This was a super respectful approach to trying fufu. There were so many negative and xenophobic videos posted on tik tok when the "trend" first came to light. Thank you Beryl for handling this video with much care and respect.
Thank you! Yes there were and it pissed me tf off tbh. They also mixed a lot of cultures which is fine to an extent but some things were specific to other countries.
I appreciate it bc food really is a universal language like laughter or marijuana it brings anyone together to share common enjoyment. When cooking any new international cuisine for the first time I like to learn from a native themselves! Has to be from a native so I can get the real authentic taste and pick up all the nuances and methods of preparation.
How exactly were some of them negative or xenophobic? I mean don't get me wrong I'm just trying to know more. Was it that they just didn't like the food or they were disrespecting the culture or something?
This was beautifully done and I am so glad she labeled this Ghanaian Fufu. Tired of people giving the African label to things that only pertain to certain regions. This also made me want to try Ghanaian food which I never have as a Kenyan.
Americans see the continent of Africa as one giant place. No separate countries, languages, regions, tribes, cultures... I'm hoping we can change this.
@@ariannqueenn8575 the average American only knows a few countries that they saw on the news. I liked geography as a kid so yes, I know the names of countries, but I'm not aware of the cultural differences between them.
Bon Appetit needs to take lessons from you on how to present another culture's dish without misappropriating or jumping on trends! Loved how you executed this!
@@lindak3030 I'm not sure if u meant this as shady as I'm reading it (& hoping u did lol bc if u don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me!! lol) bc srsly how hard would it have been for Alison to just say 'ITS A CURRY!!!' & 'this is the culture I learned it from' & give even a FRACTION of the history Beryl provided for us here & then NOT SHIT on Chrissy T & Marie Kondo while plugging her own 'lifestyle product' ;/ I'm not being especially nice about it & I feel kind of like a dick praising Beryl while dragging Alison & I'm sorry for that. I know Alison has apologized so ... that happened.
Turkish naval architect here who lived in Akosombo, Ghana for three years (building the restaurant boat Dodi Princess II on the Volta Lake, for those who know). Considering Ghana to be my second home on this planet, I tried pretty much every Ghanaian dish available to me. Even though I enjoyed fufu, banku and tilapia with shitor sauce, jollof rice, kenkey, fried yam, kelewele and many others, none of them came close to RED-RED (especially with fish and fried plantain). I am surprised no one mentioned this devilishly delicious dish. My mouth still waters thinking of its rich aromas. I had once heard someone say that once Africa seeps into your blood, it beckons you to come back until the day you die. Now I know that this is true. I miss my wonderful time in that country and its beautiful, ever-smiling, friendly people. One day I will return.
@@missftwulaah1812 had to look up "northern Ghanaian dishes" to answer this, since Volta Hotel, where i stayed, offered a large selection of local dishes and i dont remember exactly which is from where. But apparently, the ground nut soup (still remember its spicy flavor), the okra soup and the koose which i never missed on the open buffet are from the north. So there you go. Hope i got them right!
I think you are sofar the only foreigner who did authentic research about our country. Even some of own people aren't able to educate the rest of the world that well. Thank you . You just earned a subscriber
One of my best friend was Ghanaian. Sadly, she passed away a few years ago. Eunice Moday was the FUNNIEST person I've ever met and I miss her every day.
Finally someone who didn't use "egushie or okro" and call it a Ghanaian dish. Immediately you use that its no more Ghanaian, period! That woman made me so happy, proudly speaking our language and teaching the right way to prepare and eat it. No more fufu and okro, its disgusting people, at least to any Akan I know
If a delay is what it takes to get this incredible quality content, I’m happy to oblige. I was blown away by this video. Thank you so much to Beryl and everyone else who contributed to this video. It’s exciting to know more about Ghana culture and food!
I started tearing up when they talked about their food's relationship with their culture, plus it was so cute seeing how much they each loved their respective favorite dishes. I love learning new things like these 🥺😭
I can’t believe YT’s just now recommending this channel. This is by far one of the most well presented, culturally aware, and overall well intended RUclips videos I’ve ever come across. Thank you for the time and effort it took to do this and to all the people that came on to showcase this amazing food and beautiful culture. Now binging all your awesome content 😁
Hey Beryl, Maybe for a future video, you could try fermented dishes around the world. A lot of culture and countries use fermented vegetable and fruits in their meal everyday. We nepalese for example have "gundruk", which is fermented spinach, radish leaves. It is prepared as a soup and eaten with rice. Particularly nourishing during winter. Another that I know is "Achaar" of spiced pickles in India as well as its neighbouring nations. It is eaten is very tiny portion. I am aware of fermented soybean in Japanese breakfast, Kimchi as we all know is a fermented side dish in Korea. You have a ton of content, from all over the world, if you decide to chose this topic. Lots of love. Your avid follower. Aditi :)
Very good idea, we have a fermented fish here in Sweden, Surströmming, that many have heard of and even tried, but they have not prepared either fish or dish correctly.
I'm South African (Xhosa) although I'm not Ghanaian or Nigerian it was really hurtful watching people blatantly disrespecting and disregarding some people's way of life and culture, but I just want to say thank you so much for actually sharing knowledge and background of fufu and not just jumping on a trend for the sake of likes and followers/subscribers. This is such a beautiful video and it was such a great learning experience. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I don't think it was her intention, but the clips of those tiktokers/social media people trying it at the beginning felt disrespectful. A lot of them just looked like they were doing it for clout.
@@youareloved1455 thats why i think it was good they were included, showed how they were just repeating a trend with no understanding and then this video was about depth. Loved the videographers work from Ghana.
I’m from Ghana and two minutes into this video, I’m already tearing up🥺. I’m so grateful you did the research and represented us well😭‼️❤️. Just gained a new sub
Wow!! I am I Ghanaian living in Ghana and I find this video to be just perfect, you really did your homework and it showed. Thank you for showing my country in sure an authentic way. WHEN you come to Ghana your first fufu is on me ! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
I’m glad you specified this as ghanaian fufu. The tik toks annoyed me to no end because every pale round ball was called fufu when it wasn’t. Nigerian fufu is fermented cassava and has a very unique sour and sweet taste. Most doing the trend videos were eating Nigerian pounded yam and calling it fufu. Great video!
@@babytiana8125 boiled unsalted and pounded cassava and plantain combination or cocoyam or yam . Plus any of the variety of soups we have (such as light soup, groundnut soup, palmnut soup, green soup (nkontomire/cocoyam leaves soup) or wrewre soup). Note that Ghanaian soups are watery as you saw in the video. We don’t eat fufu with thick sauces and stews as the Nigerians do and as was prevalent in most tik-toks. We don’t eat fufu with okro soup or agushie (egusi) soup in Ghana. When eating fufu, we pour the soup over the fufu so that it is eaten in one bowl. Not separately.
