Uganda: Our Culinary Journey

From Uganda Photos 2010

One of the many interesting things we are able to experience is the traditional food of Uganda. The country is full of diverse crops and livestock and our Oversea Volunteers ensure we are able to sample as many of the choices as possible.

As we travel to the distribution sites we see “maize” (corn), bananas, sweet potatoes, “irish” potatoes, “pumpkin” (squash) and so many other crops.

The team definitely has some favourites however:

• Debbie has a fondness for the matoke (in the plantain family & pictured at left), specifically when it is twice cooked (first steamed, then wrapped in banana leaves and baked over a wood fire) with ground nuts (a purple peanut sauce). There are photos of the preparation of matoke in our Uganda Photo Album
• Sieg would like to highly recommend the goat.
• Diane can’t believe how sweet the pineapple tastes.
• Jenny is a big fan of the “chips” but is thinking of venturing out to the grasshopper realm … stay tuned.
• Laurie is captivated by the specially prepared chicken, which is steamed wrapped in banana leaves with tomato, curry powder, onions, and so much more. This dish is called Luwombo.
• Nancy looks forward to the wonderful rice preparations.
• The entire team can’t get enough of the avocado!

We always look forward to the next meal!

SCAW Team Uganda 2010

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