Tammy attempted to make cheese grits out of Maize Meal. Kenyans use this meal to make their staple food, ugali (ooh-golly), which looks like mashed potatoes but really doesn't taste like anything. If you serve a meal to a Kenyan and don't serve ugali, then they will say that they haven't eaten. If dinner was the meal, the following morning they will say that they "slept hungry." Kenyans are very funny about their ugali. I thought the grits were pretty good, but Tammy disagreed saying that the meal was ground too fine.
There are a ton of corn meal and flour options to choose from. Chapatis are like tortillas (but thicker; think Taco Bell Gorditas). Mandazi is like a donut.
I finally found some cookies that I like. The strawberry wafers taste just like the ones in the US. In the British tradition, most cookies are referred to as biscuits. Not quite Bojangles!
American brand Heinz, but not quite Ramen.
We've started using shelf stable milk instead of the bag milk (see Funny & Tasty Food in Kenya #1), because, well, it last a lot longer. I think it tastes just like regular milk, but the kids disagree. Picky, picky.
Breakfast cereal has been quite a struggle thus far. They have a lot of Temmy's cereals, but despite the different flavors listed above, they all taste a lot like plastic.
Chicken anyone? We just got a bag of chickens from Njeri, one of Agape's managers. Evidently, they are delicious, so I'll let you know. A quick Kiswahili lesson, the Kenyan word for chicken is kuku (coo-coo). The Kiswahili word for barbecue is choma (choam-uh). So, barbecue chicken is kuku choma. Barbecue goat is really popular here or mbuzi (em-boozee) choma.
Preparing to jik the chicken (see "Just Jik It"). Don't they look cozy!
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