Apparently I don't have enough spice

Some of my small children (heh) and I were cooking yams this afternoon. After informing them that I already had a stew prepared from yesterday they insisted upon inspecting it:

YAW

(Sniffing the stew)

Oh madam just the smell makes me want to vomit.

ME

Yaw that is not a nice thing to say. It's a nice stew.

YAW

But it makes me sick.

ME

Yaw you are not going to vomit just because there is no pepe in it (pepe is Ghanaian peper that makes wasabe taste like water).

YAW

(In a voice sounding like his puppy just died)

Madam a problem has found me and it us just chasing me. I am so so worried.

ME

Yaw you are not going to vomit. You look perfectly find to me.

YAW

Maybe if I can add my own pepe then I will not vomit.

People take their pepe quite seriously here.