Labor day weekend. For our language class we had immersion sorta. We went to market and got our food supply's and Saturday starting at 9 we prepared food we wanted and our teachers cooked food from the area we will be going to. George stopped at the market and got 2 chickens which he brought to our hosts house and we were taught how to slaughter, pluck, gut, cook and eat fresh chicken. Tom and I paid close attention as we think we may get a few birds when we go to our site in the N. After the initial shock of what we were doing it was pretty easy. The gizzard is the most prized part of the bird so the oldest guest is to get to eat it. Fortunately, the house owners were older and they got the prize... We made curry for our dish and chapati with guacamole and fried potatoes, the teachers made chicken, dried fish in sauce, and casava dough stuff they called bread, but it was not baked just casava flour in hot water that you mix until it is thick and pasty. It was pretty bland. We had way too much food to eat and no refrigeration but were assured our host family could finish it off. The Ugandean people have huge appetites. I have not seen people eat this much except at buffets back in the states. They do a lot of physical labor so I guess they need the carbs. The electricity is out again so our solar lamp is about out of juice so I say goodnight from Uganda where the stars are shining bright tonight because the power is on in Kenya.
