March 6, 2014
My meals have definitely improved living in the village and having the meal prepared for me over the chicken-fish over rice served at Cuttington cafeteria.
Almost everything is served over rice. Most commonly with what they call a soup which consists of some green leaf (potato, cassava, palaver, or water cress) mashed in a drum with a long pole, boiled down to a thick liquid. Other times a vegetable like kidney beans, bitter ball, or okra are added to the soup mix. This is then cooked with some kind of meat combined with fish. Vegetable oil or native red palm oil is added to help it slide down and maintain ones regularity. Lots of hot chilies are added to give it a real kick. This is the main and often the only meal of the day. Breakfast and a late snack usually consist of a cracker or biscuit.Water is the drink for all meals. A spoon is the only needed utensil..
The dumo dish below is a special dish. The white dough ball in the center of a spicy soup is made by pounding cassava root in a drum into this sticky mass. Liberian culture requires you to never chew the dumo but swallow each spoonful whole. I have mastered the technique, kind of like eating raw oysters.
My meals have definitely improved living in the village and having the meal prepared for me over the chicken-fish over rice served at Cuttington cafeteria.
Almost everything is served over rice. Most commonly with what they call a soup which consists of some green leaf (potato, cassava, palaver, or water cress) mashed in a drum with a long pole, boiled down to a thick liquid. Other times a vegetable like kidney beans, bitter ball, or okra are added to the soup mix. This is then cooked with some kind of meat combined with fish. Vegetable oil or native red palm oil is added to help it slide down and maintain ones regularity. Lots of hot chilies are added to give it a real kick. This is the main and often the only meal of the day. Breakfast and a late snack usually consist of a cracker or biscuit.Water is the drink for all meals. A spoon is the only needed utensil..
The dumo dish below is a special dish. The white dough ball in the center of a spicy soup is made by pounding cassava root in a drum into this sticky mass. Liberian culture requires you to never chew the dumo but swallow each spoonful whole. I have mastered the technique, kind of like eating raw oysters.
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| Bitter ball soup with ground hog and canned fish |
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| Dumo in pepper soup |
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| Kidney bean soup with pigs feet and chicken |
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| Potato green soup with ground hog anh canned fish |
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| Spaghetti with canned fish, a breakfast delight |
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