Food

i'm not sure if i've mentioned food already but i'm trying to write more about daily things i forget to write about because i take them for granted. if anyone wants me to write about something specific, just comment or email me.

tonight for dinner i had banku and fish stew. it was SO good. banku is fermented corn and it tastes very salty but also sweet because of the corn. its mashed into a dough and you use the banku to pick up the stew. the fish stew was great because it was only a little bit spicy and the fish was off the bone so i didn't have to worry about my esphogus being speared when i accidentally swallow a hidden bone.

last night i had peanut soup and rice balls. peanut soup is hard to describe, but obviously, tastes a little like peanuts and comes with chicken in it. i get nervous eating the chicken because i can't tell what meat is what, and ghanaian chicken is served white and dark meat all mixed up. i forgot to ask for the peanut soup to be non-spicy so it was reallllly hot. i had to suffer through the fake milk to ease the stinging in my mouth.

food in ghana generally is really really spicy. i eat alot of fried rice, plain white rice, french fries, and plantains. my favorite favorite food here is red-red, a bean mix served over plaintains. for breakfast i always have scrambled eggs and baked beans. the baked beans are a little bit sweeter than the ones in the US and are served in a sauce that is less thick (if that makes sense).

for lunch today mhairi and i went to a chinese restaurant. surprisingly, ghana has the best spring rolls in the entire world. they serve them alot in kumasi and they are amazing. we both got dumpling soup and that was really good too.