Today I spent several hours with six ladies as they went about their business of preparing lunch for 600 kids. What a daunting task. It was warm today, real close to 100 in the shade. The kitchen where these ladies prepare all this food is wide open because the cookers are all heated with wood. It was exceptionally hot in there. The picture is of my lunch. The white food is called porsho. It is made with maze flour and water and a little salt. A lot like corn meal. The sauce is very salty and is made with oil, water, and onions. The fish is smoked and dried and there is nothing missing. They don't bother cleaning them. And yes, for those of you who are wondering, I did eat the whole thing. The kids that live here get this for lunch and the kids that just come here for school get porsho and beans. For many of the kids who don't live here, this is there only meal of the day. They actually have trouble with some kids faithing on Monday mornings because they have not eaten since their lunch Friday........ bon appetit from South Sudan
Oh my Dave, when I first saw that picture I thought it was bird, so relieved to read it was a fish! BTW I had a wonderful lunch today with Connie & Marilyn...which included chocolate pie & tomorrow it's a Ruben sandwich...one of my favorites.
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