She should water them 3 times a day of excessive heat
You've done well by bringing your dad to Ghana to taste our Ghanaian dishes, i am really proud of you 😘😃 and we Ghanaian's love you and your family sooooo much 😘😘😘😍❤️😍❤️🙏👌😃
Trudy you should have prepared him b4 trying any West Africa dish. Our food is spicy. But I admire your relationship with your dad. Thank you and congratulations.
Hello Trudy, the best way to grow sukuma during hot or dry weather is planting it in perforated plastic tins or bottles. It becomes easier to irrigate and manage them. You can as well decide to shift the tins to a shady place when it becomes so hot.
Aauw i love the bond you have with your dad our dad too.Happy he loved the soup not the pupu 😅❤
Hi Ms. Trudy!! People react differently to foods. It's only normal. A lot of African dishes are very tasty my goodness. Yet there are african foods that aren't appetising depending on the person. And that's perfectly normal. For me I don't like eggs no way and anything with an egg texture, no way. The Fufu looks very tender. For me it'll have to be chewy, stiff. It's ok if its flavor is bland because the stew and chicken would compensate for that nicely I'd imagine. I'll try it definitely and if it's ok, I'll keep you posted🤗🤗😀😀. Very very nice. Please keep coming out with more vlogs
God bless the giver,its good to give,she will get back one day🙏🙏🙏,
Just love people who give ❤❤❤
Not all Ghanaians add chicken and meat to the same soup or stew, every home cooks differently.
Yes , we don't add meat to chicken, chicken on it own please tell 😅
We all do
But in the event that we did which some do, she does not need to be so negative about it considering her husband is from Ghana. Even if she does not like it, she does not need to say it’s disgusting
Trudy i love you so much, God bless you for taking good care of your dad
Miss Trudy..get seedlings and start your sukuma business. Once they start to eat, they will be your huge market. Also, introduce Chapati and mandazi, and I guarantee you a huge markets as well. Don't forget to give me my commission after.
Please note that every tribe cooks differently in Ghana.
Not all Ghanaian tribes put all sorts of beef or chicken together into one pot to prepare soup or gravy.
I am from East African and that proteins mix is very weird.
Thanks for the information
@@kilimanjaroflavour Note that we also cook various stews and soups without mixing the proteins in one pot. For example, we cook chicken stew or soup, where chicken is solely used. The same thing applies to beef, goat, and fish. We also find it wierd that you guys cook without much spice and pepper. Your food is bland.
@@MissTrudyyMiss Trudy, try not to refer to any cultural food as "disgusting" like I think I heard you say in the video. It's different from how you cook, but as a public figure, your words are scrutinize.
Keep up the good content and all the best to you and Maya.
Lots of pepper minus veges, toilet must be a tough job.
Trudy my dear the more u cover them the more heat, just water them early in the morning before the sun comes out, don't water them in the evening because the soil is very hot so all the roots are cooked off
Come to Zimbabwe and test our Sadza and Nyama with collard greens, tomatoes, onions etc you will love it.
Sadza nemuriwo
Daddy said Poo Poo😂😂😂😂, he is not use to it, his face is very funny😂😂😂. Enjoyed the cooking process and your dad said Byeeeee with tears😂😂😂. Sorry papa❤❤❤
As a Kenyan married in DRC, Kinshasa, I normally get my kale seeds from Kenya. Next time someone visits you tell them to get you the kale seeds. Dad tried though coming all the way with the sukuma wiki. Water your kales in the morning and in the evening everyday.
Oh wow! Interesting…
I think adding plenty mulch (like dry hay or the like) between the skumawiki should help keep moisture in the ground. Also planting other taller crops between (maybe okra and/or mahindi/corn/maize) may help provide more shade and maybe a fruit tree
Your Dad is enjoying his stay in Ghana. You can try planting your vegetables in a mobile vertical garden planter aka stackable pots. They are easily transferable and can be moved away from sunlight.
They are useful for homes with limited garden spaces.
I hope so…
Ms Trudy, plant them it pots and move them to a more shady area. Scuma is colored greens and they grow better in the fall and winter in Florida.
