Food

Monday, January 21, 2019

Food

Part One: Food here is rather cheap.  There are many, many food stands everywhere.  I can step out of Kundayo and within a few minutes, I can return with a bag full of produce. Sometimes the produce is exactly ripe, sometimes a bit under ripe and sometimes a bit over ripe.  It’s all freshly picked.

Here is a small bunch of bananas, a mango and an avocado.  I put the pen down to show the size.

Here is one bag of produce that I bought. 2 Avocados, 1 bunch of cilantro, 2 limes, 4 carrots, 2 mangos, 2 potatos, 1 cucumber.  This cost $2.60.

 Here is another bag of produce. 1 bunch of finger-size bananas, 1 onion, 1 red pepper, small cauliflower, 1 sweet potato, 1 papaya. This cost $3.90. I think the papaya was expensive.

If one wants to buy imported food, it’s really expensive.  Take a look at this Toblerone for about $12.  YIKES!

At Kundayo, in the back of the courtyard, there is a garden with plants and trees that provide food for the restaurant.  Yesterday, Beatrice took me on a garden tour.

Banana trees produce special cooking bananas and Kundayo offers Beef and Banana Stew on the menu.  I’ll have to try this before I leave. Oh, I’m also posting a photo of the banana-cutting tool to cut the banana bunches from the tree.  Interesting, huh.

There are also lots (and I do mean LOTS!) of avocados that grow in clusters.  They fall to the ground where they just lay there.  The black “balls” you see in this picture show some of the fallen avocados. There’s a couple of green ones there too.

Kundayo Restaurant also serves a side dish that is sooooo delicious.  It’s just a bowl of greens but unlike any I’ve ever had.  They grow the greens in the garden.  Here are some pics of 3 different plants that they use.  I don’t know what they are and the cook and other staff didn’t know the names in English. The greens are sautéed with onion and garlic and curry.  Oh, so good. I don’t have a photo of the finished delicacy but, believe me, it doesn’t last very long.

In the back of the courtyard, there is a tree that grows a fruit that I’ve never seen before.  When it’s ripe, you peel it and eat it and apparently, it’s sweet.  The fruit is nobby-looking and grows in clusters.  Beatrice didn’t know the English name for it.

Part Two: How to make Pomegranate Juice….

Another fruit that grows at Kundayo is pomegranate. Here’s what you do with it.

1.     Find a pomegranate tree.

2.     Pick some pomegranates and take them to the cook in the kitchen.

3.     Break open the pomegranates and take out the little red seeds.

4.     Put the seeds in a blender.

5.     Add a splash of water and a splash of vinegar (to ward off bacteria). Then blend it.

     6.     Strain it.

 .           7.     Add some sugar.

8.     Pour it into a glass.

9.     Enjoy.

10.  Share with a friend.

Part Three: Eating Out

On Sundays, we go out to lunch.  Yesterday, we went to Picasso. Janet had a huge salad.  I had a humungous Hamburger and salad.  John had a pizza.  Here’s the pizza story. It cooks in about 3 minutes.

Part Four: Eating In

I have lots of fruit and veggies. I know that they don’t last very long so this week I’m eating them all up.  I don’t want to leave any in my fridge or on my counter when I leave for Safari next weekend.  Oh, I guess I didn’t tell you about the safari.  Ahh, that’s another post.