Rainy season isn't here quite yet, but there is still an occasional downpour; we welcome it, as it cools the weather off considerably. John likes playing in it, and it's also handy for filling up buckets with water when the city water isn't running.
John likes to help out in the kitchen, and one of the things he is learning to do is grind spices, like chunks of salt, peppercorns, and garlic, with the local style of mortar and pestle.
We decided to combine some Sango language learning with learning how to prepare some local greens called budu. So here is a photo of Madame Selonkoue, our wonderful Sango language helper, showing us how to prepare budu as she explains (and we record it on video!) in Sango.
The first step of making budu is probably the most labor intensive. Here is Adam preparing the budu for cooking. You tear the leaves and upper part of the stem off the lower part, which you discard. Then you wash the leaves well before you boil them, drain them and cook them with onion, oil and spices.
Here is just a random shot of some beautiful flowers I bought from a vendor on the street. They were actually starting to fade by the time I thought to take a picture of them. I loved the vibrant red and yellow hues!
John likes to help out in the kitchen, and one of the things he is learning to do is grind spices, like chunks of salt, peppercorns, and garlic, with the local style of mortar and pestle. 
We decided to combine some Sango language learning with learning how to prepare some local greens called budu. So here is a photo of Madame Selonkoue, our wonderful Sango language helper, showing us how to prepare budu as she explains (and we record it on video!) in Sango. 
The first step of making budu is probably the most labor intensive. Here is Adam preparing the budu for cooking. You tear the leaves and upper part of the stem off the lower part, which you discard. Then you wash the leaves well before you boil them, drain them and cook them with onion, oil and spices. 
Here is just a random shot of some beautiful flowers I bought from a vendor on the street. They were actually starting to fade by the time I thought to take a picture of them. I loved the vibrant red and yellow hues! 
John looks like he was having lots of fun! Wow! Those flowers are gorgeous! They would be beautiful for the wedding, Rebecca and I thought. But they wouldn't probably be fresh by the time you got here!
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