You should do a collab with emmymade- you both have a great way of studying the background and culture of dishes and trying to be respectful of different tastes, textures, etc. it’s refreshing 🙌🏼
This is beautifully done. I'm so glad it was filmed using Twi with English subtitles. We Africans are so quick to downplay our languages, so most of the world think we only have 'pidgin' as our native language.
I was just thinking how great it is to learn about food from the actual peoples who make it like in this show. My Asian cooking skills have improved so much thanks to real people on RUclips.
Thank you Beryl, for turning a "trend" (someone's native food is not a trend, it's their culture!!), flipping it on its head, and giving us a deep dive into Ghanaian food and culture. I learn so much from your videos. Proud to say that I've been here since you were at 10k! ❤️ Edit: and thank you to ALL THE AMAZING PEOPLE who shared their favourite dishes with us all!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Someone's "native food" can become a trend. Anything can become one. Lots of food from other cultures were trending over the years. Instead of crying about it try to be grateful a lot of people are experiencing the food from that place.
Maybe the food itself is not a trend, but Tasting it can be a trend. And that is okay. As long as its appreciating the food and the Culture behind it, and isnt disrespecting.
I should reword things. Cuz I for a fact am proud that my culture's food is becoming popular ( I'm Filipina Canadian btw). By trend, I meant the fact that fufu was used as a tik tok "trend" to gain likes and views. Many people were trying it for the "weird" factor, and I found that so disrespectful. I'm all for people trying different foods. And I al all for more people being exposed to different food cultures. I think it just comes down to respect for the food and culture. The word trend does still rub me wrong because for many this food will not go out of style like trends can do. Food is strongly tied to culture, pride, and something that is of comfort to people who may not live in their home country anymore.
@@Patatetbk Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad people are getting out of their comfort zones and are willing to try foods from other cultures. I love seeing people try foods from my culture! BUT, I’m not fond of seeing other treat it like a “challenge” or some sort. It makes our food seem “weird”, “alien”, and sometimes “gross”. If you’re going to try food outside of your culture, please do it respectfully. It’s okay if you don’t like it. That’s fine. Just don’t spit it out in front of the camera or complain about the “weird” texture or flavor.
Am so glad you did this video in showing people how to treat other culture seriously and not just something that's funny in the name of social media , I'm a Ghanian and am so happy u took your time to explain the details. ❣️❣️
Perhaps you should pick an ingredient and do an expose on the many ways Ghanaians cook it because for every ingredient we have in Ghana, we have at least three ways of cooking it. Our variety is endless. Thank you so much for this. Thank you.
My favorite thing about you and your channel is that you don't just make something and eat it and then share your opinion about what you ate. You give context, share history, and talk to people who are Native to that nation to get an accurate perspective! I absolutely love that. It gives such a deeper appreciation for foods and food traditions which bring us all together and unite us! That's the epitome of the heart of God is for us all to see each other first as His precious people and then as unique individuals! Live this channel and your sweet, shining face, Beryl! Keep up the great work!
I’m only 1 minute 44 seconds into this video and I’m already crying! THIS is why I was so enamored of this channel, because of the vast amount of love and respect she shows ALL cultures! Pure dee class, just pure class! 😭
This is a neat video to watch as a cuban person cause I now realise how much of our food is based on those cool traditional african dishes, including our own version of fufu, which I had no idea where it came from
I absolutely love how you present and treat cuisines that don't usually fit Western aesthetic. A lot of ethnic foods that aren't exactly glamorous get disrespected and mocked out of sheer ignorance so it's super gratifying to see someone use their platform to showcase them with respect and enthusiasm.
Thank you so much for showing respect to our culture just as any other culture you might cover. It really does hurt to see people take such a small piece of what it is to be West African/Ghanaian and dismiss the rest like we don't have depth, or food worth eating. Their loss, but it does hurt occasionally. This video was wholesome. Makes me want to call my dad and ask if he'll make me some peanut butter soup like old times
Yesss! I have a recipe for Ghanaian peanut stew (I feel like it has a different name but I forget)and I have been meaning to try it forever it sounds so good! Nigerian family friends have given me fufu before and I thought it was great.
I love the homage and honour paid in this video. Instead of blindly jumping on a trend for views, you've paid respect to a rich culture deserving of being showcased. THIS should be a trend. Educating the american public (and the world) about other cultures. Beyond just a shallow 60 second tick tock reacting to a new treat. 👍great job
I love how this was done. You didn’t take something from someone’s culture and misappropriate it. You educated us and helped us to appreciate the dish and it’s culture.
Thank you so much for educating us!! And honestly watching a family all eat from the same bowl and enjoy their meal together was such a beautiful intimate display of oneness 😌 thank you to the family for sharing with us too, so heartwarming.
I'm Jamaican, but my ancestors are from Ghana. I love yellow yam, which i believe originated from there. Im also proud to know that many Jamaicans have the Ashanti blood. Ghana is more than just fufu and soup. it has a very rich history. As far as i know, the Mali Empire, and the Asante empire were prosperous kingdoms of Ghana many years ago. The history of Ghana deserves alot more attention, because the tales are extremely legendary.
Hey Crystal...nice of you to be proud of heritage. Please read a bit more of west African history because you are slightly wrong. Ghana and Mali ( Songhai ) empires is very different from modern day Ghana. some left to present day Ghana though. Just thought you should know. Well-done.
If you are from Jamaica, then you are probably a Fante or Bono of the Akan. The Mali empire had nothing to do Asante kingdom except Bonoman (Bono state). The Ashanti kingdom was the youngest and last kingdom, and it does commensurate with only the Bono state but not Ashanti kingdom. Thanks
The amount of research and effort put into this is incredible. The respect I have for Beryl has just leveled up and the way I got more interested with Ghana and its culture just after watching this, I guess that's the goal of the video and it was a success. Good job Beryl and please keep doing this ♥️
THIS IS HOW YOU HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER PERSONS CULTURE. History + How it's originally made + Supporting a small business + learning about more Ghanaian dishes by people from Ghana!!
Does anyone else just LOVE that she always finds people to tell us about their culture and foods and gives them a place in her videos? Its so fun to hear from different people around the world.
This made me google african restaurants in my area and I found the most beautiful place. It's an hour away and only serving takeaway because of covid. They don't have Fufu, but I'm considering going there just to order their peanut chicken stew (it looks so good!)
You’re definitely right peanut stew (we call it mafe in most west african countries) is heavenly also if the restaurant is senegalese and you can eat rice try thiep that is rice and meat or fish and if you’re really adventurous try finding okra soup
@@mounze90 I'm Greek & my late great grandmother's & mother's names are so close to yrs💚its Foutou (pronounced Foto - in English- Frances). How cool!! & Yes I'm def up for anything with okra!! I LOVE it!!
