chakula

Hi Everyone!

We have split up who talks about what so that you don't have to read about the same thing 8 times. I am going to talk about the food - it is delicious. Sammy is our cook, who makes all of our meals, he is very funny and has the best laugh ever. I am going to have to take many lessons from him so that I can cook this food when I am back in Canada.

My favourite so far is definitely the Mandazi. Mandazi is something we have at breakfast time, it is like a doughnut that you get to dip in sugar or jam or just eat plain depending on how you are feeling. As well, at breakfast we get hard-boiled eggs, and bread with peanut butter and jam which is SO delicious.
Chipate. This is like a crepe almost, but it is not a dessert food, we eat it with dinner or lunch, most of the time with a lentil stew. This is a very common food here, we have had it I think four times. So far this is Matt's favourite food.
Another common food that we eat is ugali. It is made of maize and you get to eat it with your hands. You kind of mold it into a spoon shape and then you can dip it in a stew or use it to eat your sukuma wiki which is some sort of green vegetable.
The fruit here is amazing. We were having a conversation about this a few meals ago and have decided that the fruit has so much more flavor. The most common fruits we have been eating are bananas, pineapple, mango and passionfruit. I had never had passion fruit before, so if you don't know what it is I will describe it. It is a small spherical fruit that you eat by cutting it in half and then sucking out the seeds. It has a very different taste, but that is what makes it so great! The seeds are are very crunchy although I learned two nights ago that you are actually not supposed to chew the seeds.
I am quite a fan of the food here and am so excited I still have two months to eat it and learn how to make it!