...then Rwanda is pretty bland... :)
I am writing about the food of course. Its not that the food is bad, which is good, as we eat it all the time. The staple here is rice. White rice. I have rice and beans every supper, most lunches, and even at a few breakfasts. They are both good, and I even know how to say beans in Kinyarwanda: ibishimbo. I have asked them to pass the beans a few times, let me tell you. The other staples are sweet potato fries. We have these alot as well, and they are also good. At my house we rotate peas, this meat (I think it is cow) soup, and on a few occasions we have had some sort of corn cakes. That about does it for food here in Rwanda. Of course when we go to a restaurant we can order other things, I think Trigger ordered a hamburger the other day, but Conner and I have discovered brouchette, and what more could you ask for?
I'm sure you saw the goat-on-a-stick that we were eating at the bus stop, well they have it here in Rwanda as well...and boy is it oh, so, good. We found a place tuesday that sells 2 for 1000 rwf. The place that we ate some the first day was 1 for 2000. That is 4x the price! Needless to say, a few times a week we go and get our brouchette fix, adding some spice to our plate.
I really don't mind the lack of variety too much, its just funny to go to the table and see the same thing. One day I almost asked Claire "what's for dinner?" but I stopped myself, realizing I already knew the answer... There was one night that I was sick to my stomach and I went to the table, saw the rice and beans, and decided that I wasn't really hungry. I am interested to know what my take on it will be after another 7 weeks of the same food. Mom, when I get home, can I please have something other than rice? (Pepperoni bread would be nice... :P)
So, there you have la menue...who wants goat?!
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Now I know how blessed I am to be able to ask Mom, "What's for dinner?" :-) I hope it fills you up good!
Question: does the quality of Rwandan rice and beans beat the variety of Pioneer's Shepherd's Pie?
The real question isn't "what's in shepherd's pie" but "what isn't in shepherd's pie"...
just think... you get to come back to school to a brand new cafeteria.
but seriously, that goat franchise is golden.
I basically live on black beans here in DC...so I think pepperoni bread sounds pretty amazing...How are you feeling? Tired, achey, sick? Are you going to die of scurvy because of the lack of fruits and vegetables?
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