Food Dude!!!

So many of you have been so curious about the amazing, exotic, tastey food we have here is Ethiopia. You know, the rumors were correct. Ethiopia has the best food. My Mamita, Wobitu, (bless her heart) is amazing! I know I have said this many times in emails and on this blogspot. However, I don't think some of you understand what this lady does for me on a daily basis. She prepares these huge meals for and sets everything thing up as if I am in a resturant. Everything is so elegant and she will not allow me to help set up or clean up. When my shoes are dirty from the mud outside, she cleans them for me. My clothes are washed everyday including my sheets, (I believe my mother will be happy about that, hi mom!!!). She does all the shopping, pays my bills for me (i give her the money and she takes care of it). Wobitu makes my life so much easier. I can actually focus on being the best music educator I can be. That is her and I in the upper left hand corner. She's like a mom to me. I give her a hug everyday and she always gives me a big smile and a kiss on the cheek. She rocks!!!


Continuing on, one of the best foods I have tasted here is injeria (I believe that is how you spell it). It is a flat, spongy bread that you put wot on. Wot is any kind of mixture of meats, sauces, vegetables, etc. Generally the wot is on the creamy side. You then ripe off a piece of the injeria bread with one hand and pick up some wot. Mmmmmmmmmmmm.......man that's good! There is this place on campus that sells is for 6 birr ($.80) everyday. I think my mamita's injeria is better but I am also kind of bias too. Now there are many kinds of food that I haven't had yet, but I would have to say the injeria is the best so far!


You might be suprised about the type of food here. It is pretty musch the same as the states. We still have burgers, fries, lasagne (this is huge here), mashed potatoes, salads, tons of the best coffee (bunna) in the world, condiments, etc. Now the sugar is very big grains due to the lack of processing (you can see in the pic). There are bars that of coarse serve beer. Ethiopia has some great beer here like Bati, Castel (by the way on the label of Castel Beer reads "The Queen of Beers",,...go figure that!) and many other beers.


It is important that i have a water filter in the house. We should not drink the water here. Especially with all the cholera going around. I have been reading that there are thousands dying in Ethiopia from diarhea. So I brush my teeth, make my coffee, drink, and cook with bottled water.