Chicken..... is what's for dinner.

Julie haggling price on chicken

Our dinner



Julie getting the fire ready.

Timothy - Julie's 3 yr old son
 did the cutting.

Anna-Claire was given the wonderful opportunity to experience Ugandan cooking - from the beginning to the end. This included going to the market to purchase the chicken and veggies, slaughter the chicken, pluck, clean and cook the chicken. Also cut up all the veggies, matook, and sort the rice. It was actually rather awesome to be able to go and experience such with her. I will not post all the gruesome photos - it was like anatomy/biology dissection class all over again.




AC plucking - with Timothy supervising.



Those feathers stuck to us pretty good.

Cutting it up - I'll spare you the rest
of the pictures.



A quick browning before cutting.



Cutting Matook. It looks similar to bananas.
But it tastes different. Tasty too!

We need to cook more often - even cutting veggies we were slow.

Sorting/Sifting rice to be cooked

Julie kept saying she knows we would become a good wife for a Ugandan man because we are such fast learners and will be great cooks. Our moms would be proud. When we come again, she can sit back and be the 'big mom' while we cook for her. She was adorable and so sweet to us!!

Finished product. It was delicious!!!!

I really enjoyed the experience. I learned that it's a lot of work to prepare a meal for a small family, but it was well worth learning about. Again - learning to appreciate what I have. Thank you SO much, Julie and Timothy for showing us what to do and sharing a traditional Ugandan meal with us!!