Efia Shito's Blog

So, the original plan was to have a potluck movie night.

We’d all come over to Efia’s house with a dish.  We’d have a nice, hearty meal.  We’d kick back with some Jason Statham movies over some freshly popped corn.  And we’d top the night off with some homemade ice cream for dessert.

Nice plan.  Until everyone else, for all sorts of reasons, had to bail out.

Until, at the end, all we were left with were Efia and her rice and me with my bottle of wine.

Not exactly the meal we had in mind, but, as she typically does, Efia found a way to make a bit more of something out of very very little.  She started to thaw some meat from her freezer, and, because she could see how hungry the non-cooking Wine Guy was, she offered me a plate of rice with some freshly made Shito.

Mind you, I’d only had Shito for the first time in my life a few weeks before when she had out-of-town guests.  But I already knew I was in for a treat.

It’s a thick, spicy, deep burgundy sauce with the taste of herring & shrimp mixed in with onions, tomatoes, garlic, ginger….

It was the first time she’d made a batch in a very long time, and since she’d been left high & dry by our movie night dinner dropouts as well, she and I both decided to partake in the shito & rice while we let the meat thaw.

And, boy, it was good.  Really good.  Like, “wanna-lick-the-bowl” good.

So we both helped ourselves to another plate of Shito and white rice.  Oh, and the wine.

And that was it for pretty much the rest of the night.

We kept going back for 3rd & 4th helpings.

And the meat went back into the freezer.

Sadly, we didn’t even miss the ice cream.