Kenya being a largely Christian society treats Sunday as a day of rest, but the shelter can not afford to rest there are rabbits, chickens and cows to tend to. The ladies also harvest and cook food that is grown in the farm and kitchen garden. The basis of most meals is maize, porridge made from maize for breakfast, maize, beans and rice for lunch and ugali (made from maize flour) and kale in the evening. I have been skipping breakfast as I dislike the texture of the porridge, however today we had a boiled egg which was delicious 😊.
Another unexpected treat occured. As planned we baked but I was sceptical that the oven would produce the goods. It uses charcoal and I suspected it would be hit and miss on temperature and timing. I was right as the rock buns took 45 minutes to cook although they tasted delicious the bread which I was understandably nervous about was also a total success.
The ladies were rightly proud and excited by the results and asked if we could bake tomorrow. I told them I felt we have enough for the next few days.
What I’m really looking forward to is breakfast tomorrow, bread and jam or honey not my favourite but more appealing than maize porridge 😀.
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