@@creepyspookyicky that’s so cool. I am senegalese and Fatou is the most common girl name in Senegal and it has arabic roots Every family has at least on or two Fatou’s 😂😂. And many other neighbouring countries have it too in some declinations
What a great video! I love how culturally sensitive you are :) I lived in Ghana for half a year (from Denmark originally), and watching this made me so nostalgic! Ghana is an amazing country. The family I lived with all swallowed their fufu whole, no chewing, and so that's what I would attempt to do as well. And while the soup was delicious, I've never been so uncomfortably full after a meal in my life! Also, you mentioned your fufu not being gummy. The fufu I've been served was always quite gummy, and actually not dissimilar to mochi. I guess it could be different ways of making it.
Honestly, Ghana is the only country in Africa that makes me feel like REAL Pan-Africnism (not that fake shit that we like to promote) could really be achieved some day. Mr Nkuruma really did his thing. My advice to all my fellow Africans, both continental and diaspora, is to visit Mama Ghana at least ONCE in your life, cos that the one place on the motherland that I know for a fact that'll make feel the most welcome no matter what. And make sure that y'all go see ALL of Ghana, and experience the whole country not just a couple of cute touristy places in Accra and call it a day.😩👏🏼🥁🥁🥁 Much Love from your Somali brother.😍🇸🇴🇬🇭🇸🇴🇬🇭🇸🇴🇬🇭 P.s. Yaa Asantewaa is like my superhero and I hope y'all Ghana people are planning on throwing her the biggest party this October for the 100th anniversary of her death which, funny enough, would double as her 181st birthday. And if y'all don't, I'm soooo gonna be judging you guys. 😂
I used to work with a couple of Ghanian men and they introduced me to Kenke with tuna and chile sauce. I've also found peanut soup, which one of the presenters mentioned, which is amazing. I need to investigate this cuisine much more! Thank you, Beryl!
This video is soo amazing...all the effort u put into it ...woow ...the fufu that’s trending on tick tock etc is the nigerian fufu and they eat it mostly with egusi soup (waay different in taste and consistency from the Ghanaian soup but equally delicious) and fufu is a west African dish ...But Ghana is the only african country with that specific texture cause our preparation is different from everyone else...thank u soo much for featuring Ghanaian fufu
I can’t tell you much I enjoyed this. I love how you include something about the culture when talking about the food. Thank you to all of these lovely Ghanaian people who contributed. It reminds me of Andrew Zimmern’s quote “If you want to learn about someone’s culture, eat it!”
I love the way that you don't see food as just something to eat, but also as a part of a country's history and society. I came here for recepie ideas and left knowing a little more about the culture of a country so far apart and so different from mine. Thank you!
As a Ghanaian I’m extremely pleased with piece of work by. I enjoyed every bit of this video. Especially your respect for our culture. And one thing most people don’t know is the original word is FUFUO like the old woman kept calling it. Fufu is just the anglicized or corrupt version by the English and it’s very much Ghanaian. Thanks for doing this for the culture!
I can´t strain enough the importance of such videos! They don´t divide as certain people want to but they show how close, how similar we humans are. Especially the African continent, with all it´s richness and culture, is underrepresented in our common view. Thanks you for this video, Beryl!!! I hope for more! Tip: take a look at the eastern African Cuisine like the Eritrean and Somalian, just to take two examples.
On a side note: that was maybe the greatest achievement of Anthony Bourdain. He showed us cultures in ways we´ve never seen before. Sadly, he decided to leave us too early. He is still dearly missed!
Thank you Beryl for this video and making me so darn hungry this early. I actually started crying a bit because this just touches my heart. Just seeing you, my other beautiful Ghanian brothers and sisters and the positive comments just made me so positively emotional and overwhelmed. I've been wanting to start a Nigerian/ fusion cooking channel for a while but just haven't had the confidence to do it as it just feels like it'd be lost but just want to share my culture and some 3rd culture food too. Maybe I'll give things a try again and start up that food channel. Thank you also for being so respectful and appreciative. Thank you also to Henry and the others for sharing your and diverse food and radiating that African pride! Love to you all and be safe!
I lived in Ghana over a year and have fond memories of the country, the people and the food. Thank you so much for featuring Ghana (from a non-Ghanaian). I am definitely craving some fufu and groundnut soup at the moment.
I was really glad to watch this video (being a Ghanaian myself) and it was nice to see that you ran a whole background story before eating the food self, so props to you!
Stunning. As a fellow filmmaker I would call it an ethnographic documentary. Different people, their physical and personal backgrounds, their personality, their amazing anthropological diversity, their language, pronunciation and vocabulary, their relationship with food, how they connect with their culture via food - the diversity of this video is breathtaking. Applause. I think you have a good short documentary here :)
I’ve been waiting for this video!!! Yay!! My husband is a Ghanaian and I LOVE the culture, the country and the food! My favorite thing to do when we are in Ghana is be with family, friends and EAT!! Thank you for this wonderful tribute to the food, people and culture! 🇬🇭❤️🙏
This is why I love Beryl: she took a disconcerting trend from social media and turned it into a wholesome warm-hearted and informative approach to a culture I knew little about. You are awesome, Beryl!
As a Southeast Asian, it's really satisfying to watch people eating with thr hands, and I don't know why.☺️☺️ Thank you so much for sharing different foods and the history of its origin!! ❤️❤️ As a Traveler, my 1st list when I visit a country is always the Food!😅
Glad this popped up for me, I had no idea how interesting Ghana is. I'd love to travel there and taste some of that amazing looking food! I'd really love to see more videos where you examine the culture behind food like this
Beryl this channel is just so wholesome! I've been here since you were at 13k subs, it's so nice to see you grow, see this community grow, I'm happy to be a part of this.
Thank you Beryl, thank you Beryl, thank you Beryl! I love your episodes, they're fun to watch, packed with knowledge and incredibly respectful to people, their food and their culture. I'm so excited to see this channel grow and learn more. Thank you for showing up and thank you for the content ✨
My family is Indian, but my mother's side all grew up in Fiji and so we eat cassava every so often (they call it kasera though I think). It tastes really good steamed and topped with dal. My mom even deep fries it in besan sometimes and it's a really good snack with chai! As usual, LOVE this and the community you've nurtured Beryl. ❤️
Here in central and northern part of Sulawesi and also Maluku Island "fufu" means "to smoke". We often make "cakalang fufu". Cakalang means skipjack tuna, so cakalang fufu is smoked skipjack tuna. We smoke the fish for 24 hours a day. It is fun to know that fufu refers to another kind of food in another culture :)
Oh wow yesss i looove cakalang fufu cooked in sauce style 😭😭😭 i miss eating it with tinutuan. It would be really amazing if Beryl learn how to cook Tinutuan!
