What are these weird vegetables? They are not gumbo ingredients, I assure you. They are the beginnings of a beef soup. I skipped the picture of the beef bones as they were already simming in the pot when I snapped this picture. Can you name them all? Leave a comment below, and check back here on Saturday for answers. 
The clinic adjacent to my workplace is undergoing renovation. A second story is being added. There will be more medical consulting rooms, as well as extra-clinical rooms such as classrooms to teach women skills such as sewing. They are also hoping to add a small store to sell items.
I decided to dip into reserve funds (actually part of the food budget for later in the year) to buy a few tables. We need tables, as it's getting impossible to assist with homework or reading without tables. Other than these two tables, all we have are two oval tables for use with the kindergarten children. These tables are easily stored so we can utilize our small space as best we can when we don't need them. For $50 dollars I can buy another table. We need four more as soon as we can scrounge up a few dollars to buy them.
Boys like Anthony need to eat in order to grow and for their minds to develop normally. I hate to turn them away, but lately we have cut back on the days we serve as do not have enough funds. I have been short-tempered lately as I feel overwhelmed by the challenges.
As always, Friday's posts are linked to Mrs444.
8 comments:
I am fairly sure that Anthony would stomp you if you tried to call him Tony. He an impulsive 13 year old who likes to throw punches or give hugs, depending on the moment. Those aren't plantanos, or plantians, as some call them. Those are green bananas. They are delicious in soup, especially beef soup. It mellows the gravy with a slight sweet taste because green bananas are not very sweet.
Those are not plantains. Those are normal, everyday bananas. When green, they are starchy and cook like a potato but slightly sweet like a sweet potato. If you get this comment, shoot one back, as disqus has not been behaving lately. I need to know if replies are being received.
This reply did not come to me via e-mail (at least not as of yet) but after you left a comment on my blog about disqus not behaving, I came over here and found it.
Also, I don't remember what they are called - - - but are those little dark green pear shaped vegies a type of squash? If so, they were fed to us in Haiti nearly every day and I liked them, especially with La Vache qui Rit cheese melted on them.
I do not know what all of those are, but I do believe I see some plantains in there. You put them in beef soup? Go figure. I would NEVER have thought of that.
Wondering if the first and last fragments are connected. Will Anthony (what does he think of Tony) get to taste your beef soup. I'll assume those are plantains (not as sweet as bananas) but would have never thought they would go into beef soup.
I've never tried green bananas in cooking... will definitely have to do that...
There are good if the bananas are very firm. You must be very careful when peeling them because the skins turn your hands black as well as staining clothes and towels.
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