Thread:Zephyr135/@comment-66.195.168.26-20131202185502

Hi There,

I'm not sure if you're the right person to share this with but under Eritrean Recipies, the first line reads " Although Eritrean cuisine is very much influenced by Italian cuisine, you can still find traditional Eritrean recipies..." This information is inaccurate. Eritrean cuisine in not heavliy or very much influended by Italian cuisine. Eritreans eat traditional food daily. In addition to our native food, we may also eat pasta but that depends on which region of Eritrea a person is from. Most likely, someone who lives outside of Asmara (the capital) doesn't eat pasta and if they do, it's often at a restaurant or bar in Asmara - not in the home. Please remove the misinformation. Our food is not based on Italian cuisine - at all. As an Eritrean, I can assure you injera is the staple food in our country and amongst our country men around the globe. At times, we may eat pasta but not Italian cuisines.

As a friendly reminder, Italian colonialism in Eritrea lasted only 60-years. That isn't long enough to have the level of cultural influence the sentence implies. My grandmother, her parents and my mother were all raised in Asmara and they ate injera everyday in the home. I can assure you, pasta dishes and rice dishes are not popular. If I sound upset, I am. Of course not with you, but this misunderstanding comes up often and it's an insult to the community. Our nationality is Eritrean but our ethnic identiy is Ethiopian. If you need to compare our culture with a country, it's Ethiopia. We have the same food, language, tribes (with the exception of one - the Rashida) and history. Rest assured, all of out cultural aspects are shared with Ethiopia. Thank you for reading my post. If you aren't the right person, please direct my concern to the person who is or let me know who that person is and I can reach out the him/her. I can be reached at nrdsmsmr@gmail.com.

All the Best,

Nardos Mesmer 