COROT : wa Se ee TR a eT eee Ne ee Me Ty eee Meee OE ak ad ee ee ied Sasa a The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - B1 = TERRACE STANDARD g DUSTIN QUEZADA 638-7283 8 : : 7 5 . g © | Terrace residents land on the world’ Ss second largest continent i oe Bs ‘Part lof Hl. | : ‘ om By DUSTIN QUEZADA RON GOWE says he can be a bit of a redneck. B _ | sometimes. WHAT? “| — But when the chance came up to go to Swazi- dand in southern Africa to meet his son-in- law" 's CHARLYNN TOEWS | _ family, he didn’t [et that stop him. Gowe got an e- mail from his daughter in - Meats . | ‘March, in which she said she was going to meet 7 “e - ; , her husband’s family. © you ever. get bored. in the grocery © “] e-mailed her right back and said, ‘Is there store and wish they would invent anew. room for one more?” Gowe said. _ , animal to kill? » _ + The July trip was to be Julia Gowe’s. first-trip “T haven't had Lemur i ina along time, to meet husband Dr. Khisi) Mdluli’s family and - how ‘bout you?” . oo as such it was not to be an ordinary visit. 7 Sick of wieners, beef, chicken, ducks and geese: | | Zulucustoms are call for an elaborate two-day " tired of fish sticks, salmon, halibut cheeks? Tried ceremony ‘when a bride and her family meets her . buffalo, still have some moose in the freezer? Rab- groom’s family. -bit & tuna, mussels, lobster, oyster. Deer? Done The couple are more: accurately husband and and done, wife than newlyweds. They met while both were , Lamb, ham, crabs, clams., - studying at the University of Victoria. They’ve . . And who speaks for our geoduck? Let’s para- | been married 12 years and have-an 11-year-old’ ‘phrase Lewis Carroll for some advice: . son named Nathan. ‘a ~“O geoducks, come walk with us!” _ | Gowe says his son-in-law had forewarned him, § : oe The Walrus did beseech. ; his wife and son there would be a “do.” ; “A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, - - Regardless, Gowe was: taken aback by what Along the briny beach: | transpired. ' We cannot do with more than four, Some of Khisi’s sisters, uniformly dressed in To give a hand to each.” » |. traditional purple dresses paraded Julia to the « cer- “A loaf of bread,” the Walrus said, ; emony. “Is what we chiefly.need: . There the 43-year-old was presented with her Pepper.and vinegar besides . « own “apron” or full,dress and head covering, the '. Are very good indeed — Now if you're ready, latter which signifies a married woman.” . ? geoducks, She then has to prepare, cook and serve a meal. ge "We can begin to feed.” ~ : oo ~ for her husband, though with up to 200 people . oy “O geoducks,” said Carpenter, a ‘| present: the meal had been cooked, leaving the _ " “You've had a pleasant run! 7 serving to Julia. 7 Shall we be trotting home again?’ . ; “Symbolically, she had to present the meal to But answer came there none — And this was Khisi on her knees,” said Gowe, adding under her scarcely odd, because breath his daughter muttered, “This is the first and 4 They’d eaten every one. last time this is ever going to happen!” Other dead things I have eaten: Craw Fish. .]. Then it was Gowe’s turn to be feted. When the Seafood truck pulls into Snow Lake, in - The Zulu custom calls for a dowry of 11 cattle, northern Manitoba, during the school year, you bumped to 13 if the father of the bride is present. can bet it’s all frozen. One needs to boil up a big . When the village chief, speaking entirely in aa bowlful of Craw Fish to feed 2.- 4, and one must Swazi, presented Gowe with the livestock he had oe learn to suck the meat from the exo-skeleton to get to refuse the offer because he could not follow the ° the best bits. Dip in drawn butter. custom of bringing the cattle back to his “village” ” Frog’s Legs . oe ‘| by foot. vs Had ‘em in the French Quarter of Winnipeg, St. - He was presented witha goat in their place and : Boniface: taste like chicken. . told he could do with it whatever he wanted. : Farmer Sausage from southern Manitoba. My ~ “I turned it back over to them,” said Gowe, . friend Lois and I ended up living in Halifax at the adding he was then given a spear and shield and same time, and we decided to host Menno Night at given the distinction of honourary warrior of the the bar, to gather together some others around to tribe. © fondly recall Farmer Sausage. One evening, some — | The same was repeated for Nathan, deemed a Haligonians joined us and we explained to them ] . Junior warrior of tribe. TERRACE’S Ron Gowe got an unexpected and unique gift as part of his daughter's welcom-— the beauty of this meat. Lois said, “Well, it’s red The ceremony continued to the next day, with ‘ ing. ceremony earlier this year in Swaziland, Africa. : Toy CONTRIBUTED PHOTO » and doesn’t change colour much after it’s cooked. presentations and feasts, where neighbouring vil- Coarse, kinda chunky. Some people like to eat" lages were invited to attend. Julia also toured the The generosity ingrained j in their customs left | _Khisi’s family is an educated and wealthy- one, a4 it raw even though it’s all pork and just smoked, village cemetery to meet the ancestors. = - > ~=Gowe,.7!, in disbelief. ~ - which came as a bit of a shock to Gowe. | 2... 