Somali Bananas and Rice Meme Template

Wearing a black hijab and abaya, with a plaster stuck on her forehead, a woman speaks into a standing mic with great conviction, grimacing and nodding as she makes her case.

She is defending the Somali habit of eating banana with rice: people don't think you can do it, she says, but that combination works.

Shared by Somali viewers with pride and by everyone else when someone stands up for an odd food pairing.

• me explaining why fries in a milkshake are elite
• when someone at the cookout side-eyes your plate