Absolutely not related whatsoever but I've spent this day and the days before working on a project centering around Indonesian ceremonial textiles and I've come across some from Sulawesi and one from Maluku Island and let me just say that I think they are absolutely gorgeous. It's not a culture I knew much about and I still have so much to learn but I saw those two names in your comment and I wanted to reach out to say that. Wishing you a great day from the other side of the planet !
@@eilechaa That would be great!!! I think it's easy to make Tinutuan, or some other called it "bubur manado" (lit. Manadonese-style porridge). Beryl have made many episodes about food around the world, like the toast episodes, instant noodle episodes, etc. Maybe she should make porridge around the world episode 😆
I love how respectful you are of each cultures food you try. You never try to speak on it as an authority even the one you married into, you leave space for those with history and knowledge to educate the rest of us.
This video made me tear up--the love, respect, and honor modeled here, particularly in asking Ghanaians to showcase their own heritage, is so underrepresented on the internet. Thank you for such a joyful and humanizing channel. Instant follow
can i just say beryl is seriously cool. it’s one thing to be interested in a culture, but to develop a platform of amazing people to help her learn and understand a topic like this one is really nice to see. her enthusiasm really encourages knowledgeable exchanges between cultures in a way that is very positive and respectful. i was happy to see people explaining and teaching about their culture with such emotion and pride. this is just overall such a beautiful video, thank you to everyone for sharing a part of themselves!
I’m Gambian not Ghanian, but seeing everyone trying fufu kinda warms my soul a bit (even though some of their reactions aren’t the best. At least it’s becoming more well-known 😌)
this video was amazing. It was well produced, extremely respectful and informative! Amazing work! I despise when culture's food is insulted, especially in the way you can find on YT and TikTok. You're a very welcome change
Thank you so much, Beryl.
I’m most honoured to have been a part of this project.
I enjoyed everything about this video, it’s very rich.
Thank you for being a part of the video!!!
@@BerylShereshewsky you are most welcome.
You are wonderful :) so much knowledge and what a delight you are
Welcome fam
The food looks sooo tempting.. i wanna taste that tooooo :(
this needs to be a new series, Trends with Context
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This was a super respectful approach to trying fufu. There were so many negative and xenophobic videos posted on tik tok when the "trend" first came to light. Thank you Beryl for handling this video with much care and respect.
Thank you! Yes there were and it pissed me tf off tbh. They also mixed a lot of cultures which is fine to an extent but some things were specific to other countries.
Yes!!
I appreciate it bc food really is a universal language like laughter or marijuana it brings anyone together to share common enjoyment. When cooking any new international cuisine for the first time I like to learn from a native themselves! Has to be from a native so I can get the real authentic taste and pick up all the nuances and methods of preparation.
@@theonetruesarauniya Are you talking about the related trend to try fufu with birria?
How exactly were some of them negative or xenophobic? I mean don't get me wrong I'm just trying to know more. Was it that they just didn't like the food or they were disrespecting the culture or something?
This was beautifully done and I am so glad she labeled this Ghanaian Fufu. Tired of people giving the African label to things that only pertain to certain regions. This also made me want to try Ghanaian food which I never have as a Kenyan.
Try it, it's lovely.
Americans see the continent of Africa as one giant place. No separate countries, languages, regions, tribes, cultures... I'm hoping we can change this.
@@sarag1158 Americans even refer to Europe as a country so I can imagine
@@sarag1158 do you guys know any of our countries? Serious question
@@ariannqueenn8575 the average American only knows a few countries that they saw on the news. I liked geography as a kid so yes, I know the names of countries, but I'm not aware of the cultural differences between them.
THOSE GHANAIAN PEOPLE THO? SO BEAUTIFUL??!!!!! THEIR SKIN, THEIR SMILES STOPPPPP IM MESMERIZEDDDDD
Yah yah we do be fine like that😂❤
Thank youuuuuuu
Lol thx :D
Yaaaaahhhhhhhh.... Ghanaians are just beautiful
@@janelleayim8751 thx :)
Thanks 😊
This channel quickly became one of my favorites. It's not just a food channel. It's a culture channel. And I like it.
You're right, the cultural part is super interesting. Beryl you are the best.
You literally can't get more authentic than asking the people themselves what their culture means and is.
That's what's so great about it. I love learning about different cultures and the way Beryl does it is just so fun to watch.
She’s like the new Safiya Nygaard
GREAT food and culture definetely go hand in hand
Bon Appetit needs to take lessons from you on how to present another culture's dish without misappropriating or jumping on trends! Loved how you executed this!
Alison Roman could learn a few things from this too.
#thestew UGH
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They take other cultures to build their clout. Beryl uses her clout to showcase other cultures. We stan Beryl.
@@creepyspookyicky She literally can't.
@@lindak3030 I'm not sure if u meant this as shady as I'm reading it (& hoping u did lol bc if u don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me!! lol)
bc srsly how hard would it have been for Alison to just say 'ITS A CURRY!!!' & 'this is the culture I learned it from' & give even a FRACTION of the history Beryl provided for us here & then NOT SHIT on Chrissy T & Marie Kondo while plugging her own 'lifestyle product'
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I'm not being especially nice about it & I feel kind of like a dick praising Beryl while dragging Alison & I'm sorry for that. I know Alison has apologized so ... that happened.
@@creepyspookyicky Yes...it was snark.
Turkish naval architect here who lived in Akosombo, Ghana for three years (building the restaurant boat Dodi Princess II on the Volta Lake, for those who know). Considering Ghana to be my second home on this planet, I tried pretty much every Ghanaian dish available to me. Even though I enjoyed fufu, banku and tilapia with shitor sauce, jollof rice, kenkey, fried yam, kelewele and many others, none of them came close to RED-RED (especially with fish and fried plantain). I am surprised no one mentioned this devilishly delicious dish. My mouth still waters thinking of its rich aromas.
I had once heard someone say that once Africa seeps into your blood, it beckons you to come back until the day you die. Now I know that this is true. I miss my wonderful time in that country and its beautiful, ever-smiling, friendly people. One day I will return.
Add avocado to red red and it's heaven but for me it's waakye
I loved the Dodi Princess!!! Amazing that you worked on it!
@@adzogordon3451 Designed and built the lady on the floating dock of Volta Lake Transport Company.
Did you try any dishes from the north?
@@missftwulaah1812 had to look up "northern Ghanaian dishes" to answer this, since Volta Hotel, where i stayed, offered a large selection of local dishes and i dont remember exactly which is from where. But apparently, the ground nut soup (still remember its spicy flavor), the okra soup and the koose which i never missed on the open buffet are from the north. So there you go. Hope i got them right!
I think you are sofar the only foreigner who did authentic research about our country. Even some of own people aren't able to educate the rest of the world that well. Thank you . You just earned a subscriber
Sis said "look I'm not about to try another cultures food and not learn about the origins!" Luv it!
