On our last day in Rwanda I got the big treat of making
lunch for the 50 man crew working to build the St Ignatious school. When we were working there we really enjoyed
the workers. It was classic mime communication as of course we knew no
Kinyarwandan and only a few of them knew even a little English. Despite the
language barrier we grew to really appreciate them and the hard work they
performed for $1.50 per day. 
Beecher's Mac and Cheese and Maximus/Minimus braised pork
was the menu. Rwandans really only eat
rice and beans so many of the workers had never tasted pasta. They were very curious as I showed up and
packed my supplies into the fire shed where the lunch cooking is done. Word spread that the Americans were here to
cook. The two ladies who did the cooking
were quite helpful in teaching me, again pretty much just with mime, how to
cook on an open fire on a dirt floor in a shed with no chimney. 
In the end it was actually a reasonable facsimile of the
real Beecher's Mac. There were certainly many times during the process that the
outcome was in doubt, but they all loved the finished product and the plates
were clean.
At one point the fellow with the best English asked me
how much this meal would cost in America.
A mix of appreciation for our western situation and shame arose in me as
I realized that it would be over a week of wages simply for him to buy this
meal that I had prepared.
Stay tuned for a video of the Mac & Cheese making process!
Also, if you haven't gotten a chance to the other posts, just click on the rwanda tag below to display all of them.
Stay tuned for a video of the Mac & Cheese making process!
Also, if you haven't gotten a chance to the other posts, just click on the rwanda tag below to display all of them.
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