Today I got to go to my friend Virginia's house. She and her friend Alice taught me how to make mtori, or banana soup. We used plantain-like bananas, potatoes, green pepper, eggplant, cilantro, and a few other ingredients. She asked me to teach her how to make spaghetti... Some of you might think that funny, considering my lack of pasta and meat recipe knowledge!
Virginia told me that Kenyans never measure ingredients because that would be planning to have a certain number of people, not being welcoming to whatever friend might stop by. By the time Virginia and I were finished, two other friends of hers had showed up. Together with Virginia's kids, sister, and us, we feasted with eight people!
Virginia told me that Kenyans never measure ingredients because that would be planning to have a certain number of people, not being welcoming to whatever friend might stop by. By the time Virginia and I were finished, two other friends of hers had showed up. Together with Virginia's kids, sister, and us, we feasted with eight people!
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