SCHOOL MEMORIES: To appetiser, a great companion

I refused to take it with me the first time I arrived for boarding school. My mother tried to tell me that I would need it but I said: “There’s no way I’m putting that in my suitcase.” Made only of onions fried in cooking oil, it served the purpose of making school meals bearable. But the school had sent a list of requirements and other items students were allowed to bring. Appetiser wasn’t on the list.