I must have tried all of these in Ghana (overcoming my food hangups in the interest of science)

Akrantsi is grasscutter is cane rat-- succulent tasty meat actually



There is ball of boiled dough in the middle of the stew (fufu or banku etc) -- you take a piece (hot!) and shape it then dip in stew. Tear off pieces of meat. Spoon for liquid. Eat with your hand (right hand)

Eating grass-cutter;



And goat stew:

the goat stew looks nice.

i am eating an avocado with mayo and homemade balsamic raspberry jam on toast sandwich. dipping it in ranch dressing.

Are you back in the UK yet, or still in Miss.? Aisha, I'd totally try the cane rat.

i've been in blighty for a week. landed at gatwick last friday.

just had some pizza, yum! Peperoni and mushroom

Lychee fruit!!!!1



We got FRESH LYCHEE FRUIT!!!!!!!!!!

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YUMMY!
YUMMY!
YUMMY!

nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nomnomnom!

They look more like Rambutan to me.. Lychee aren't "hairy".

I think you're right MrsK. I didn't take that picture but that is what ours look like and we got it at a Southeast Asian market nearby. I've always thought they were Lychee Fruit but it seems I was misinformed. Nevertheless they are YUMMY!



nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nomnomnom!

I first had rambutan in Thailand, so a south east asian market would be right for them. They're LUSH! Really very very nice.. They had them in Costa Rica last year alot too. The flesh part is very similar to lychee anyway, very little to tell them apart in that state.

Kartoffelpuffer

I seem to remember some quaint fable about potato pancakes...

Thats a great picture, VillianGlib-sinBored.



Super Noodles, freshly blasted and a piece of un-buttered toast. Just been for a swift lunchtime jog and I'm starving but didn't have time to make myself any sarnies this morning. Scratched around my drawers and found the noodles. Jeez their hot. One attched itself to my finger by some type of nuclear fusion known only to stinking, crud ridden works microwave ovens. My pinkies now a little pinky. Oh, but I do love 'em... the noodles, i mean. Hot fingers... now thats another story

mccoy's salt and vinegars. the way forward.

Mrs. Mac's Giant Sausage Roll, with Rosella tomato sauce. A good tomato sauce, in that you can actually sculpt it.

delicious crunchy Gala apple

White corn tortilla chips with hot salsa, pierogies with feta crumbles, and smoked herring fillets.

Veggie hash frittata...well, that's what I'm calling it, at least: diced potatoes and mixed veg sauteed with onions and S&P and bound with an egg, scrambled.

Jacques Pépin would call it "cuisine d'opportunité" but I just call it "I only had one egg left and couldn't make a proper omelette."

pitta filled with hummus, grilled halloumi and salad leaves. serious yum

Black Jacque's Lima Surprise!

My own riff on a on-the-dole receipe. This is a vegatarian riff on a quick low-budget belly filler.

INGREDIENTS:

1 pound Dried Lima Beans

32 oz. Low Salt Vegetable stock

1 can condensed Low Salt Tomato soup

1/2 cup water

1 pkg Trader Joe's Vegetarian Chouico

1 Tbs olive oil


DIRECTIONS:

1. Soak Lima Beans in water overnight.

2. In a pot, bring Lima Beans and Vegetable Stock to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until the beans are tender. Do not cook the beans to mush!

3. Preheat the oven to 350-deg F.

4. Gently drain the cooked Lima Beans. Place in a cassarole greased with the Olive Oil.

5. In a mixing bowel combine the Tomato Soup, Water, and one-quarter of the Vegetarian Chourico.

6. Again gently, add the mixing bowls contents to the cassarole, and distribute.

7. Distribute the remaining Chourico evenly across the top of the cassarole.

8. Bake in oven for 45-min to 1-hour.


NOTES:

The Trader Joe's Vegtarian Chourico is tasty. Chourico the same as Spanish Chorizo. In this case, its a soy product processed with the traditional Chourico spice mix. No 'nose and toes' added. Beware it comes in plastic sleeves, and is only usable for receipes requiring 'ground' Chouico.

Did you know soaking the beans overnight then rinsing throughly reduces later flatulance?