LIVING LIFE TOGETHER

When I was here in Oct/Nov 2013 Beatrice taught me how to make fresh passion fruit juice.  I love this fresh juice and I thought I would make it once I returned to Victoria.  Well, that was not to be because of the cost.  In Uganda passion fruit is plentiful and one small fruit would cost 500 UGX which is .20 CDN.  In Victoria I discovered that two small fruits would cost $5.00, and you need at least 17 to make a jug of juice.  So we will just enjoy it while we are here.

It takes at least 17 passion fruits plus 4 oranges,
sugar & water to make a jug of juice.

That's me cutting the fruit and straining the flesh to get the juice.

But I did have a chance to help Beatrice once again make juice for a large family dinner.

The family turkey woke us up every morning for a week and half...
until one day it mysteriously disappeared!

The family turkey dinner was very similar to what we would cook in Canada.
The two things missing were gravy and cranberry sauce.

The menu consisted of fresh smashed avocado with cut up tomatoes (avocados grow everywhere and they are very large); rice dishes; roasted carrots, onions, & other vegetables that were stuffed inside the bird; deep fried irish potatoes (as opposed to sweet potatoes which are widely grown and eaten) cut like fries; coleslaw without the creamy dressing; some chicken; and a large fresh green salad which was delicious.  It was the first time we had fresh green salad this trip.

The whole family came over and a few extras so there were 20 of us altogether.  It was a great time together.  Ugandans celebrate wholeheartedly so there is always a lot of laughter when they get together.  We have grown to love this.