One of my best friend was Ghanaian. Sadly, she passed away a few years ago. Eunice Moday was the FUNNIEST person I've ever met and I miss her every day.
I'm sorry for your loss.
My deepest condolences
I hope her memory blesses you.
RIP Eunice ♥️🌹🕯️
@@leonamay8776 What a beautiful sentiment.
Thank you for trying a dish from my country Ghana and doing it justice. Glad RUclips recommended the video. You’ve gained a new subscriber.
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. Lovely to see your comment here!
I love your channel. Learnt so much about the use of spices and my husband loves my jollof now 💕
I see you NbF. I miss your okra soup😍😍😍
Finally someone who didn't use "egushie or okro" and call it a Ghanaian dish. Immediately you use that its no more Ghanaian, period! That woman made me so happy, proudly speaking our language and teaching the right way to prepare and eat it. No more fufu and okro, its disgusting people, at least to any Akan I know
The mpotompoto/mpihu Lady made my day, its my favorite too❤
If a delay is what it takes to get this incredible quality content, I’m happy to oblige. I was blown away by this video. Thank you so much to Beryl and everyone else who contributed to this video. It’s exciting to know more about Ghana culture and food!
I started tearing up when they talked about their food's relationship with their culture, plus it was so cute seeing how much they each loved their respective favorite dishes. I love learning new things like these 🥺😭
I can’t believe YT’s just now recommending this channel. This is by far one of the most well presented, culturally aware, and overall well intended RUclips videos I’ve ever come across. Thank you for the time and effort it took to do this and to all the people that came on to showcase this amazing food and beautiful culture. Now binging all your awesome content 😁
Hey Beryl, Maybe for a future video, you could try fermented dishes around the world. A lot of culture and countries use fermented vegetable and fruits in their meal everyday. We nepalese for example have "gundruk", which is fermented spinach, radish leaves. It is prepared as a soup and eaten with rice. Particularly nourishing during winter. Another that I know is "Achaar" of spiced pickles in India as well as its neighbouring nations. It is eaten is very tiny portion. I am aware of fermented soybean in Japanese breakfast, Kimchi as we all know is a fermented side dish in Korea. You have a ton of content, from all over the world, if you decide to chose this topic. Lots of love. Your avid follower. Aditi :)
I think that’s a great idea. As we now know, fermented foods are great for maintaining a healthy microbiome.
YES. this would be amazing!!!!
Very good idea, we have a fermented fish here in Sweden, Surströmming, that many have heard of and even tried, but they have not prepared either fish or dish correctly.
Smelly tofy, fermented herring and so many others
Stinky tofu from Taiwan
I'm South African (Xhosa) although I'm not Ghanaian or Nigerian it was really hurtful watching people blatantly disrespecting and disregarding some people's way of life and culture, but I just want to say thank you so much for actually sharing knowledge and background of fufu and not just jumping on a trend for the sake of likes and followers/subscribers. This is such a beautiful video and it was such a great learning experience. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I don't think it was her intention, but the clips of those tiktokers/social media people trying it at the beginning felt disrespectful. A lot of them just looked like they were doing it for clout.
@@youareloved1455 thats why i think it was good they were included, showed how they were just repeating a trend with no understanding and then this video was about depth. Loved the videographers work from Ghana.
@@youareloved1455 of course they were. That’s what TikTok is. People trying to get clout.
Okay now Beryl needs to try every west African country's Jollof
She can start and stop with the *best* one, the Ghanaian one... lol. 😘
Do not send poor Beryl into that battle!
@@kwamephillips3767 lol! It would be the literal Hunger Games
I made a Nigerian friend who gave me a "recipe" for this. No measurements just ingredients and tips and I am so intimidated to try to make it. 😳
LIBERIA the crown is already placed. Beryl let me make it for you my sister
I’m from Ghana and two minutes into this video, I’m already tearing up🥺. I’m so grateful you did the research and represented us well😭‼️❤️. Just gained a new sub
THIS is how you try something new while bringing appreciation to the culture that created it!
Wow!! I am I Ghanaian living in Ghana and I find this video to be just perfect, you really did your homework and it showed. Thank you for showing my country in sure an authentic way. WHEN you come to Ghana your first fufu is on me ! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Hehehe ok deal!!!! 🤗🤗
@@BerylShereshewsky hello baby
I’m glad you specified this as ghanaian fufu. The tik toks annoyed me to no end because every pale round ball was called fufu when it wasn’t. Nigerian fufu is fermented cassava and has a very unique sour and sweet taste. Most doing the trend videos were eating Nigerian pounded yam and calling it fufu. Great video!
Quick question. Is there a difference between the two? What is Ghanaian fufu made of?
@@babytiana8125 boiled unsalted and pounded cassava and plantain combination or cocoyam or yam . Plus any of the variety of soups we have (such as light soup, groundnut soup, palmnut soup, green soup (nkontomire/cocoyam leaves soup) or wrewre soup). Note that Ghanaian soups are watery as you saw in the video. We don’t eat fufu with thick sauces and stews as the Nigerians do and as was prevalent in most tik-toks. We don’t eat fufu with okro soup or agushie (egusi) soup in Ghana.
When eating fufu, we pour the soup over the fufu so that it is eaten in one bowl. Not separately.
Exactly! Most referred to it simply as "West African" fufu.
Fr.. it always had me confused cause it didn’t look like fufu that I know from Ghana😭🇬🇭
This frustrated me as well! Ghanaian fufu is paired with soup - Nigerian egusi soup, which tiktokers were eating, is more like kontomere stew 😂
You should do a collab with emmymade- you both have a great way of studying the background and culture of dishes and trying to be respectful of different tastes, textures, etc. it’s refreshing 🙌🏼
I thought the same thing! I love Emmy!♥️
I absolutely love Emmy! Her content is just sooo wholesome!!!
Ikr! She even mentioned one of emmy's videos in an episode (so maybe it'll happen?)
Oh my God I would die! Can you imagine?!? 😃
I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED THIS BUT NOW I HAVE TO HAVE IT
As a Ghanaian, your video gave me goosebumps. Thank you
This is beautifully done. I'm so glad it was filmed using Twi with English subtitles. We Africans are so quick to downplay our languages, so most of the world think we only have 'pidgin' as our native language.
I love how inclusive and culturally aware this channel is.....showcasing cultures in such a respectful way. I love it❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ lots of love from NEPAL
This is how every RUclipsr should vlog, if at all... Thanks, Beryl for being YOU !
I was just thinking how great it is to learn about food from the actual peoples who make it like in this show. My Asian cooking skills have improved so much thanks to real people on RUclips.
