sometimes, i eat something and then i think to myself,

21 january 2010

"well, maybe I shouldn't wander too far from home today"

... just in case this (or that) ends up making me sick.

Eggs.

How do you know if you've got a rotten egg?

and I'm not talking like a spoiled child or anything, I mean, how do I know if an egg is going to put me in the squat pot for the duration of the day?

I hear there's a trick about putting them in water to see if they float.

Is floating a good thing?

What about if the yoke is runny?

Cus I threw out maybe 3 eggs today due to runny yokes,

but then I thought that was ridiculous, that was nearly half the eggs I had!

So I started accepting runny yokes as long as the rest of the egg seemed alright.

who knows?

Also, I tried to make pancakes this afternoon.

flour, egg, water.

they turned out more like shriveled up chapatti omelets than pancakes.

I suppose if you cover your disaster in enough peanut butter and jelly, you can make it taste just alright.

Otherwise, you wouldn't believe the blandness of the food I am fixin' myself here.

No matter how much cayenne pepper or Mrs. Dash I add, every dish ends up as boring as a 2 hour long ENG 421 Shakespeare lecture at 8:30 in the morning, Monday and Wednesday of every week.

Maybe I should have paid more attention in Home Ec.

... definitely not in Shakespeare though - what good is that knowledge doing me over here?

I'd also like to take a moment to acknowledge the fact that tomorrow is my half birthday. I will be 22 and 1/2, thankyouverymuch.

I suppose that's all today on Nicole's Kitchen.

Stay tuned, we've got an exciting episode of hand-washing the dishes 101 coming right up.

P.S. I watched "Into the Wild" tonight for the first time in a couple of years. It means a hell of a lot more, I can tell you that, watching it under my mosquito net in the heart of Africa than it does sitting on a leather couch in a cozy livingroom. If you don't hear from me for a while, maybe give that DVD a go, I think it can help us all to understand.

ALSO:

http://supportingeducationinrwanda.shutterfly.com/

I am not able to offer prints of photos taken during my time of service, but there are beautiful (if I may say so myself) pictures - and more will be posted this weekend! - from my travels in the States and Europe. All proceeds will help to cover the costs of shipping donated books - to begin a library here at my school in Kagogo, Rwanda.

*Think: mother's day gift, decorating a future apartment, a beautiful shot.. a good cause!

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Nicole Gaunt

E.S. Kagogo

BP 217

Musanze, Rwanda

Africa