Bon Appetit!

We have established some favorites and some not-so-favorites of Ghanaian food. We wanted to post some pictures of the various foods we've eaten, but the dumb jump drive we went out of our way to purchase got corrupted, so now we are unable to transfer photos again. (We may have a third back-up plan, but that has yet to be determined).

Some of our favorites:

• Kelewele (fried plantain with a special spicy seasoning)
  
• Red Red (a type of bean dish sometimes served with chicken)
  
• Fried Plantain (always our back up plan if there is gross lunch at the center)
• Fan Ice (basically frozen chocolate milk)
  
• Fruit- bananas, pineapple, mango
• Avocado (the pits alone are the size of the large avocados in the States)
  

Some of our least favorites:

• Banku (a strange mix of pounded maize)
  
• Fish soup (Banku is usually served in this)
  
• Rice ball (served in a peanut soup)
  

We don't dare try fufu or kente because we hear they are basically like Banku.

In order to protect ourselves from having to eat Banku again, Lori asks the cook daily what the meal is for the following day. She then passes the information on to all the other obruni so they can plan accordingly for lunch. This has become quite the joke for all the locals at the center.

We basically eat Ghanaian food all week so on the weekend we utilize our ability to seek out Western food. The pizza and hamburgers definitely aren't as quality in taste as what we eat in the States, but it gives us a good break from the 4-5 staple meals they eat here.