Mum: I'm coming to NY soon. Hope you don't have that poor brand of rice anymore?
Me: Which one?
Mum: The one with the lady on it...wearing a scarf...Aunty something...she looks togolese?
Me: Um...Aunt Jemima?
Mum: Yes! That's the one
Me: ....She's definitely not Togolese...and I don't think she makes rice.
All controversy aside, I'm not sure why my mother associates pancakes with rice....or togolese women with scarves.
