Our last night in Ndanda Joseph decided to bbq some pork and had invited his Japanese co worker over for work. It was an emotional evening because the co worker was going home that week and Joseph was leaving for the safari with us. Things were about to change for both of them, and I guess they were nervous. Irina decided not to have dinner with us.
Cooking in a kitchen with no modern appliances and not many utensils was an interesting experience, and I am sure we all got a good dose of the local flora that night. Joe used some kind of gelled fuel to start the stove, he just poured it liberally on the stove and threw a match on it. The flames climbed the wall as we watched in horror! Joseph told us not to worry, the house was built of cement and there was nothing to burn anyway! Anyway, it maybe sterilized the cooking area.
In the fall of 2008 I had called Joe one sunday and he had told me about his and Irina's attempt of having a chicken dinner. Unlike pork, chicken is a rare treat in Ndanda so they had to catch the chicken, kill the chicken, prepare the chicken and then cook the chicken. They only did it once, too much work.
During the middle of dinner two of Joseph's student friends came by to hang out, Moses and Goodluck (common names in Tanzania). We spent a pleasant hour talking with them.
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