Doesn't this look good! Midmorning we would have homemade bread and coffee. We also enjoyed eating a little fruit that the children picked up off the ground from a tree nearby. It must be a favorite because every time a vehicle dropped someone off at the nearby corner they would go over and pick up a handful of the fruit.
Each day the women brought in different vegetables they would prepare for our lunch. They even taught us how to strip the outer layer off the pumpkin stems before it was cooked. It took me awhile and patience on their part before I got the hang of it.
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We tried not to make friends with the 3 chickens that wandered around our work area, under our feet or even perched on our feet. This one loved to cuddle up to our scraps of material. They soon became part of our lunch!
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| Preparing the maize flour, called mealie meal, for nshima |
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| I'm learning to pluck a chicken. I wonder if this was the one that stood on my feet? |
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| The chicken is cooking. A sauce was made for the chicken that was so delicious. |
A table was set up for us in our work area. They always placed a beautiful tablecloth on the table. We were treated with such care.
Nshima, made from the mealie meal and water, is a staple for most meals. You pull a piece off and roll it into a ball. flatten it, and use it and your thumb to scoop up a bite of food. Everything they made was full of wonderful flavors. We always looked forward to lunch to see what new and interesting things we would eat.
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