Wednesday, September 12, 2007
DAKAR GOREE!
Who: Five peace corps volunteers, 650 total participants, tons of spectators
What: A 5km open water swimming race
When: Just after noon until the late afternoon, Sunday September 9, 2007
Why: Braving huge waves, swimming long distances without training, and getting lost in a nearly buoy-less course is a good time (ie I love random feats of athleticism)
Where: Plage Voile d'Or, Bel Air, Dakar to Goree Island, Senegal
The Photos to prove it:
What: A 5km open water swimming race
When: Just after noon until the late afternoon, Sunday September 9, 2007
Why: Braving huge waves, swimming long distances without training, and getting lost in a nearly buoy-less course is a good time (ie I love random feats of athleticism)
Where: Plage Voile d'Or, Bel Air, Dakar to Goree Island, Senegal
The Photos to prove it:
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| Dakar Goree |
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Enjoy the Sénégalese Diet
For those who wish to live a day in the life of Megan aka Aminata, here is her daily diet:
9am Breakfast
1/3 french baguette with butter
1 cup coffee, made with powdered milk, nescafe and sugar
2pm Lunch
chebu gen bu honk (rice and fish in red sauce)
Ingredients:
rice
fish (whole)
cabbage, carrot, potatoes, onion, eggplant
lemon
oil
small can tomato paste
garlic, salt, parsley, dried hot pepper, white bissap (if available)
Crush garlic, parsley, salt, pepper, and dried hot pepper.
Rinse fish and stuff with above mixture.
Heat oil in saucepan. Add chopped onions and salt. Cook till onion lightly brown.
Mix tomato paste with 1/2 cup water and add along with fish. Let simmer 5 minutes.
Add 6 cups water and vegetables, peeled and chopped into large pieces. Cook for one hour. Remove vegetables, fish and a little oily broth.
Use the remaining broth to cook the rice.
Serve and enjoy!
3pm Strong Sugared Green Tea
9pm Dinner (this meal varies but the these are the two favorites)
thiakry ie yogurt and a cereal made from millet (I've yet to find a recipe, the closest thing in America is grape nuts I think)
or
spaghetti with tomato sauce and fried eggs
Bon appetit!
9am Breakfast
1/3 french baguette with butter
1 cup coffee, made with powdered milk, nescafe and sugar
2pm Lunch
chebu gen bu honk (rice and fish in red sauce)
Ingredients:
rice
fish (whole)
cabbage, carrot, potatoes, onion, eggplant
lemon
oil
small can tomato paste
garlic, salt, parsley, dried hot pepper, white bissap (if available)
Crush garlic, parsley, salt, pepper, and dried hot pepper.
Rinse fish and stuff with above mixture.
Heat oil in saucepan. Add chopped onions and salt. Cook till onion lightly brown.
Mix tomato paste with 1/2 cup water and add along with fish. Let simmer 5 minutes.
Add 6 cups water and vegetables, peeled and chopped into large pieces. Cook for one hour. Remove vegetables, fish and a little oily broth.
Use the remaining broth to cook the rice.
Serve and enjoy!
3pm Strong Sugared Green Tea
9pm Dinner (this meal varies but the these are the two favorites)
thiakry ie yogurt and a cereal made from millet (I've yet to find a recipe, the closest thing in America is grape nuts I think)
or
spaghetti with tomato sauce and fried eggs
Bon appetit!
Book I've read in the last year in Sénégal
1. Zadie Smith, On Beauty
2. Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains
3. Janet Fitch, White Oleander
4. Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana
5. Jhumpa Lahira, Interpreter of Maladies
6. Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
7. Louise Erdrich, The Last Report on the Miracles At Little No Horse
8. Abraham Verghese, My Own Country
9. Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice
10. Charlotte Bronte, Vilette
11. Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter
12. Joseph Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
13. Joseph Stigitz, Making Globalization Work
14. Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451
15. Max and Charlotte Alth, Wells and Septic Systems
16. Lonely Planet, The Gambia and Senegal
17. Peace Corps, Culture Matters
18. French Grammar
19. La californie, edition francaise
20. John Jeavons and Carol Cox, The Sustainable Vegetable Garden
21. Kiko Denzer, How to Build Your Own Earth Oven
22. David Werner, Where There is No Doctor
23. V.S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River
2. Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains
3. Janet Fitch, White Oleander
4. Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana
5. Jhumpa Lahira, Interpreter of Maladies
6. Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
7. Louise Erdrich, The Last Report on the Miracles At Little No Horse
8. Abraham Verghese, My Own Country
9. Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice
10. Charlotte Bronte, Vilette
11. Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter
12. Joseph Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
13. Joseph Stigitz, Making Globalization Work
14. Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451
15. Max and Charlotte Alth, Wells and Septic Systems
16. Lonely Planet, The Gambia and Senegal
17. Peace Corps, Culture Matters
18. French Grammar
19. La californie, edition francaise
20. John Jeavons and Carol Cox, The Sustainable Vegetable Garden
21. Kiko Denzer, How to Build Your Own Earth Oven
22. David Werner, Where There is No Doctor
23. V.S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River
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