Over the past year we have been meeting with the Hospitality Team to teach them recipes and eat together. We wrote a post about that about a year ago and much has changed since then. The biggest change is the actual Hospitality Team. The original team was five members, 2 men and 3 women. One woman had to move away because of her husband’s work and one man was offered a job that required him to travel. So, those two people were replaced and now we have a team of four…Benjamin, Simplice, Bebe and Mandaba. Another change since last year is that Simplice got married and is expecting her first baby this summer (!).
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| The Hospitality Team |
Last week we all went to Simplice’s house and made a meal together: Spicy Potato Soup. All of the recipes we are teaching the team can be made with local ingredients. There is no need for short term teams to bring out special foods or spices when they come to Congo, because the Hospitality Team knows how to make delicious, Americanized meals with the food we can get here. Using just local ingredients, we can make tacos, spaghetti, hamburgers, a variety of delicious soups, beans and rice, grilled & fried chicken…and the list goes on.
So we talked and cooked and played with Soleil and Hannah and shared a meal together in Simplice’s yard along with her new husband. And the meal was delicious. We plan to do this a few more times before coming home this summer so that most, if not all, the dinner recipes have been taught and eaten.
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| Cooking |
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| Al of us together |
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| Hannah gets excited to see her friends from the Hospitality Team |
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