Fu Fu

by dad

Last week Alex sent home 1 Cedi, the currency of Ghana. It's worth

about .70 cents. He said that could just about feed them for a day.

( front and back )

He also said he ate real Fu Fu for the first time. Curiosity got the best of me so I did a little reasearch. Fu Fu is a regular part of the diet in West Africa. It is made daily from cassavas and plantains and eaten with soup or dipped in sauces. Fu Fu is swallowed whole, no chewing. I found this you tube video of how it is made and eaten. Yum! Yum!

But first, thoughts from Elder Darrow...

Oh and I had my FIRST FU FU. Man was that tough. It’s like this big

bowl of mushy bread dough like stuff, covered in soup and chicken

and fish. Ryan (his older brother) would gag so fast. We got a big

bowl of it and its VERY rude if you don’t finish it all. So when it came

out my companion told me to eat what ever I can and he would take

care of the rest. So I ate some chicken and when I was about 1/3

of the way thru my half, I just about barfed all over. I swallowed

throw up and just kept on, but it was a lot harder. E Bahme took

a fair part of mine and just said 'finish that and your good.' So I had

about 5/8ths of my half. It was a struggle. It’s just weird swallowing it.

Good thing my comp rocks and likes that stuff. He said that I would

learn to love it and very few enjoyed it the first time.