Thank you Beryl, for turning a "trend" (someone's native food is not a trend, it's their culture!!), flipping it on its head, and giving us a deep dive into Ghanaian food and culture. I learn so much from your videos. Proud to say that I've been here since you were at 10k! ❤️
Edit: and thank you to ALL THE AMAZING PEOPLE who shared their favourite dishes with us all!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Someone's "native food" can become a trend. Anything can become one. Lots of food from other cultures were trending over the years. Instead of crying about it try to be grateful a lot of people are experiencing the food from that place.
Maybe the food itself is not a trend, but Tasting it can be a trend. And that is okay. As long as its appreciating the food and the Culture behind it, and isnt disrespecting.
I should reword things. Cuz I for a fact am proud that my culture's food is becoming popular ( I'm Filipina Canadian btw).
By trend, I meant the fact that fufu was used as a tik tok "trend" to gain likes and views. Many people were trying it for the "weird" factor, and I found that so disrespectful. I'm all for people trying different foods. And I al all for more people being exposed to different food cultures. I think it just comes down to respect for the food and culture. The word trend does still rub me wrong because for many this food will not go out of style like trends can do. Food is strongly tied to culture, pride, and something that is of comfort to people who may not live in their home country anymore.
@@Patatetbk Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad people are getting out of their comfort zones and are willing to try foods from other cultures. I love seeing people try foods from my culture! BUT, I’m not fond of seeing other treat it like a “challenge” or some sort. It makes our food seem “weird”, “alien”, and sometimes “gross”. If you’re going to try food outside of your culture, please do it respectfully. It’s okay if you don’t like it. That’s fine. Just don’t spit it out in front of the camera or complain about the “weird” texture or flavor.
@@Patatetbk grateful for what? For people making fun of our culture?
Ok Netflix needs to get her a show please. The efforts, the production, the ideas!!! 👏👏👏
RIGHT?????!!!!!!!!!
Netflix would probably fuck it up, she would barely have any control over the show and the episodes and reactions would just seem fake
Am so glad you did this video in showing people how to treat other culture seriously and not just something that's funny in the name of social media , I'm a Ghanian and am so happy u took your time to explain the details. ❣️❣️
As a Ghanaian living in Ghana, I applaud you and your friends for this amazing job. Keep it up.
The production is much better than any cooking or eating show on TV. 👌🏼
Perhaps you should pick an ingredient and do an expose on the many ways Ghanaians cook it because for every ingredient we have in Ghana, we have at least three ways of cooking it. Our variety is endless.
Thank you so much for this. Thank you.
Auntie Mansa nie 😂
Ouu cool video idea
This is a Great Plessure.We love Ghana. Thank you Beryl💕
Thank you for being in the video and sharing your love! 💜
@@BerylShereshewsky you're welcome 💕
We homeschool and I use your videos in some of our schooling when we hit particular countries.Your research is appreciated.
My favorite thing about you and your channel is that you don't just make something and eat it and then share your opinion about what you ate. You give context, share history, and talk to people who are Native to that nation to get an accurate perspective! I absolutely love that. It gives such a deeper appreciation for foods and food traditions which bring us all together and unite us! That's the epitome of the heart of God is for us all to see each other first as His precious people and then as unique individuals! Live this channel and your sweet, shining face, Beryl! Keep up the great work!
I’m only 1 minute 44 seconds into this video and I’m already crying! THIS is why I was so enamored of this channel, because of the vast amount of love and respect she shows ALL cultures! Pure dee class, just pure class! 😭
This is a neat video to watch as a cuban person cause I now realise how much of our food is based on those cool traditional african dishes, including our own version of fufu, which I had no idea where it came from
What is the Cuban version of fufu ?
@@SuperAngela40 you boil green plantains (with salt) and then you mash them with garlic and pig lard. You usually eat it with soup or eggs
The Dominicans have a similar dish, mangu
A lot of Caribbean and South American recipes were brought over from Africa during the slave trade. It’s fascinating!
I absolutely love how you present and treat cuisines that don't usually fit Western aesthetic. A lot of ethnic foods that aren't exactly glamorous get disrespected and mocked out of sheer ignorance so it's super gratifying to see someone use their platform to showcase them with respect and enthusiasm.
I'm Ghanaian, thanks for this exposure😍, beautiful video. Especially showing people eating with their hands, it's really nice
The thought and care that was taken for the making of this video can clearly be seen. Thank you.
Thank you so much for showing respect to our culture just as any other culture you might cover. It really does hurt to see people take such a small piece of what it is to be West African/Ghanaian and dismiss the rest like we don't have depth, or food worth eating. Their loss, but it does hurt occasionally. This video was wholesome. Makes me want to call my dad and ask if he'll make me some peanut butter soup like old times
peanut butter soup sounds amazing.
Yesss! I have a recipe for Ghanaian peanut stew (I feel like it has a different name but I forget)and I have been meaning to try it forever it sounds so good! Nigerian family friends have given me fufu before and I thought it was great.
@@Rose-jz6sx I making this today! I’m soooo excited 😜
What I learned from this video is that every woman from Ghana is gorgeous!
Lol ! That's cool
I love the homage and honour paid in this video. Instead of blindly jumping on a trend for views, you've paid respect to a rich culture deserving of being showcased. THIS should be a trend. Educating the american public (and the world) about other cultures. Beyond just a shallow 60 second tick tock reacting to a new treat.
👍great job
I love how this was done. You didn’t take something from someone’s culture and misappropriate it. You educated us and helped us to appreciate the dish and it’s culture.
Thank you so much for educating us!! And honestly watching a family all eat from the same bowl and enjoy their meal together was such a beautiful intimate display of oneness 😌 thank you to the family for sharing with us too, so heartwarming.
I'm Jamaican, but my ancestors are from Ghana. I love yellow yam, which i believe originated from there. Im also proud to know that many Jamaicans have the Ashanti blood. Ghana is more than just fufu and soup. it has a very rich history. As far as i know, the Mali Empire, and the Asante empire were prosperous kingdoms of Ghana many years ago. The history of Ghana deserves alot more attention, because the tales are extremely legendary.
Hi Crystal I’m Ashanti myself. Glad you found home sis
@@Woke_Earth hey Marigold. There's no sweeter place than home.
Hey Crystal...nice of you to be proud of heritage. Please read a bit more of west African history because you are slightly wrong. Ghana and Mali ( Songhai ) empires is very different from modern day Ghana. some left to present day Ghana though. Just thought you should know. Well-done.
@@potentiacognitionis alright. I will do my research better. Thank you so much brother.
If you are from Jamaica, then you are probably a Fante or Bono of the Akan. The Mali empire had nothing to do Asante kingdom except Bonoman (Bono state). The Ashanti kingdom was the youngest and last kingdom, and it does commensurate with only the Bono state but not Ashanti kingdom. Thanks
Not slapping the fufu. Abeg, Jesus. Relax people.
