Our Djiboutian meal was Skoudehkaris, Laxoox and Djibouti Banana Fritters with Date Caramel. Skoudehkaris is a lamb and rice dish with tomatoes and cardamon. The cardamon gave it a nice flavor. It was delicious wrapped in the Laxoox. Laxoox is a flat bread with yeast in it, oxymoron? They taste […]
Our C么te d鈥橧voire meal consisted of Smoked Turkey with Egusi Sauce, West African Shrimp Avocado Boats, brown rice, plantain chips and Fruit Salad Cote d’Ivoire. Eguisi sauce is pureed pumpkin seeds, onion, garlic and tomato paste mixed with cooked diced up turkey thigh. We ate this over brown rice. It […]
Our latest African meal was a combination of foods from Comoros, Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We made Grilled Lobster Tail, Vanilla Shallot Dipping Butter, African Rice and Beans, Congolese Mushrooms with Fresh Lemon Juice and Caakiri (couscous pudding) with pineapple. This was the first time […]
We combined the African countries of Chad and Central Africa for our meal of Moo Sate, Chad Salad, Spiced Papaya Milk, and African Benne Wafers. Moo Sate is beef marinated in curry, chili powder,聽garlic, onion, lemon juice, and honey. The dipping sauce was coconut cream, soy sauce,聽peanut butter, onion, Worcestershire […]
Cape Verde is an archipelago of 10 islands off the West Coast of Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean. It was inhabited by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century. It has some beautiful towns and coastlines such as Fontainhas, Mindelo and Ponta Do Sol. Fontainhas is a small village on the […]
Our Cameroon meal consisted of Cameroonian Fish Stew, Corn Fufu, Chin Chin, and Mango Daiquiris. The fish stew turned out a little salty. The recipe called for Maggi Seasoning cubes which we substituted with chicken bouillon and miscalculated the amount. Regardless, the stew was tasty and healthy, so we plan […]
Our Burundi meal was delicious! “Fish with Tomatoes and Red Palm Oil”, “Red Kidney Beans with Plantains”, “Date and Banana Mix”, and Banana Beer. I hated red kidney beans; haven’t had them in years. It was the texture. I decided it was time to try them again and they were […]
Our Burkina Faso meal was Ragout D’Igname (traditional Burkinab茅 Yam Stew), Burkinab茅 T么 and Banfora (fried pastry with pineapple). We drank Bissap a la Bonne Dame (hibiscus tea with pineapple). We both liked the stew and plan to make it again. The Burkinab茅 T么 was quite a production. The recipe […]
Our Botswana meal was Seswaa (Stewed Beef), Cornmeal Pap, Bostwanan Stewed Spinach Greens and Pampoenkoekies (South African pumpkin fritters). We drank Roobis Tea that has high levels of health-promoting antioxidants. Roobis tea is a red herbal tea that comes from the fermented leaves of the Aspalathus linearis shrub, a plant native […]
Benin is a small country on the West coast of Africa that is about the size of Ohio. Ohio is 44,825 mi虏 with a population of 11.75 million while Benin is 44,310 mi虏 population 12.47 million. It is said Benin was the birthplace of Vudon (voodoo) which is still practiced but the […]
