I ate fried grasshoppers yesterday! They tasted a little like salad, corn, and french fries somehow mixed together. We are entering mango and grasshopper seasons.
On our way back from "the bush," we stopped in the coffee producing region of Uganda. Coffee is Uganda's number one export. We saw (and participated in) the coffee process from the plant to our cups. I am smashing the beans to get the outer shells off of the dried beans before they are roasted, then ground again, then mixed with water to make coffee!
My rural host family did not have running water, so water had to be fetched from a nearby stream to bathe, drink, and cook with. Ugandans carry water in gerry cans on top of their heads. I am carrying a small one with the help of my hand, but other members of my host family could carry a jug three times as large without even holding it!
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