Beryl: this is great work. Congratulations 🎉
😹😹😹😹
Ikr 😂😂😂😂
The poor fufu didn’t even do anything 🤣🤣
The amount of research and effort put into this is incredible. The respect I have for Beryl has just leveled up and the way I got more interested with Ghana and its culture just after watching this, I guess that's the goal of the video and it was a success. Good job Beryl and please keep doing this ♥️
THIS IS HOW YOU HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER PERSONS CULTURE. History + How it's originally made + Supporting a small business + learning about more Ghanaian dishes by people from Ghana!!
Words can't express how overly excited I am to be Ghanaian right now 💃💃💃
Does anyone else just LOVE that she always finds people to tell us about their culture and foods and gives them a place in her videos? Its so fun to hear from different people around the world.
This made me google african restaurants in my area and I found the most beautiful place. It's an hour away and only serving takeaway because of covid. They don't have Fufu, but I'm considering going there just to order their peanut chicken stew (it looks so good!)
Peanut stew/soup is THE BOMB.
Def make the trip & try it.
I bet u will LOVE it!! 💚
You’re definitely right peanut stew (we call it mafe in most west african countries) is heavenly also if the restaurant is senegalese and you can eat rice try thiep that is rice and meat or fish and if you’re really adventurous try finding okra soup
@@mounze90
I'm Greek & my late great grandmother's & mother's names are so close to yrs💚its Foutou (pronounced Foto - in English- Frances).
How cool!! & Yes I'm def up for anything with okra!! I LOVE it!!
Do it! West African food is awesome! Peanut stew works. Jollof rice is another can't-miss standard.
@@creepyspookyicky that’s so cool. I am senegalese and Fatou is the most common girl name in Senegal and it has arabic roots Every family has at least on or two Fatou’s 😂😂. And many other neighbouring countries have it too in some declinations
Oh wowww. Thanks for this video. 🇬🇭 Ghana is us. Our history. Thanks
Thank you for educating Americans who disrespect African culture 👍🏽🥱💓💗💘💖
What a great video! I love how culturally sensitive you are :) I lived in Ghana for half a year (from Denmark originally), and watching this made me so nostalgic! Ghana is an amazing country. The family I lived with all swallowed their fufu whole, no chewing, and so that's what I would attempt to do as well. And while the soup was delicious, I've never been so uncomfortably full after a meal in my life! Also, you mentioned your fufu not being gummy. The fufu I've been served was always quite gummy, and actually not dissimilar to mochi. I guess it could be different ways of making it.
Ghanaian folk always bring the African spirit no matter where they are.
Honestly, Ghana is the only country in Africa that makes me feel like REAL Pan-Africnism (not that fake shit that we like to promote) could really be achieved some day. Mr Nkuruma really did his thing. My advice to all my fellow Africans, both continental and diaspora, is to visit Mama Ghana at least ONCE in your life, cos that the one place on the motherland that I know for a fact that'll make feel the most welcome no matter what. And make sure that y'all go see ALL of Ghana, and experience the whole country not just a couple of cute touristy places in Accra and call it a day.😩👏🏼🥁🥁🥁
Much Love from your Somali brother.😍🇸🇴🇬🇭🇸🇴🇬🇭🇸🇴🇬🇭
P.s. Yaa Asantewaa is like my superhero and I hope y'all Ghana people are planning on throwing her the biggest party this October for the 100th anniversary of her death which, funny enough, would double as her 181st birthday. And if y'all don't, I'm soooo gonna be judging you guys. 😂
@@momo-cchi5978 How did they do it though?
@@anniebell6846
Do what?
@@momo-cchi5978 ....And if y'all don't, I'm soooo gonna be judging you guys....Lol!
I used to work with a couple of Ghanian men and they introduced me to Kenke with tuna and chile sauce. I've also found peanut soup, which one of the presenters mentioned, which is amazing. I need to investigate this cuisine much more! Thank you, Beryl!
I first discovered groundnut stew in a Moosewood cookbook twenty years ago. Still a top food find in my book. Delicious!
I had a Ghanaian friend a'a well who loved his kenkey n shitor, he was Ga from Accra
The people of Ghana, are absolutely beautiful people.
This video is soo amazing...all the effort u put into it ...woow ...the fufu that’s trending on tick tock etc is the nigerian fufu and they eat it mostly with egusi soup (waay different in taste and consistency from the Ghanaian soup but equally delicious) and fufu is a west African dish ...But Ghana is the only african country with that specific texture cause our preparation is different from everyone else...thank u soo much for featuring Ghanaian fufu
Love love love the end with all the bloggers talking about their favourite dishes. So informative and I’ve just eaten and am hungry again!
Gosh, i love her, the fact she went all out to give us information
I can’t tell you much I enjoyed this. I love how you include something about the culture when talking about the food. Thank you to all of these lovely Ghanaian people who contributed. It reminds me of Andrew Zimmern’s quote “If you want to learn about someone’s culture, eat it!”
Thank you for your willingness to learn a new culture. As a fellow Ghanaian I am proud 😊 🇬🇭 ❤️
I love the way that you don't see food as just something to eat, but also as a part of a country's history and society. I came here for recepie ideas and left knowing a little more about the culture of a country so far apart and so different from mine. Thank you!
As a Ghanaian I’m extremely pleased with piece of work by. I enjoyed every bit of this video. Especially your respect for our culture. And one thing most people don’t know is the original word is FUFUO like the old woman kept calling it. Fufu is just the anglicized or corrupt version by the English and it’s very much Ghanaian.
Thanks for doing this for the culture!
I can´t strain enough the importance of such videos!
They don´t divide as certain people want to but they show how close, how similar we humans are.
Especially the African continent, with all it´s richness and culture, is underrepresented in our common view.
Thanks you for this video, Beryl!!! I hope for more!
Tip: take a look at the eastern African Cuisine like the Eritrean and Somalian, just to take two examples.
On a side note: that was maybe the greatest achievement of Anthony Bourdain. He showed us cultures in ways we´ve never seen before. Sadly, he decided to leave us too early.
He is still dearly missed!
Thank you Beryl for this video and making me so darn hungry this early. I actually started crying a bit because this just touches my heart. Just seeing you, my other beautiful Ghanian brothers and sisters and the positive comments just made me so positively emotional and overwhelmed.
I've been wanting to start a Nigerian/ fusion cooking channel for a while but just haven't had the confidence to do it as it just feels like it'd be lost but just want to share my culture and some 3rd culture food too. Maybe I'll give things a try again and start up that food channel.
Thank you also for being so respectful and appreciative.
Thank you also to Henry and the others for sharing your and diverse food and radiating that African pride!
Love to you all and be safe!
I will watch! Sign me up !
I'll watch 😍
I lived in Ghana over a year and have fond memories of the country, the people and the food. Thank you so much for featuring Ghana (from a non-Ghanaian). I am definitely craving some fufu and groundnut soup at the moment.
