Our usual complain is usually around the lack of variety in our food menu, because we have been eating the SAME things for breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday! (for me for the last 2 weeks). Yes, logistics and finance are working on improving it (example: grilling a whole goat last Friday for dinner!).. its still goat though!
Today, our support team from the US army tried to go out and get some chicken. Not available in the market yet, but we've been promised! I'm looking forward to spotting some river fish around in August and some fruits in September. Let's see!
Until then, the following are food items that are already on my black list (at least for a few weeks when I get out of here, I don't want to put these things in my mouth!):
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| Jackson: we will eat him tomorrow! |
1. Peanut butter: its nice, but no thanks.
2. White plain rice: its like eating air.
3. Goat meat: yes I like goat..but not with so many small bones (Sudanese style) and not everyday for sure!
4. Lentils: nutritious but I don't need gas on a daily basis!
5. Beans: same as above.
6. Plain white pasta: sticky, over boiled and plain...why?
7. Stinky tuna: ew!
8. Instant coffee: God help me take you for the next upcoming weeks!
9. Chlorinated water: its clean! but drinking swimming pool water every few hours is not sexy.
10. Stale white bread: chewy and unnecessary!
Interestingly, I find my body asking for sugar out here more than anywhere else I've been to. No idea where this sugar crave is coming from but its there constantly and despite all the above, I've been eating like a pig. I'm even drinking soda which I haven't done on a regular basis since university. But, there are countless things that make no sense in South Sudan and this is one of them. Oh well!
After all, we can just thank God for things we have and hope to get ice-cream and a fresh green salad in the near future!
Maban, South Sudan
30.7.2012
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