Hi Ruth!
When you get here, besides Citi-Veg, maybe I'll take you to Basement Cafe, where I had lunch today [Not bad, adults: The equivalent of about $3.50 for a meal so filling I think I'll be skipping dinner]. They serve lots of traditional Ghanaian food - we'll have to find you something that's not too spicy, as lots of it has hot peppers!
But what I thought you might like was the fufu and banku. Both are sort of like dough, but made from a plant called cassava (which is like a potato), and with some corn for banku. They also ferment banku, which means they let it sit so tiny animals can grow in it, like in bread, and that makes it sour. But! What's fun about them is that they're your utensils! You don't get a fork or spoon; they give you a lump of fufu or banku and you're supposed to make little disks and then scoop up the food with it. It's like eating with play-doh!
I'm not very good at it.
Sounds like a delicious meal. Banku sounds interesting almost like a Scoop tostido type food.
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ReplyDeleteYou know that I like to read books in the morning. This morning Grammy (Yes! She did finally arrive - and with lots of treats for me - a BIG box full...) read me a story: Bread! Bread! Bread! There was a picture of a boy in Ghana. He was eating banku and fufu! Mommy said that you would like the fermented bantu, because it tastes like sourdough. I will try it. Grampy says about trying any new food: smell it; taste it; if you don't like it, spit it out.
Love from your medium-sized girl!
Ruth
Love you all. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to time together!
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