Sipendi Nyama ya Mbuzi!!!

I'm debating becoming a vegetarian here in Kenya. The other day we were having "traditional Kenyan chicken" for lunch. Most of the meat in Kenya is very chewy and always on the bone. I asked me host mother what the difference between a traditional Kenyan chicken and a regular chicken is...she said it's not processed and all of that, and then she said - it's the one that's been running around outside!!!!!

Also, my host sister (Angel - 11) and I went out on the porch a lot last week to "bah" at a goat that's been in the yard and try to make it bah back at us. I looked out the window this morning before school, and the goat's skeleton was hanging from the clothesline with the rest of it on the ground! Then after school my house help asked me if I wanted a sandwich, so I went to the kitchen to see what kind it was...and there was the rib of the goat...no sandwich, thank you.

As a cherry on top, we were learning all about foods in Ki-Swahili class today. Judy, our professor told us that when we eat something in our host homes, we should always ask what the name of it is so we can learn - all I could think about was what if we had named that goat.

I quickly learned how to say, "Sipendi nyama ya mbuzi," or, I don't like goat!