Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Yum!

We did not have work this Monday due to the end of Ramadan. There was a national holiday on Monday, so no one had work and schools were out. Today I have been in the office playing catch-up!

Since I don't have anything really interesting to post I thought I would explain my experience with "bush meat." As we were coming back from the Kono district a couple of weeks ago, we were driving along when one of my Sierra Leonean co-workers asked the driver to stop. So, along the roads you see people selling various things that you can stop and buy. The thing about stopping at one of these points is that the people are so eager for you to buy their product that they practically throw it into your lap as you sit in the car deciding if you want it or not. Well, someone in our car was interested in the bush meat that the people were selling. The bush meat was monkey! You could see these little arms with the hands still attached that had been cooked with the fur still on them! These monkey arms were almost thrown into my lap as we stopped! It was quite an experience. Apparently, the monkey meat is sweet and very tasty. I haven't gained enough courage to try it though!

2 comments:

ellen said...

If you eat a monkey I will disown you as my lifetime partner! Sick!!!!

(I miss you and hope you had a wonderful birthday.)

aagnew08 said...

wow chels..that's hard core!! i don't think i'd wanna try monkey either!! i've just now found your page, so i'm gonna play catch-up with all of your old blogs, and i look forward to hearing more!!