Yeeey,been waiting for this meals, Ghana vs Kenya, I am loving it
Am so glad you do
Build a shade improvise something like a rack and use boxes ontop or cassava leaves,banana leaves
I'm Ghanaian but I really love you guys so much ❤❤❤❤
❤❤❤. Wau. You. Did. Something. Good. To. Remember. Your. Father. Tp. Ghana. God. Bless. You. Trudy. Bring. Your. Grandmother. For. Vacation ❤
Trudy, it's referred to as light soup more than pepper soup. In point of fact, it's hardly called pepper soup in Ghana. Nigerians are the ones who normally call it pepper soup.
You look just fine. A vast experience of African culture. The love you have or your father is plausible.
Great video! However, there was no need to boil the vegetables, you could of blended them directly. Personally, I feel it loses the freshness and the nutrients when you boil it. Love the video ❤🙏🏾
Grow them in doors in a flower pot. Once they are fully grown, then ?wtransfer them outside. You might need to spray them with insect spray to prevent the insect from eating the leaves.
Mrs. Tudy,
Suggustion: Please try planting your Sukuma (Collard Green) in containers. Therefore, you can move the Sukumu containers when needed.
"Sukuma is an East African dish made with collard greens, known as sukuma, cooked with onions and spices. It is often served and eaten with ugali (made from maize flour)."
Thanks for the idea… I
Will work on it…
@@MissTrudyy
You are welcome. I use potting soil in my Sukuma containers. Also, I have placed the Sukuma containers on the side of my house.
My Sukuma plant is growing in large quantities.🥬🥬. I live in a HOT climate. The temperature is 90 degrees now.
FYI:
▪︎"Like all vegetables, collards like full sun, but they will tolerate partial shade as long as they get the equivalent of 4 to 5 hours of sun to bring out their full flavor. Plant in fertile soil because collards should grow fast to produce tender leaves."
Make a small green house, or get shednets that would help break down extreme sun and rains if any.
Do mulching around the base instead ofcovering ..... They need sunlight
Nigerians can be creative with various ingredients for soups but Light Soup is a Ghana Tingo. Pounding Fufu is done with Rhythm, you pound to the beat. God bless your friend who gifted many great cooking appliances💞
❤❤❤ Trudy...and for that lady may God bless her abundantly 🤗
Jamaicans in the country side grew up using mortar back in the older days,and we use more than one meat in our soup,but we don't mix fish with the meat when we make soup,and we don't eat snails
You need to dig the farm deep, uinue mchanga, make sure you've not planted on hard ground. Also water the plants daily.
Omg! So true! 😄
How is the baby, give us update on her growing.
Pray we made it to Ghana for October 2024, God will be done. Looking forward to this.
Thanks for sharing with us all
We pung the plantain in Belize central America, and we also call it fu fu
I think West African countries has a much bigger variety of food selection than any other African countries, I have eaten South African food and it was delicious, when someone is going to the store and pick up meat, and can come back and cook it, and it comes out with so much flavor, like they marinated that meat, that person is good, and I enjoyed all the food I have eaten while visiting South Africa...Now with Ethiopian cuisine the sides and meat are so nicely season and DELICIOUS, I love it but that injera I hate that with a passion and they give more of that injera that the sides and meat...I have eaten Nigeria and Ghana jollof rice both are good, I have eaten the fufu also and I like it, everyone do things differently, I just feel that pounding is to much work for me, but to eat it's own, I don't care how much people pound that fufu, I just can't get myself to just swallow it, without chewing, but that their culture, my teeth is my grinders, I have eaten cassava in many ways even cassava bread, I'm not a big fan of cassava bread, but it is unique to me and I enjoyed it very much, I have also eaten plantain in all kind of different ways...one of the best ways I have eaten the plantain is the way my mom cook this plantain lasagna SO DELICIOUS...It is called Pastelón, but she cook the whole thing on the stovetop very unique, I can't do it that way at all...I put mind in the oven and hers take better than mind...so I understand Maya when he say pounding the fufu is more delicious than using tech...But I'm so happy that lady gave you all those appliances to make your life easier...You and your dad does not like the fufu, and it's ok everyone has different taste buds...It's like how you went crazy over Jamaican beef patties, I have eaten Jamaican patties so many times, but I prefer eating patties that I can see the ground beef instead of that beef patties that look like a hot mess inside, I can't tell if it is beef or not, it like mash peas or beans...I prefer their veggie patties or even the chicken ones...But again to eat it's own...Kenya has little variety of food especially sides, but some area cook much better than others...And that is every where you go, as you travel the Caribbean you see and taste some of the different cuisines...Like T&T has a more of an Indian influence like Kenya in their cuisine, and Jamaican has a more West Africa influences but every where is still so different and unique...so cook with seasonings, others a bland, while other are so overload with one thing, whether it be too much pepper, salt, or grease...while others cooking is so well put together and everything is deliciously done.
