I don't know what it was but I ate it

These pictures are in no particular order but I hope the story still gets through




This was a familiar dish, Chicken and fries. I was so happy to eat this. We were at a beach side club so I had to get up and do my happy dance


Banku (huge rice ball) , some soup that I believe is call ground nut soup (peanut) and mystery meat.

You can't really this picture well but I made toast and eggs with pineapple jam. Best thing since sliced bread. You don't really appreciate that saying until you have to slice your own bread! Its really hard to do without a genju knife. My slices come out smushed every time



FINALLY! PIZZA! I went to the mall and found a couple of westernized places. I sat I ate I drank I people watched and all the normal things I do. I ate that whole pizza by myself.


We are not the only ones who love Obama. These were crackers the kids were eating. "Yes we can" throw these in the trash. They were not good at all


I think I regret eating this. This was one of the dish I had on the day I got sick. They force you to eat their food and its imposing but after a while you give in. This particular day I ate everything they gave me and lets just say it I skipped teaching the next day


This was my very first Ghanaian meal. It was chicken fried rice, cabbage and pepper sauce (the black stuff). They put pepper sauce on everything, its there ketchup (hot sauce). Honestly it was pretty good. The chicken tasted like they had just killed it...After a few days of seeing chickens running around i realized that was actually close to the truth.


Birthday Cake! And Birthday Dinner! This was my last meal and Tjones hooked it up!


I could go for some of this right now!



I figured I was in Dallas why not have a whatachicken, some whatafries, and a whatatea!


I had never seen a rooster before...Please no cock jokes lol


This was steak and rice at the crocodile pond. The restaurant was really nice. It was an outdoor spot nestled in the middle of the pond, with a great view. Just don't fall over the balcony because crocs were feeding below us


They have spaghetti in Ghana?!! It was cool, it was just that huge bone sticking out of the bowl that made it unfamiliar.


Cream crackers. The first couple bites were good but after a while the taste began to turn. Give me my ritz.

Waakye (raachi), Yeah that does look pretty questionable but I said my grace 2-3 times to make sure it got through to God and I went to work. Its bean and rice mixed with some other stuff like the pepper sauce and there is an egg on the side.



Hard candy. Chocolate cover caramel. Soap box moment: I don't want to get too deep but when I think chocolate I think Swiss. Did you know Ghana is the #1 exporter of cocoa? I mean really, what tropical cocoa tree was I thinking would grow in the snow covered Alps?! Never clicked. However, the cocoa is not accessible to the locals. It really made me think about our global economy and some of it's disadvantages. You read about things like this but its total different and insulting to actually see it. People work to grow food that they will never taste...and beg you to bring some back on your next visit. You would think they sale chocolate on every corner yet the only place you find it is in the high end grocery stores and that isle only consist of maybe four (4ft length) shelves. We have more chocolate in the checkout lane.


Papaye is the pepepe (equal) to popeyes. They wear yellow and red smocks like McDonalds. The burger was okay but I was hungry so at the time it was delicious!!!


Sacrificed Cow with rice. Everything with rice, so tired of rice. Rice is their corn.


Tiger nut milk. I refused to drink something made out of tiger nuts so Princess decided to play with the plastic sack it was held in. You know how we use to have those plastic milk pouches. Their water is distributed like that and a few other drinks like this one. BTW Tiger nut is a real nut. You chew it for the juice and spit it out the rest...again no jokes ;)


Cow intestines, I thought this was a great action photo so its included


Ever seen a cow butchered? me neither. Look close, these guys were walking around bare foot and there was blood...lots of it.


First meal at Papaye's was garlic chicken. We need this in the US, Garlic chicken was pretty good



Another one bites the dust. I am pretty sure I ate him not too many days after this photo was taken. Of course I was too naive when I first got there to realize that all the meat was coming from the animals out side the gates. The have goats and chickens running around freely like cats and dogs.