It symbolizes to the Akan that food is a basis of life and that they could not survive if not for the food that God has placed here on Earth for their nourishment.
Ifanekisela ama-Akan ukuthi ukudla kuyisisekelo sempilo nokuthi awakwazanga ukusinda uma kungenjalo ukudla uNkulunkulu akubeke lapha eMhlabeni ukuze adle. "