Hi Trudy, I think the cartoon is adding more heat, if you can get strong poles and put in then lay dried grass kind of a raised bed usually a nursery bed to help cool them down
You need to weed that garden, clean it up, till the soil, get some garden soil, water in the early morning and evenings.
Your vlogs brings out the youth in me .
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Trudy, you are doing great. Keep on keeping on. Don't give up on your gardening. Please mulch all your crops. When you cover the soil,you allow the ground to cool down and retain moisture.😊
Trudy congratulations for learning the culture.In Kenya we use the mortal and pestle to make porridge especially in Kikuyu culture
Jjambo trudy🖐️, just fill water in a bottle, pop a small hole on the bottle top and burry it upside down near the sukuma roots, it will be driping water drops slowly throughout and your kales will never lack water. Then make sure yo do mulching using light dry leaves like dry grass around the plant to retain the water.and instead of covering the plant using those heavy materials, use some bigger leaves covering around the sukuma. Thank me later!
Your skuma lacks manure and water. We call that "Covo'' in Zimbabwe🇿🇼. We also can't live without this vegetable, it is very special😅. Though we have so many vegetables
And also we travel with the seeds to different countries where we go.And teach people about it.Kujoni kuno vakutomadya asi vaiva vasingamazive
@@narratormago2113 True that. On every Zimbabwean household in the diaspora there is a garden of covo, actually all types of vegetables. We love organic things
Light soup is Ghanaian.pepersoup is Nigerian they don’t include garden eggs in theirs. Trudy I suggest you get one of the large flower pots and plant about 4 kale seedlings per pot and place the pot in a shade and cover with mesh supported by sticks forming a canopy. I have planted Kale and many foreign greens in the past and that is what I did. You can plant strawberries too . If they in beds on the ground they succumb to pests easily like tinny snails and bugs. I am talking way back in the 80s
Trudy you can get kales in Ghana at the malls(ShopRite),koala and some of the women that sell vegetables
helolooo
Darling sis. Great plan for making backyard garden. Please try raising the plants in a separate container in a shade. After you see that it's settled in the pot or container, that's when I take them to the ground in the soil. Please do this only in the late afternoons. N water them. Applied to all plants. Good luck darling
MS TRUDY SUNLIGHT AND WATER ARE THE MAIN GROWTH FOR PLANTS ❤WHO AGREE??💯❤🇰🇳
You can also grow herbs if the soil is good and put a small fish pond❤
We do pound food in the Caribbean especially breadfruit which we call "toton", but it's not common these days.
Omg! You pond bread fruit?!
@@MissTrudyy yes, breadfruit is very common across the Caribbean but this practice was done by the older folks growing up. The young folks don't do it.
In Haiti, they pound breadfruit and call it Tom Tom which is similar to fufu.
Weeuh.. how do you enjoy the food when your mouth is burning... Anyway, loved the video.. and I love your new intro 😘
I just love the way your dad is so honest even with the pronounciation😂😂, i would have pretended for the sake of being a visitor 😆
Trudy I am proud that you are introducing your dad to Ghanaian food especially fufu. It’s good that you wanted him to eat it the traditional way but I am glad he chose to eat it with spoon. I grew up seeing some of my uncles eating fufu with spoon. Don’t apologize because not all Ghanaians eat fufu. I have never eaten fufu in my 50+ years. I admire your dad’s honesty about the food. He likes the soup abut not too fun of the fufu itself. Kudos
Exactly, even in the same family, some people eat fufu and some don’t.
@@lily.9802 In my own family my mum and siblings enjoyed eating fufu well but my dad and I have not eaten fufu in our lives. Even though I can pound it with the woma (pestle) and navigate the cassava and the plantain is the woduro (mortar).
Trudy juice beetroot and pineapple drink for your Dad regularly for his kidney problem see how it goes no fufu pls ❤
For your back yard garden I will advise you to make a shade net for your garden so that it can cave all your plant .