We had a couple of the guys come over last night to teach us how to cook a traditional Fijian meal. We've eaten Fijian food since we've been here but we've never cooked it in our apartment. A few of the guys took me down to the market where we bought two fish, tomatoes, onions, limes, chili peppers, coconuts and kasava. It's pretty amazing that we fed eight hungry guys all for around FJ$30, or about $15 US. The fish we ate is called tar in Fijian and it's some type of flounder fish. We also learned how to open coconuts, scrape them, and get all of the milk out of the flesh. Coconut milk is a staple in Fijian cooking. Here's some pictures from start to finish of our meal:
Rupeni and Mala cutting up the fish
Mala loves tar, or flounder
Mesa using a coconut scraper to get all of the flesh off the shell
Mesa teaching Dave how to squeeze out the coconut milk
Dave doin' work!
Relatively simple: just boil fish with tomatoes, onion and salt!
Loving every bite!
Our meal consisted of fish in coconut milk (left), kasava which is tapioca (middle), and chili pepper and lime juice to dip it in (right)
You gotta polish off the leftover coconut milk!
The boys chowing down!
Our meal was delicious. These guys know how to cook! I don't think we could recreate this meal on our own yet but we have nine months to figure it out. It's definitely different from the "home cookin'" I'm used to but it's a worthy substitute.
In other news, today is the last day of Freshman Orientation. We've seen God do some amazing things this week in meeting a ton of people. Check back soon for pictures and the final results of our first week on campus!
awesome mate'!!!
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