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Friday - Farming and cooking

2/1/2019

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We started Friday with a delicious breakfast of plantains, fish stew and Cameroonian coffee to prepare us for another day of learning and helping out at the farm. The owner of the farm, who we call “Ma Justice,” because she is a judge, joined us.

We took a long walk around the farm and saw fruit and vegetable trees and plants, as well as fish ponds. There are also many forest areas, unlike the farms we are used to visiting in New York. We watched Farmer Tantoh’s friends Julius and Mary harvest leaves from the Huckleberry plant (also known as black nightshade).

When we returned from our walk the cooking began! Farmer showed us how to de-feather and butcher a chicken, which was grilled over an open fire. We removed the leaves from the Huckleberry stems, chopped them up, washed them and put them in a pot over another open fire. We made fou fou out of corn flour and water and cooked that over an open fire, too.  You can see from the video of Ms. Calarco stirring it that it is hard work!

When the fou fou was done cooking, we wrapped it in banana leaves to give it extra flavor. We ate a communal meal, sitting on benches. People in Cameroon eat many of their meals without utensils - it was fun to lick our fingers, and not have to wash extra items!

After a short rest back at the house we had a wonderful dinner with Ma Justice and her husband. I gave their grandson, Davy, the bookmark that Eddie made. We will be giving the other bookmarks out when we visit local schools.

To end our evening, we went out to hear some local musicians sing and play instruments (piano and keyboard). Farmer Tantoh loves to sing and dance, and went up on stage with them!

(And he also shared the great news that the materials for the well have been purchased - with the money YOU donated - and work will start on it tomorrow!)
8 Comments
Jared
2/4/2019 09:20:55 am

How is cooking at Cameroon different than cooking in the United States of America.

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gfd
2/4/2019 11:44:31 am

Who are you jared

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kaelasova@aecsd.education
2/4/2019 09:25:59 am

down in the first video what were you cooking, in the pot on the open fire that the one lady was helping you stir ? How does it taste?

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Mrs. Browns class
2/4/2019 10:49:59 am

How are their schools and ways of learning different from back here at owasco and other auburn schools?

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Kevin Lowe
2/4/2019 11:43:13 am

How good was the fou fou 1/10?

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Brody R
2/6/2019 09:40:33 am

What is Farmer Tantohs favorite meal

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Aaliyah
2/6/2019 11:38:38 am

What are those drums made of? They look really cool to play! He´s really good at them!!!

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Megan Laderer
2/6/2019 11:42:08 am

How was the chicken 1/10?

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