How did you get you visa for Ghana?
I was really glad to watch this video (being a Ghanaian myself) and it was nice to see that you ran a whole background story before eating the food self, so props to you!
although i did not understand anything Felicia said, her accent made me feel like i was listening to familie members back in the caribben speak.
Ghana is one of the top places I want to visit in Africa. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
We will be waiting for you
You are always welcome 😘
How long does it take to get a Visa for Ghana.
@@lovingme1st973 not more than two weeks
You welcome dear
Ghana visa's are easy to get depending on the document you've got at hand
As a Ghanaian thank u for enjoying our culture and food
Stunning. As a fellow filmmaker I would call it an ethnographic documentary. Different people, their physical and personal backgrounds, their personality, their amazing anthropological diversity, their language, pronunciation and vocabulary, their relationship with food, how they connect with their culture via food - the diversity of this video is breathtaking. Applause. I think you have a good short documentary here :)
Truth
I love how she didn't just hop on the bandwagon but she decided to learn about the culture.❤
I really appreciated this video and the respect you had for Ghanaian culture. Thank you so much
Proud to be Ghanaian - Akan (Kwahu) +Ga 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Same 😭❤️❤️
Akan-Ahanta
@ambright the thinker ?????
The great Ashanti
@@manhimseff-6802 aàà
I’ve been waiting for this video!!! Yay!! My husband is a Ghanaian and I LOVE the culture, the country and the food! My favorite thing to do when we are in Ghana is be with family, friends and EAT!! Thank you for this wonderful tribute to the food, people and culture! 🇬🇭❤️🙏
This sound beautiful 🤗
that is absolutely lovely, what is your favorite Ghanaian dish
Sounds beautiful
This is why I love Beryl: she took a disconcerting trend from social media and turned it into a wholesome
warm-hearted and informative approach to a culture I knew little about. You are awesome, Beryl!
As a Southeast Asian, it's really satisfying to watch people eating with thr hands, and I don't know why.☺️☺️
Thank you so much for sharing different foods and the history of its origin!! ❤️❤️
As a Traveler, my 1st list when I visit a country is always the Food!😅
Glad this popped up for me, I had no idea how interesting Ghana is. I'd love to travel there and taste some of that amazing looking food! I'd really love to see more videos where you examine the culture behind food like this
You should!😁
You welcome sweetie
I feel like Beryl is the classroom teacher we all needed.
Lol that's right
Beryl this channel is just so wholesome! I've been here since you were at 13k subs, it's so nice to see you grow, see this community grow, I'm happy to be a part of this.
I think this is my FAVORITE episode! So enlightening on the culture, people and food of a country I now want to travel to! Thank you Beryl!
Thank you Beryl, thank you Beryl, thank you Beryl! I love your episodes, they're fun to watch, packed with knowledge and incredibly respectful to people, their food and their culture. I'm so excited to see this channel grow and learn more. Thank you for showing up and thank you for the content ✨
Wow. I love this format. Thanks for showing people a little bit of Ghana and our culture😍😍🇬🇭
Ghanaian people are genuinely very cool people. Very stylish. Very polite and sweet. I have nothing but good to say about them. ❤️
Thank you
I wanna know what food they are feeding the little girls because they all grow up to be breathtakingly beautiful.
@@mikedrop4421 all the organic foods you can think of lol
@@worldformatics well keep that sh*t up, it's working, lol
@@mikedrop4421 thank you Mike
This channel needs to blow up immediately I am in LOVE
I agree a 100 %
This was great Beryl. Plz do more videos like this❤️!! Got to learn so much about Ghana and their food🇬🇭❤️🙏🇮🇳
This video was such a pleasure to watch! Thanks for creating and sharing. I look forward to more :)
As usual, I find myself smiling throughout the video, Beryl is a blessing to all of us ❤ Thank you for what you do!
My family is Indian, but my mother's side all grew up in Fiji and so we eat cassava every so often (they call it kasera though I think). It tastes really good steamed and topped with dal. My mom even deep fries it in besan sometimes and it's a really good snack with chai! As usual, LOVE this and the community you've nurtured Beryl. ❤️
Here in central and northern part of Sulawesi and also Maluku Island "fufu" means "to smoke". We often make "cakalang fufu". Cakalang means skipjack tuna, so cakalang fufu is smoked skipjack tuna. We smoke the fish for 24 hours a day. It is fun to know that fufu refers to another kind of food in another culture :)
Oh wow yesss i looove cakalang fufu cooked in sauce style 😭😭😭 i miss eating it with tinutuan. It would be really amazing if Beryl learn how to cook Tinutuan!
That is so interesting ! I love smoked fish so I bet it is amazing 😻!
And now I feel stupid I thought Indonesia was much further away from Australia ! 🤦🏻♀️
Absolutely not related whatsoever but I've spent this day and the days before working on a project centering around Indonesian ceremonial textiles and I've come across some from Sulawesi and one from Maluku Island and let me just say that I think they are absolutely gorgeous. It's not a culture I knew much about and I still have so much to learn but I saw those two names in your comment and I wanted to reach out to say that. Wishing you a great day from the other side of the planet !
@@eilechaa That would be great!!! I think it's easy to make Tinutuan, or some other called it "bubur manado" (lit. Manadonese-style porridge). Beryl have made many episodes about food around the world, like the toast episodes, instant noodle episodes, etc. Maybe she should make porridge around the world episode 😆
I love how respectful you are of each cultures food you try. You never try to speak on it as an authority even the one you married into, you leave space for those with history and knowledge to educate the rest of us.
thank you so so much for this high quality and intentionally presented content. it made me miss ghana so much. loving this channel.
This video made me tear up--the love, respect, and honor modeled here, particularly in asking Ghanaians to showcase their own heritage, is so underrepresented on the internet. Thank you for such a joyful and humanizing channel. Instant follow
can i just say beryl is seriously cool. it’s one thing to be interested in a culture, but to develop a platform of amazing people to help her learn and understand a topic like this one is really nice to see. her enthusiasm really encourages knowledgeable exchanges between cultures in a way that is very positive and respectful. i was happy to see people explaining and teaching about their culture with such emotion and pride. this is just overall such a beautiful video, thank you to everyone for sharing a part of themselves!
This was so well researched! 🇬🇭
I’m Gambian not Ghanian, but seeing everyone trying fufu kinda warms my soul a bit (even though some of their reactions aren’t the best. At least it’s becoming more well-known 😌)
this video was amazing. It was well produced, extremely respectful and informative! Amazing work! I despise when culture's food is insulted, especially in the way you can find on YT and TikTok. You're a very welcome change
You know she's an amazing youtuber and person when she's willing to take a step back for the majority of the video and let others take the wheel