Hey everyone, Thanks for all your FB comments. Boy, ya mentioned slicing off the jewels and folks take notice. Richard, you are correct about the Feng Shui positioning of piglets. That certainly should be in the next book. And Agi, that doesn't surprise me about your learning AL those things and more in rural Hungary. I'm hoping not to have to use this particular skill. Although the chicken event might be interesting. I still remember Mom being gifted a live chicken in Baton Rouge when I was about five and not having to stomach to kill it, even though she'd grown up doing just that. Not sure how chicken got on the menu today - I know I have fajita seasonings... Still Spanish rice, Guacamole and bean tacos would have been just right.
The biggest excitement yesterday came when we discovered Cilantro in the market. It had no name - just a vague "pot-tek" (vegetables...)) or something. I'll have to go to my notes to re-discover it. Greens are not named in Acholi... not available enough historically I think, but animals, grains, birds, etc. all have names. So - later in the afternoon when we were doing our buying, the cilantro was still there - no one here seems to know what to do with it and I can't believe it was there - it looked pretty far gone. Still we haggled a little bit and bought it in the hope it can be revived enough to at least get the flavor. Small tastes of home rate high on the Richter scale of excitement. Pretty soon everything here starts tasting the same.
I was able to get a Snickers Bar in Kampala the other day and it was like Christmas. I devoured it in secrecy last night. If something is brought into our home-stay, it's supposed to be shared if you show it to anyone. The peanut butter was gone in a heartbeat when it came out, so you better believe I sheltered that candy bar! I share everything else, but a girl's gotta do what she has to to protect chocolate.
Onward to chickens and cooking over charcoal. Keep those cards and letters coming. Hey to your group Judy!
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