Amosu friends and family,
Again, I am writing this blog about events that were weeks
ago. This will be my last post from the past, because now it is getting
difficult to remember all the events that have taken place. I will begin
blogging more frequently to keep events more current. Thanks for all of your
patience! Continue to refer to Matt’s blog for other news in our life that is
not related to food and sustainable living :) mattandcarolineinkenya.blogspot.com.
We had our Kenyan family over this weekend! It was good to
have them over especially because they are always hosting us. For those of you
that don’t know, when Matt and I were here 2 years ago we lived with this
family during those 2 months. We stayed at their house, took meals with them
and we quickly became a part of their family. We love them like our own family
and we all work hard to take care of each other. It is nice to know we have a
large family here who is willing to do anything to make use feel comfortable
and safe. The immediate family consists of Elida - the mother, Sharon - the
daughter, George - the son, Mark- the father (Mark did not join us for this
meal), and now baby Mackey - Sharon’s baby. I swear… I love this baby like she
is my own. I have gone to all of her clinic visits to get her immunizations. People
in the community joke that she is my baby and I respond by saying “of course
she is my baby! Doesn’t she look just like me?!” This causes much laughter and
chatter in the local language Luo, which I don’t understand much of, so I just
smile and carry on with “my child” in hand. :)
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| Cheek pinching cute! |
We decided to honor our family by butchering one of our
chickens. Sharon taught us how to butcher Kenyan style. First, we had to catch
the chicken, which Matt did successfully (can’t you tell how proud he is by his
smug smile? )
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| Way to go Matt. |
Then we had to pull out the feathers around the neck where
we were to make the “incision”.
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| Ouch. |
Then we had to cut the neck and drain the blood. Way to go
Dr. Matt!
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| Thank you Chicken for giving your life! |
After gutting the chicken we roasted the outside to pluck
any fine hairs that remained.
The last step was of course to eat it! I got so wrapped up
in cooking that I forgot to take a final picture of everything. The final
product consisted of chicken stew, chapatti - a Kenyan flour tortilla,- which is documented below - and
an Asian stir fry which Matt and I contributed. The family LOVED the stir-fry,
and since this meal they have made it a few times at their house; always good
to provide some cross-cultural exchange. :)
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| Elida (bottom left), Sharon (right) and me making chapati!!! |
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| Rollin' like a true Kenyan woman |
Sunday was another exciting day as we received our sofas,
successfully cultivated some taro root that was growing down by the lake and we
received a call from our friend Bernard who told us another friend had just
killed a 10 foot python at our neighboring beach!
Our friends Elijah, Tielen and Evans made our sofas, which
we love!!! SO nice to finally have a place to relax after a long day.
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| for those who appreciate Seinfeld... |
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| yay couches!!! |
Our friend Olambo came over to help me harvest the taro and
transplant a few of the leaves to grow around the property.
Aaaand here is our friend Owino who killed the python.
Yikes. It was still moving a bit while they were skinning it. Biggest snake I
have ever seen up close. It was pretty cool! I am glad it is no longer living
around our beach though… thanks Owino!
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| Thats right... they killed it with a single spear. |
That night we made some more kale wraps which consisted of
blanched kale leaves, a sauté of some local grown carrots, peppers and onions,
along with a spiced rice (cinnamon, salt, pepper, masala spice) and a tangy
peanut sauce (soy sauce, peanut butter, lemon juice mixture) to sprinkle on
top. It was a delicious meal!
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| My studly husband before dinner :) |
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| veggie feast! |
Until next time…
Love, peace and chicken grease!
Caroline
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