1 ye not cooked yet. Oh, first they dip it in vinegar.” The customary capper was that Julia was built “We couldn’t believe how welcoming and “It shook me up a°bit,” he said. “I knew a Our Halifax friends nodded and politely said, | . a house in the village, a sign of acceptance into friendly the family was,” he said. “They were im- family was better off than most but I didn’ t know | “Mmm, mm, that sounds, um, hmm - -~ ~ very inter- the family. ’ pressed that Julia’s father came — it means more to. how up they were — they wouldn’ t let me: pay for °. esting.” ; The round house with thatched roof is theirs to: them in their custom.” ' ‘a a . Klik, Kam, Spam: luncheon meats. It’s amaz- use whenever the family returns.” ae = 0 Cont d Page E B3, ee ing what we make out of left-over animal parts, _eh? Jell-o, for example. Strawberry-flavoured beef marrow. Aspic to go, great for the kids! It’s lunch- : ‘timefun, " How old were you ‘when | you first realized “headcheese” was not made out of cheese? = ce _ Here’s a question for you: is it better to wear leather shoes from a cow that has already been eat- TWO LOCAL participants in a world) weare in smaller communities.” en at McDonald's, or to wear non- recyclable plas- religions conference taking place here this Mahdi will be taking part in five of these - tic shoes that Stella McCartney designed? Damn _ weekend say they’re excited about. the © conferences in the next while. the expense, we're talking about The Earth here! . Opportunity to participate. _ The evening starts at 6:30 p.m. at the cok. Rev. Andreas Tabert from the Terrace Al- - lege with light refreshments and ‘there will _.liance Church and Davinder Singh Sangha, be a second refreshment break during the ’ who will represent.the Sikh community, say _ course of the evening: Fashion cares, and is here brought to you -- live -- from the world wide web: “Stella McCartney—a longtime vegan and animal rights activist—made a strong point not to. the topic, “reconciling the existence of God - Each of the participants will outline his - use animal products in her chic clothes so popu-— and human suffering,” will be a challenge. ." _ perspective'on the theme of “reconciling the _ lar with the Hollywood set. She even went so far “It will be good to talk about your faith as ~ existence of God and human suffering” and | as to make her shoe collection, that includes vinyl accurately as possible,” said Sangha. _ there will time for questions and answers. AS a pastor, Tabert says he deals with the © ~The moderator for the « evening is NWCC | issue of God and pain and suffering all of president Stephanie Forsyth. © ~ the time. c . There is no charge to attend and the pub- “You hope that people will see the bigger lic are welcome but organizers do.want to picture and have a deeper experience of God get an idea of attendance to ensure there are stilettos ($350 retail), free of any animal products ‘(no leather!). Cameron Diaz, Natalie Portman and Demi Moore all have a pair of the sexy summer shoes and now they're going to be marked down [, 60% at both, her Los Angeles and New York bou- tiques.” in the midst of the pain,” he said. . enough refreshments. Please call. 1- 87- 767- Should Vegans. use Petroleum products?, These The Sept. 16 session in the main cafete-- 1965. — - products are made of the pressed goop of plants ria building of Northwest Community Col- _ The conference is being held i in’ coopera- - lege is hosted by the Vancouver-based B.C. © tion with the Alliance Church of Terrace,» _ branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Commu- Gurdwara Sahib Mri-Pri Khalsa Darbar, the _ nity which is also holding conferences in- Skeena Valley Guru. Nanak. Brotherhood Prince Rupert and one in Prince George. Society, Northwest Community. College, - Its objective is to educate the world about the Hindu Society of Terrace, the Daiko-ji Islam and Mohammad but it also:seeks to Soto Zen Centre of Terrace and The Terrace promote understanding between people of Standard. . different religions, says Rizwan Peerzada, The . word “Ahmadiyya” . translates as — one of its B.C. officials. a follower of Ahmad, which is the second | ' Also speaking. will be Leonard Ward from name of the Prophet, Mohammed, says Mah- | - Prince George who represents the aborigi- di, the community’s leader in Canada. — nal community, Judith Johnson, a Buddhist ©‘ There .are between 30,000 and 40,000 ‘from. Vancouver and Naseem Mahdi, who members spread across Canada with concen- - is the national president of the Ahmadiyya trations in larger centres such as the Greater ” Muslim Community in Canada and is based’ Toronto Area, Vancouver, Montreal and Ot- and animals (zooplankton) from a zillion years ago. They may contain animal bits, albeit very old and squished, all those ‘ancient micro-organisms and what-not. (Bikes may be more eco,-as coal is from all-veg compost, and steel is made from coal- fired iron works. It's only the burning of the coal that may be a problem.)- - And then there’s the whole thing with extracting petrol, as some plastic-shoe wearing people don’ t want that to happen anywhere near their place. So it needs to be trucked in from elsewhere, I guess. . More. importantly, is it okay to eat worms? They are at the top of the food-chain, after all, and I would not want to upset the balance of our blue . planet. Let us finish with these wise words. Nobody loves me, everybody hates me,” ee ee ee 2 . Fe in Toronto. ~ tawa. I'm going to the garden to eat worms, ’ NASEEM Mahdi, who is the national president of the “I’m very excited about coming to Ter- As the national president, Mahdi. is the Big fat juicy ones, little slimy skinny ones, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Canada, says he’s race,” said Mahdi last week. “We get lots of spiritual leader of the community as well as Itsy bitsy teeny tiny worms, yum yum! excited to come here. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO questions and there is good dialogue when its administrative head.