My Mother's friend (and mine) Joe is a Guyanese and has very specific ideas about what constitutes a meal. Most important of all, food must be HOT and there must be RICE. The best baguette in the world doesn't matter unless there is rice, too. I learned about Joe's special way with a can of tuna one summer night when he and his wife came for dinner, and (gasp!) all of the food we were serving was room temp. He whipped this up for himself, teaching me along the way. We devoured it, and I was converted - it's just not a meal without something steaming hot!

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