We eat technically 2x a day in this house......... why...... I have no idea. But we do. So.... around 230-300pm we eat a lunch/dinner. This meal is always VERY heavy. I am not a fan of heavy foods persay, so for me it is sometimes a problem. I just eat a smaller amount. The variety of foods here are many, and because they are mostly Cameroonian dishes, I cannot give the names because I don't know them. But... I will try and describe them.
1) Spagetti
-well, not really how we eat spagetti, but similiar. They make a tomato sauce and add corned beef, and some spices, it seems more soupy than chunky and a bit oily.
2) Salad
-the salad will have carrots, onions, beans, cucumbers, green peppers, tuna (again... with the fish all the time!) and the dressing is a combination of mayo/ketchup. Yeah... it sounds gross, but it is tolerable, providing it has been chilled and there isn't too much of either in it. I am dying for some Ranch dressing right about now!!!! So... if anyone cares to send me some, I would be all too happy!!!
3) Agooshi
-this is a seed that has been blended and mixed with green vegetables. It is probably one of my more favorite foods, and it is eaten with either boiled yam or plantain.
4) Soups/Stews
- I swear everything they eat here is either a soup/stew or some variation of it, and is eaten with some starch... whether it be banku, fufu, rice, kenkey, plantain, yam, potato, etc.
-the soups are often tomato based, with onions, maggi cubes, spices, ginger, garlic, etc. They all have oil, and all have hot pepper in them. The same ingredients are used but they all taste a bit different.
-the meat can be chicken, beef, fish, bushmeat (which I don't eat), or some type of canned fish, etc.
It has been hardly adjusting. I don't eat this type of food everyday, so eating is not really exciting as much as it is a necessity. I am dying for a turkey dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy, steamed asparagus and green beans! Ahhh. And some real nice bread!!! Haaa.
I am going to talk with the housemaid and see about what other foods she knows how to make. She used to cook for the founder of this village who is a white man from Germany, and she also cooks for the "white doctors" when they come to the hospital to do surgeries. In the meantime, I like eating grilled cheese sandwiches a lot!!!
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What is the scoop on sardines? Do Ghanaian people eat that too? What do maa and paa think of food from Ghana..do they ever eat it? I can't remember what banku, kenkey and fufu are? Are they always served like a mashed potato would be here?
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I have no idea on the sardines... but it is really gross. The taste and the smell. Maa and Paa... haha. Maa and Daa Mom... get it right!! They don't really eat Ghanaian food... we eat Cameroonian food, or sometimes I guess they eat a modified version of the local food here. Banku and kenkey and fufu are starches eaten with soup/stews. Let me see if I can remember... banku and kenkey are formented corn that is rolled into a ball. It is a bit sticky, and has a sour taste. The kenkey is usually wrapped in a leaf of some kind. The fufu is a mixture of plantain and cassava pounded together?? Ohh I hope I am getting these facts right. I don't have anyone here at the moment to cross-check it with. But... it looks like a big hunk of pizza dough!! haha. And the funniest part about it, is that you DO NOT CHEW the fufu... just swallow it. I have a hard time doing that personally... so I chew a little.
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