“Here in the Congo, we want either Clinton or Obama to win.”
What about McCain?
“This is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, not Republican”
-conversations with my Congolese doc
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a.k.a. DR Congo, DRC, RDC or formerly as Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, The Congo, Congo-Leopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire
This site will track my preparation for and time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
a.k.a. DR Congo, DRC, RDC or formerly as Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, The Congo, Congo-Leopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire
Same Food....Different Day...
- Rice = 58 times
- Beans = 22 times
- Corned Beef = 15 times
- Fish = 26 times
- 'Bushmeat' = 12 times
Things I've eaten and some I probably shouldn't have!
- Dog - I KNOW!!!! No guilt, it was gooood!
- Bush meat - I didn't ask for specifics
- Eggs - finally! Small and yellow, chicken, duck, other?
- Sangria - sisters make good wine
- Gazelle -tastes like antelope
- Palm Wine - tastes like antifeeze, comes in same container
- "Fish" - fried, tasted more like chicken than chicken
- Skol Beer - It was 40oz of pure bliss!
- Pondu - sorta like turnip greens..good with hot sauce
- Fufu - like sticky grits...good with hot sauce
- "Liver"-of what, I dunno, but also good with hot sauce
- Goat - not baaaaad!
- KavaKava leaves - Served like spinach - Eh, ok
- White 'fish' - the bones were the size of a small mammal! Good!
- Fresh palm oil bread - Its gotta be good if nuns make it!
- Giant Sardine -Really good
- Ugly Lime - tasty on the inside
- Greens - very southern
- Papaya---mmmmmm
- Passion Fruit - Tangy!
- Yard Brid - Could be chicken, duck, or other
- Pili Pili - Hella Good!
- Antelope - Good
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- A visit to the Chief
- Say What?
- My Alarm Clock True story (at least what my doc to...
- Talking politics
- Congo Communication Lesson #3
- Congo Communication Lesson #2
- Congo Communication Lesson #1
- Run through the jungle....
- Short and sweet
- Why did the chicken cross the road?
- Medicine Men....
- Death is a loud and scary thing...
- Las Malades (the patients)…..
- 1 is NOT the loneliest number…..
- The Father, the Nuns, and the Holy Goat…
- This little piggy went to market…..
- Here at last…..
- Welcome to the Jungle....
- Mussels in Brussels and a Trip to the Jungle….
- The Kinshasa 5
- Too easy
- I'm off!!!
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4 comments:
Your Morning Grin:
Hey Rhett, I thought you might like to see your father-in-laws latest t-shirt. http://i29.tinypic.com/xqkf9c.jpg
HA! That will go good with his new overalls..
http://www.lilligren.com/Redneck/images/redneck_overalls.jpg
sorry...
www.lilligren.com/Redneck/images/
redneck_overalls.jpg
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