Food

I am writing this on Wednesday October 4^th, but I do not know when exactly I will be posting it.  The internet has gone down once again and I have no access to the outside world.  Including hearing about the strikes that are happening in South Africa, which have not effected us one bit.

I have had some questions about what types of food I have been eating since I got here.  Most meals have Papa, with is ground maize flour mixed with boiling water.  But I do want to mention the type of food I had yesterday because it was quite different.  My nkhono went to Maseru for a funeral over the weekend and when she got back she brought lots of goodies. 

I had the regular bread and tea breakfast at home.  Then when I was going to make lunch I found out that the group that is visiting here had leftovers.  So I had sloppy joes for lunch, with cheese, something that we do not get a lot here. 

Then when I got home my nkhono was there and we had apples, oranges, ‘pop corn’ like snack that was mostly air.  Then I went with my host brother to pick up the rest of her stuff at the road side and when I go back we had KFC chicken.  Yup she had brought the family KFC for us to eat.  Then once we were done that then we had Makanyas, doughnuts. 

Then we had dinner which was chicken, papa, and gravy.  Gravy here is tomatoes and onions cooked with sugar and salt.  But we had green onions added as well.  It was wonderful.

Usually I have bread and tea for breakfast.  Then I am served ‘brunch’ at school.  Usually it is something with papa; I like the meals made at home a little bit more.  Then when I get home I get served another meal, usually with bread and tea.  Then we have dinner that is usually papa, moroho and gravy or eggs. 

Moroho, Papa and Eggs

How to Make Papa:

Get the water boiling, add ground maize, the stir a few times until it is done.  

Moroho:

Get greens from your garden, or from near your garden.  Then cut them up finely.  Then put some oil, not too much, and the cut greens into a pot and let them cook down.  Add quite a bit of salt and maybe BBQ seasoning and you are set. 

BaSotho gravy:

3 Tomatoes, half an onion, oil, teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of sugar.  Cook onions in oil first, then add tomatoes, salt and sugar.  Cook until the tomatoes have dissolved.