Last Saturday I spent the day with Cecil out at their village helping her as she was preparing a big meal for an engagement celebration. I have to be honest that I was so touched when she asked me to come and help, because for the first time I could tell that she actually wanted my help. For the past two years I have progressed in my ability to cook like they do here, but most of the time I was as helpful to her as Ethan is to me in the kitchen. I honestly had to relearn how to cook. I had to learn to make and keep a fire, sort rice, steam, seal pots with cloth, cut without a cutting board or peeler, and so much more. Although I don’t cook like this everyday at our house, I try to do it enough that it is becoming more and more natural to me.
Here are the objects that are essential to cooking here…
Just a little of fun info about what we use when cooking here!
Auntie Becca says
What a milestone!! So proud of you!!!
Molly says
Can we get a cooking lesson when you come back to the states? You could take pictures of our efforts and then your friends in Senegal could laugh at our “skills” 🙂